We are excited to share that John Julian Stetch (Pianist, Composer and Educator) will be joining Christine on her tour at Calgary Petroleum Club on Feb 18, 2023.
Fearless and distinct, 7-time Juno Award Nominee John Stetch pushes the edges of his jazz and classical training to fuse melodies from all around the world; Pop to Mozart to East European music to TV themes.
He switched to piano in his late teens after years of playing clarinet and saxophone, went to McGill University and soon after won the 1998 Prix Du Jazz at the Montreal Jazz Festival for best Canadian band. Now a New York Steinway Artist with 16 albums out as a leader, Stetch has worked at the top New York jazz clubs, performed across several continents, and his trio version of Autumn in New York has over a million plays on Spotify.
He was a finalist in the Thelonious Monk Competition twice; once as a composer and once as a player and has appeared on Marian McPartland’s Piano Jazz on NPR twice. Stetch’s recent commissions and grants included composing for big band, a short piano concerto, and rearranging a Beethoven piano sonata.
He lives in Vancouver where he has taught at the Vancouver Symphony School of Music, the University of British Columbia, and played in countless venues.
“Exuberant, thrilling, original music.”
Peter Hum, The Ottawa Citizen(“Black Sea Suite”/quartet)
“FANTASTIC! There is such clarity and so much humor in Stetch’s playing! I have always loved that about him.”
Rufus Reid, bassist(“Off With The Cuffs”/solo piano)
“Like hearing a painting by Miro or Matisse come to life…playful technique and unfettered imagination.”
Paul de Barros, Downbeat Magazine(“Standards”/solo piano)
“One of the best solo piano albums in recent years “
Dan Ouelette, Down Beat Magazine (“Ukrainianism”/solo piano)
“Imaginative, rigorous, and truly personal takes on the classics!”
Joseph Lin, The Julliard String Quartet (“Off With The Cuffs”/solo piano)
