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Eldar E. Djangirov, most commonly known only as Eldar, is a jazz
Jazz
Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...

 pianist
Pianist
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. He was born on January 28, 1987 in Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyzstan
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 (ex-Soviet Union
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) and then moved to Kansas
Kansas
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, United States
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. He currently resides in New York City
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.

Early years

He began playing the piano
Piano
The piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It is one of the most popular instruments in the world. Widely used in classical and jazz music for solo performances, ensemble use, chamber music and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to composing and rehearsal...

 when he was three years old, learning from his Russian parents. The first thing he remembers learning was C Jam Blues
C Jam Blues
"C Jam Blues" is a jazz standard composed in 1942 by Duke Ellington and performed by countless other musicians, such as Dave Grusin and Django Reinhardt. As the title suggests, the piece follows a twelve-bar blues form in the key of C major....

. He later took classical lessons and was "discovered" at age 9 by the late New York City
New York City
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 jazz
Jazz
Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...

 aficionado Charles McWhorter, who saw him play at a festival in Siberia
Siberia
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. The family moved to Kansas City
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, drawn there in large part by the city's jazz history. During his Kansas City
Kansas City, Missouri
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 years, even before reaching his teens, Eldar already started building a reputation as a true child prodigy, appearing on Marian McPartland's
Marian McPartland
Margaret Marian McPartland, OBE is an English-born jazz pianist, composer, writer, and the host of Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz on National Public Radio, NPR.-Early life:...

 award-winning NPR show, Piano Jazz
Piano Jazz
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, when he was only 12 years old, being the youngest performer to ever appear on her show. Eldar attended Interlochen Center for the Arts
Interlochen Center for the Arts
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 in his young teenage years. Eldar attended St. Elizabeth's grade school and the Barstow School
The Barstow School
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 in Kansas City
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, Missouri
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. Eventually, the family moved to San Diego where he attended the Francis W. Parker School (San Diego)
Francis W. Parker School (San Diego)
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, and then to the Los Angeles
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 area where he attended University of Southern California
University of Southern California
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's Thornton School of Music
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.

Grammy history

  • Career Wins: 0
  • Career Nominations: 1
    Eldar Grammy History
    Year Category Genre Title Label Result
    2008 Best Contemporary Jazz Album Jazz Re-imagination Sony Nominated

Discography

Eldar has five albums (four released by Sony Classical), his debut album Handprints in 2003, Eldar in March 2005, his album Live at the Blue Note in May 2006, re-imagination in June 2007, Virtue in August 2009 and his latest album, Three Stories, in April of 2011 on Sony Masterworks.

Handprints

  1. Caravan
  2. Bemsha Swing
  3. Cantaloupe Island
  4. Body & Soul
  5. Handprints
  6. When the Lights Are Low
  7. Capricious
  8. We Will Meet Again
  9. Freddie Freeloader
  10. Perplexity
  11. Matrix

Eldar

Release Date: March 22, 2005/Sony Classical Records


  1. Sweet Georgia Brown
  2. Nature Boy
  3. Moanin'
  4. Point of View
  5. Raindrops
  6. Lady Wicks
  7. Maiden Voyage
  8. 'Round Midnight
  9. Ask Me Now
  10. Watermelon Island
  11. Fly Me to the Moon

Live at the Blue Note

Release Date: May 30, 2006/Sony Classical Records


  1. What Is This Thing Called Love
  2. Someday
  3. You Don't Know What Love Is (featuring Chris Botti)
  4. Daily Living
  5. Dat Dere
  6. Besame Mucho
  7. Straight, No Chaser (featuring Roy Hargrove)
  8. Sincerely
  9. Chronicle
  10. Take The A Train

Re-Imagination

Release Date: June 5, 2007/Sony Classical Records


  1. I Remember When
  2. Interlude #1
  3. Prairie Village
  4. Out of Nowhere
  5. Interlude #2
  6. Back Home
  7. Place St. Henri
  8. Tears
  9. South Bixel
  10. Dream Song
  11. Polaris

Virtue

Release Date: August 25, 2009/Sony Classical Records


  1. Exposition
  2. Insensitive
  3. Blues Sketch in Clave
  4. Iris
  5. The Exorcist
  6. Lullaby Fantasia
  7. Blackjack
  8. Long Passage
  9. Estate
  10. Daily Living
  11. Vanilla Sky

Three Stories

Release Date: April 4, 2011/Sony Masterworks
  1. I Should Care
  2. Prelude In C# Major
  3. Darn That Dream
  4. Windows
  5. Etude Op. 2 No. 1
  6. In Walked Bud
  7. Three Stories
  8. So Damn Lucky
  9. Embraceable You
  10. Russian Lullaby
  11. Air on a G String
  12. Impromptu
  13. Rhapsody in Blue
  14. Donna Lee

Playing style

Eldar's playing style is characterized by prodigious technique and musicality. He plays mostly in the post bop style, but has other influences that predate the post bop sound.

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