Sing for Hope Pop-Up Piano Concert: Sebastien Ammann

Arianna Santoriello
Sunlight Comforter, 2024

Join pianist, composer and Brooklyn Conservatory of Music faculty member, Sebastien Ammann, for a pop-up concert on our Myrtle Avenue Plaza. Ammann will be playing “Sunlight Comforter,” the vibrantly painted piano from artist Arianna Santoriello as part of the 2024 Sing for Hope Pianos project.

Come enjoy Sebastien Ammann’s concert, see Arianna’s work, and plan your moment to play a song or two. The Sing for Hope Pianos are for everyone and anyone to enjoy regardless of your skill level.

Please also consider joining for a second pop-up concert as part of the Myrtle Avenue Summer Nights series on Friday, 6/21, at 5:30 pm featuring Kateryna Matvieienko.

The Sing for Hope Pianos
From the Bronx to Beirut, the Sing for Hope Pianos program is a global arts initiative that creates artist-designed pianos; places them in public spaces for anyone and everyone to enjoy; then transports and activates them year-round in permanent homes in schools, hospitals, transit hubs, refugee camps, and community-based organizations. Sing for Hope has provided more pianos for under-resourced public schools than any other organization in the world.

Sebastien Ammann

Since arriving on the New York jazz scene in 2008, Sebastien Ammann has made a name for himself as a versatile pianist and composer with a distinctive musical identity. Ammann leads several ensembles including Sebastien Ammann’s Gaia Quartet, Color Wheel, and the Sebastien Ammann Quartet. He is also a founding member of the improvisational collective, Henry/Ammann/Pichler/Mok, renowned for creating pieces in the moment without predetermined ideas

Not only is Sebastien Ammann a bandleader, but he’s also a sought-after sideman in numerous projects including guitarist Gene Ess’ Fractal Attraction and the Jake Leckie’s Quartet. He’s has shared the stage with a diverse array of musicians, such as Kris Davis’ Massive Thread, Tony Malaby, Sean Conly, Michael Formanek, Billy Drewes, Gene Ess, Michael Bates, Jon Irabagon, Mark Ferber, George Schuller, Dana Leong, John Hébert, Samuel Blaser, Sean Conly and Michael Sarin, performing in venues and festivals across the USA and Europe.

Ammann’s work has received recognition in acclaimed publications like Downbeat Magazine (USA), Jazz Life (Japan), London Jazz News (UK), Jazziz (USA), Jazz Halo (Belgium), El Intruso (Spain), Ivan Rod (Danemark), Jazz’N’More (Switzerland), and he has been the recipient of grants from the Swiss Foundation of Artists and Performers (SIS), the City of Geneva (Switzerland) and the Roland Hanna Memorial Scholarship (USA). Furthermore, he runs his own private teaching studio while also on faculty at the Brooklyn Conservatory of Music.

Thanks to Sing for Hope, NYC Department of Transportation, and the Brooklyn Conservatory of Music.