Yaniv Taubenhouse

" The range of atmospheres and emotions in the poetry of Yaniv Taubenhouse’s music is astounding. Rarely and only once or twice in a lifetime do you get to hear a musician and a pianist who is as sensitive as Taubenhouse to the voice of the heart, the breadth of human emotion and its relationship with the whisper of nature, and its roar as well. " - Raul Da Gama, Jazz da Gama

" Taubenhouse's musical personality and vision is so strong. His music has an intensity which comes from this purity of vision, but which, however, is balanced and underpinned by an emotional optimism that is very appealing."
- Budd Kopman, All About Jazz

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​Having received his first piano lessons at the age of six, Israeli native Yaniv Taubenhouse graduated from the Thelma-Yellin high school of the arts in Tel Aviv. Upon graduation, he went on to study with gifted Israeli instructors such as Dr. Assaf Zohar, Ms. Hanna Shalgi, and Prof. Benjamin Oren. Masterclasses and lessons in the U.S. and Europe included work with jazz and classical pianists such as Richard Goode, Brad Mehldau, Robert McDonald, and Sonia Rubinsky.

In December 2009. Yaniv came to New York to study with pianist Pavlina Dokovska and in the fall of 2010, he moved to Fayetteville Arkansas to study with pianist Jura Margulis in the piano performance program at the University of Arkansas. Yaniv’s work with Jura Margulis included lessons at the Mozarteum Summer Academy in Salzburg Austria.

Yaniv has performed extensively at different venues and festivals around the world such as the Salle Cortot hall (Paris), Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Tel Aviv Museum, Bern Jazz Festival, Kfar Blum International Chamber Music Festival, Borja Jazz Festival, The Walton Art Center, The DiMenna Center for Classical Music (NY), Vicenza Jazz Festival, and live performance broadcasts on NPR affiliate, KUAF, 91.3 FM, to name a few.

Yaniv has played and performed with musicians such as David Schnitter, Ronald McClure, Roswell Rudd, Jorge Rossy, Peter Bernstein, Ari Hoenig, Geroge Coleman, Orlando Le Fleming, Anat Cohen, and Will Vinson, among many others.

‘Here from There' is Yaniv’s debut album as a leader which was released in December 2014 on Fresh Sound Records and was well received by the press. The album was recorded in January 2013 and it features Darren Novotny on drums and Garrett Jones on bass, both Arkansas Native musicians.

In August of 2013, Yaniv moved to New York City, where he also received a scholarship to attend the New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music and graduate with a BFA degree. Currently, Yaniv performs and records regularly in New York and internationally with numerous projects, both as a leader and as a sideman.

The Yaniv Taubenhouse Trio, featuring Rick Rosato (bass) and Jerad Lippi (drums), comes from a long lineage of musical influences both in and out of the jazz world. The group's repertoire features originals by Taubenhouse, Rosato, and Lippi as well as standards. The trio has recorded and released three critically-acclaimed albums in the Moments in Trio series. The three volumes (‘Moments in Trio - Volume One’, ‘Perpetuation - Volume Two’ and ‘Moments in Trio Volume Three: Roads’) have been released on Fresh Sound Records.
In addition, the trio collaborated with French jazz singer, Sarah Eden, on the album ‘Ailleurs…’ which was released on Label Plaza Mayor Company Ltd.

Yaniv's latest solo piano album 'HOPE' has been released on Fresh Sound Record (2022) to critical acclaim. 'HOPE' is comprised of twelve “chapters” (original music and works by Kenny Wheeler, Cole Porter, Henry Mancini and Thelonious Monk).