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Christian Tamburr & Taylor Eigsti

Christian Tamburr & Taylor Eigsti

Recipient Information

Location

Apex, North Carolina

Medium

Music (Jazz)

Year of Award

2027

Grant or Fellowship

Southern Artist Spotlight Grant

Grant Amount

$0

Christian Tamburr is an internationally renowned vibraphonist, pianist, composer, and arranger with performances in over 75 countries around the world. As a headline artist, Christian performs regularly at Jazz at Lincoln Center, The Kennedy Center, Birdland Jazz Club, Newport Jazz Festival, on board The Jazz Cruise and major Jazz Festivals and venues throughout Europe, Asia, and the UAE. Christian has worked as a US ambassador to arts & culture on behalf of Jazz & Lincoln Center and Musical Director for Cirque du Soleil, multi-grammy award winning ensemble “Take 6”, and magicians Penn&Teller in Las Vegas. He has shared the stage with countless artists across multiple genres including Dave Brubeck, Clark Terry, Kenny Barron, James Moody, Eric Marienthal, Emmett Cohen, Wendy Moten, Taylor Eigsti, Clint Holmes, Rene Marie and Jane Monheit. Christian’s company Sonic Leadership presents executive team building experiences globally using musical leadership principles to inspire employees at companies like Amazon, GOOGLE and Cisco Systems. He is the producer and curator of The ICONS OF JAZZ & SOUL Concert Series, which presents curated themed concerts and national tours to venues across the US and Europe.  

2 Time -GRAMMY® Award-winning pianist and composer Taylor Eigsti started playing the piano when he was four years old. Growing up in Menlo Park, CA, Eigsti was quickly labeled a prodigy, and has since released 9 albums as a bandleader, in addition to appearing on over 70 albums as a sideman. Eigsti recently won a 2025 GRAMMY® Award for Best Contemporary Instrumental Album for his most recent album “Plot Armor” and the 2022 GRAMMY®  Award for Best Contemporary Instrumental Album for,”Tree Falls”. In addition to this recent honors, Eigsti has garnered 3 individual GRAMMY® nominations over the years for his work as a recording artist and composer, including Best Instrumental Composition, and Best Jazz Instrumental Solo. Eigsti has also been featured on several other GRAMMY® nominated albums by Gretchen Parlato and Julian Lage, and co-wrote a featured composition with Don Cheadle for the GRAMMY® - winning soundtrack to the motion picture “Miles Ahead” (2017). Eigsti has performed, toured, or recorded with such luminaries as Dave Brubeck, Sting, Joshua  Redman, Joshua Bell, Esperanza Spalding, Chris Botti, John Mayer, Vanessa Williams, James Moody, Chris Potter, Nicholas Payton, McCoy Tyner, Chick Corea, Snarky Puppy, Christian McBride, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Dianne Reeves, Vince Mendoza, Gretchen Parlato, Julian Lage, Ambrose Akinmusire, Tarriona “Tank” Ball, Lalah Hathaway, Joe Lovano, Hank Jones, Erin Bode, and Frederica Von Stade, among many others over the years, and is a regular touring member of Terence Blanchard’s E-Collective and a duo collaboration with vocalist Lisa Fischer. 

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