Atlanta New Year's Eve Concert Party 2023 with the Steinway Artist

Yifan Central Kitchen

New Year Eve Concert with the Steinway Artist. Music performed by Jose Manuel Garcia.
浪漫跨年去哪儿？
一凡跨年烛光音乐会！

荷西（Jose Manuel Garcia）博士
荷西博士：施坦威艺术家、作曲家、音乐教育家，现任亚特兰大Gwinnett爵士交响乐团的音乐总监，亚特兰大交响乐团、Gwinnett交响乐团钢琴伴奏。

荷西博士出生于委内瑞拉的首都加拉加斯，其父母分别为意大利和西班牙人。荷西博士1992年毕业于委国Emil Friedman学院，之后获得在美国学习钢琴演奏的全额奖学金。荷西博士在克莱顿州立大学获得钢琴演奏的音乐本科学位，师从George Lucktenberg博士和Michiko Otaki博士。2001年，作为Geoffrey Haydon 博士的学生，荷西博士于乔治亚州立大学获得钢琴演奏的音乐硕士学位。在乔治亚大学， 荷西博士师从Evgeny Rivkin博士(柴可夫斯基钢琴国际钢琴比赛三等奖，苏联全国钢琴比赛一等奖，俄罗斯全国钢琴比赛一等奖，奥克拉荷马国际钢琴比赛一等奖)，获得音乐艺术博士学位。荷西博士获得的荣誉包括Spivey基金会奖学金，1991年Harriet Serr钢琴比赛一等奖，1994年Moisés Moleiro全国钢琴比赛最高奖，2004年乔治亚大学李斯特奖，2005年贝多芬俱乐部国际钢琴大赛Madge Johnson Weir奖，及2011年Jacksonville爵士钢琴大赛第四名。多元的学习和演奏经历使他可以在美国爵士乐，拉丁爵士乐，以及欧洲古典音乐中游刃有余，随意切换。作为一名作曲家和钢琴演奏家，荷西博士独特的表演及作曲风格以及杰出的成就获得Ahmad Jamal和Chucho Valdés等著名钢琴家的高度评价，并于2011年被收入施坦威艺术家名录。

在过去的十五年里，荷西博士作为音乐教育家在多个大学里担任钢琴、爵士钢琴、以及乐理的教授，包括Miles学院, Columbus州立大学，Truett-McConnell学院和北乔治亚大学。作为一名教授，荷西博士积极参与监督学生的学业，指导他们的职业发展，指导学生合唱团，作为专席艺术家与大学的客座艺术家一同表演，为科技和学科发展委员会提供咨询，并多次获得年度教授的奖章。

作为一个钢琴演奏家，荷西博士在亚特兰大和整个美国都非常活跃。他曾与国际知名的艺术家，如Michael Philipp Mossman, Ray Vega, Bill Summers, Kemba Cofield, Jennifer Holliday, El “Cano” Estremera, Luisito Rosario, Paquito Guzmán, Anthony Cruz, Willie González, Tito Rojas, Marlon Fernández, Oswaldo Román, Darmon Meador, Joe Jennings, Ilona Knopfler. Luisito Carrión, Ignacio Berroa, María Teresa Chacín, 以及 Juan Carlos Salazar等合作。荷西博士是国际Groove Conspiracy组合的发起人。International Groove Conspiracy组合是一个总部位于亚特兰大的爵士乐三人组合，曾获得Ahmad Jamal和Chucho Valdés等著名钢琴家的高度评价。该组合同时也在美国的各大场馆，包括亚特兰大爵士音乐节，Montreaux爵士音乐节，全国黑人艺术节，Rialto艺术中心，Callawolde 精品艺术中心，梅布尔楼巴恩斯露天剧场，以及纽约市的Blue Note爵士俱乐部等地演出。他同巴西艺术家Guilherme Lacerda录制了Ponto de Vista (2008)专辑，和委内瑞拉歌手Eric Casal 录制了Canto a tí (2010)专辑。荷西博士的钢琴独奏专辑Cruz del Ávila，于2010年12月发行。钢琴巨擘Ahmad Jamal对荷西博士钢琴演奏的评价是“细腻而卓越”。

荷西博士2013年12月第一次来中国，在天津音乐学院举办了独奏音乐会和大师班。受施坦威宁波的邀请，2016年四月荷西博士在宁波音乐厅举办了独奏音乐会和大师班。2017-2018年继续受邀在天津音乐学院举办独奏音乐会和专场授课。2018年4月受邀在江苏师范大学举办独奏音乐会和大师班。2017-2019年， 荷西博士多次与国内和国际乐手在北京东岸爵士俱乐部和DDC演出。

Dr. José Manuel Garcia is a Steinway Artist, award-winning jazz pianist, composer, arranger, orchestrator and music educator, whose musicianship in the classical repertoire has been highly recognized as well as in the jazz and Latin genres. 

Dr. Garcia is currently the director of Gwinnett Symphony Jazz Orchestra. Prior to joining Gwinnett Symphony, Dr. Garcia served as Assistant Professor of Piano and Theory at Miles College in Birmingham, Alabama. Over the past fifteen years, his work as a music educator, including seven years of college teaching experience at accredited institutions, has been greatly recognized by the students and the schools. 

As a jazz pianist, Dr. Garcia has been actively performing in the United States, China, and Honduras with internationally acclaimed artists, such as Danny Harper, Michael Philipp Mossman, Ray Vega, Bill Summers, Kemba Cofield, Jennifer Holliday, El “Cano” Estremera, Luisito Rosario, Paquito Guzmán, Anthony Cruz, Willie González, Tito Rojas, Marlon Fernández, Oswaldo Román, Darmon Meador, Joe Jennings, Ilona Knopfler. Luisito Carrión, Ignacio Berroa, María Teresa Chacín, Ashley Brown, Shem von Schroeck, and Juan Carlos Salazar. 

Dr. Garcia received the Doctor of Musical Arts in piano performance from the University of Georgia, a Master of Music in piano performance from Georgia State University, and a bachelor's degree in piano performance from Clayton State University.

Dr. Garcia is a founder of International Groove Conspiracy, an Atlanta-based jazz trio which received great reviews by giants in the industry such as pianists Ahmad Jamal and Chucho Valdés. In 2005, the trio´s album Beyond Horizon was released and received great reviews nationally and internationally. The trio also performed at major venues in the nation, including the Atlanta Jazz Festival, the Montreaux Jazz Festival, the National Black Arts Festival, the Rialto Center for the Arts, Callawolde Fine Arts Center, Mable House Barnes Amphitheatre, and the Blue Note in New York City. 

Dr. García’s latest CD, Cruz del Ávila, released in December 2010, is a solo piano project, in which Ahmad Jamal describes Dr. García’s pianism as “sensitive and brilliant.”

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