Eliane Elias who is regarded as one of the top jazz pianist and vocalists in the jazz world is coming to Mumbai for a concert at the Tata Theatre, NCPA, on May 30. In an interaction with The Free Press Journal, Eliane rewinds to her younger days and her foray into singing. She also shares how the piano has become an extension of herself.
Get ready to sway with Eliane and her quartet of musicians who have promised an uplifting musical experience for attendees. Excerpts from the interview: What is planned for your concert in Mumbai? At this concert in Mumbai I am bringing my usual quartet of Marc Johnson on bass, Leandro Pellegrino on guitar and Rafael Barata on drums and we’ll be performing some music from my Grammy winning albums ‘Mirror Mirror’ and my most recent album ‘Quietude’. We’ll also bring on some of my music spanning my entire career.
I promise you, it will be a very uplifting musical experience. What got you interested in music? I was born in Sao Paulo, Brazil. My mother and maternal grandmother were both very musical, especially my mom who played classical piano and loved jazz pianists.
I started studying piano at age 7 and picked it up quickly. My mom acquired a large collection of jazz recordings and I fell in love with the music, especially the pianists. I was transcribing the solos of my favorite pianists by the time I was ten and entered the best school of music in Sao Paulo, C.
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, at age 13. By the time I was fifteen, I was teaching at C.L.
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