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Eric Stern is going on tour to Florida later this month! The Eric Stern Trio will be making stops in St. Petersburg, Miami, and Orlando. Refer to the calendar for the full schedule!

Eric headlined with his Quintet, ESQ, at ShapeShifter Lab last month. In the same month he also played Birdland for a fourth time with acclaimed vocalist Joie Bianco.

Eric Stern is officially a New York City resident! Eric will begin his studies at the Manhattan School of Music in the Fall of 2023, and will be living in New York City full-time. Before then, he played Birdland with Joie Bianco on August 17th, as well as playing Chelsea Table + Stage on August 18th as a leader! Eric also had his trio at Fiction Bar/Cafe in September. Stay tuned for details about an upcoming Eric Stern Trio tour in early 2024!

In 2023, Eric graduated from the Frost School of Music, University of Miami. He was the final sitting pianist for the Frost Concert Jazz Band, directed by GRAMMY-winning trumpeter and composer John Daversa, and also was the pianist for the award-winning ensemble Funk Fusion, working with acclaimed drummer Stephen Rucker. He also is working with GRAMMY-winning drummer Dafnis Prieto, as well as studying privately with Martin Bejerano, Shelly Berg, Alex Brown, Gonzalo Rubalcaba, and a few other noteworthy pianists. The Concert Jazz Band (now named the Frost Jazz Orchestra) released its debut record on all streaming platforms on November 14th, 2023!

In April, Eric had the opportunity to go to Orlando, Florida to take part in the prize for the American Jazz Pianist Competition, in which he won the Bosendorfer Prize last year! This included teaching at University of Central Florida, performing in Daytona Beach, and performing as a headliner at Pilars Jazz Club in Winter Garden!

During the Spring of 2023, Eric has worked with Jihye Lee, Regina Carter, Terrell Stafford, and Dick Oatts, and a few others. Last semester, Stern had the opportunity to work with the Brubeck Brothers Quartet, opening the Jazz Roots Series at the Adrienne Arsht Center.

He is also the pianist on Kate Kortum’s debut album Good Woman, which released this past September. The album had over one million streams in its first month of availability!