Tamir Hendelman

Award-winning jazz pianist Tamir Hendelman has perfomed with the Jeff Hamilton Trio, the Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra, harry Allen, Teddy Edwards, Warren Vache, Houston Person, Jeff Clayton, Nick Brignola, Phil Upchurch, Richey Woodard, John Clayton, Barbara Morrison, and recently recorded on Natalie Cole's Still Unforgettable and on an upcoming release by Barbra Streisand. He also leads his own trio.
Born in Tel Aviv, Hendelman began his keyboard studies at age 6. He moved to the U.S. in 1984 and won Yamaha's national keyboard competition two years later. Concerts in Japan and the Kennedy Center followed. Since 1996, Hendelman has been in steady demand as a pianist and arranger, touring the U.S., Europe and Asia, and receiving awards from ASCAP and the National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts.