



calendar_today Sunday, October 08, 2023, 4:00 PM
location_on Wellspring Theater, Epic Center, Kalamazoo
Esteban M. Castro, piano
Eliza Salem, drums
Gervis Myles, bass
Pianist and composer Esteban Castro performs with his own band and as a sideman, while studying at Juilliard. The youngest-ever first prize winner in the Montreux Jazz Piano Solo Competition at age 13, he has played with and earned accolades from a constellation of top jazz players. He has played at venues including The Blue Note, The Montreux Jazz Festival, Birdland, Jazz Gallery, and Smalls Jazz Club. He was a finalist for the 2023 American Pianists Awards; won the Grand Bohemian Prize at the 2022 American Jazz Pianist Competition; and has garnered three ASCAP Foundation Young Jazz Composer Awards. In 2018, Mr. Castro was commissioned by the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra to write a big band arrangement for the Thelonious Monk 100th birthday celebration.
“Castro shifts through the rainbow of jazz to tease out the full spectrum of influences that has colored the genre from a century ago.” — Rita Kohn, NUVO
Esteban Castro’s Saturday Baby Grands

Genre
Jazz

Parking
Ramp, Street Parking

Duration
70 Minutes

Livestream Available
30 Days
