A Steinway & Sons Teacher and Educational Partner and two-time performer & arranger at Carnegie Hall, Gabriel Schillinger-Hyman is New York City jazz pianist that showcases a catalogue of original music, celebrated jazz standards, and his arrangements of works by the incomporable Bill Evans, Chick Corea, Thelonious Monk, Duke Ellington, Cedar Walton, and Keith Jarrett.
Gabriel celebrates the history of master pianists with performances that are soulful and hard-hitting. Audiences will find him performing in many of New York City’s finest jazz venues with world class musicians.
In New York City
A two-time performer and arranger at CARNEGIE HALL, Gabriel performs with CHRISTOPHER MCBRIDE (GRAMMY winning bandmember), LUCAS PINO (Artistic director / Brubeck Jazz Summit), SAM DILLON (The Vanguard Orchestra, The Birdland Big Band…etc), BENNY BENACK III, ERENA TERAKUBO (Jon Faddis All-Star Big Band, Kenny Barron Quartet, Mingus Big Band…etc), APRIL VARNER (2023 Ella Fitzgerald Vocal Competition Winner), ALEXANDRA RIDOUT (best intl. Jazz soloist 2023), TYREEK MCDOLE (2023 Sarah Vaughan International Jazz Vocal Competition Winner), BEN SOLOMON (Chick Corea, Wallace Roney, Aaron Parks), EMMANUEL MICHAEL (Aaron Parks, Ambrose Akinmusire), ANTHONY HERVEY (Jazz at Lincoln Center, Michael Bublé…etc) and other incredible artists at a variety of household NYC jazz venues. Special performances: Gabriel has performed at the esteemed NYC/European piano showroom Klavierhaus, the NYC French and Czech Consulates, PIX 11 News, Channel 11, NYC with vocalist KIERAN BROWN , the Metropolitan Museum of Art and Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum in New York. Gabriel is also proud to have cultivated a devoted community around Broadway Dive where he’s led a jazz session for 4 years, now sponsored by Jazz Generation and Keyed Up.
On The Road
Gabriel has toured in Japan, Norway, Iceland, Mexico, and much of the United States with a host of internationally acclaimed musicians. He’s made music on the road with artists CHRISTOPHER MCBRIDE (featured soloist & contributor on GRAMMY-winning Steven Feifke album), LUCAS PINO (Artistic director / Brubeck Jazz Summit), TIM GREEN (sax for Michael Bublé and GRAMMY Nominee), LANGSTON HUGHES II (Wynton Marsalis and his Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra), ALEXANDRA RIDOUT (ARTEMIS, International Jazz Award ‘Best Soloist’ 2023), Stéphane Clement, TAWANDA SUESSBRICH-JOAQUIM (Sarah Vaughan Competition 1st place 2021), April Varner (1st Place Ella Fitzgerald Vocal Competition), and others.
Jazz Storytelling:
Gabriel tours the nation with multimedia presentations that blend musical performance with STORYTELLING.
Teacher & Clinician:
A STEINWAY & SONS teacher & educational partner, a guest lecturer, and jazz clinician, Gabriel runs his own private studio out of Brooklyn, workshops high school combos and big bands, and tours the nation with Jazz Reach to deliver multimedia performances and masterclasses to young learners. He’s also well known for his educational videos on Barry Harris and Bill Evans on his Instagram. Study with him now!
Cross-Genre Music:
In addition to jazz styles, Gabriel composes in Gospel, Reggae, Hip Hop, and Latin/Afro-Cuban traditions. His singles MORNING SUN (ft. famous Jamaican artist, Turbulence) and THE GATHERING exemplifies his cross-pollination of these genres. Gabriel is an active Musical Director, composer, producer, and performer with the San Francisco Bay Area Hip Hop collective FAMILY NOT A GROUP, where his work with their founder, Afterthought, was recognized by KQED Radio as THE BEST BAY AREA MUSIC OF 2023 and showcased at SF MOMA.
Education:
Gabriel holds a Master’s Degree in Jazz Piano Performance from the Manhattan School of Music and has taken lessons from some of the best jazz artists in the world, including Sullivan Fortner, Jon Faddis, Phil Markowitz, Marc Cary, Elio Villafranca, Ted Rosenthal, and Jeremy Manasia. He obtained a Bachelor of Arts from Brown University with Phi Beta Kappa honors, the Mitchell Baker ‘90 Music Scholar Award, and the William F. Fichter Prize.