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David Blazer
David Blazer was born and raised in Miami, Oklahoma, where he studied with Douglas Payton on piano and DeMaris Gaines on organ. He received a BM in organ from the Oberlin Conservatory, where he studied with Garth Peacock and George Lamb. He studied Early Music Performance at Case Western Reserve University and Liturgical Music at Notre Dame University, and holds Master’s degrees in Organ Performance and vocal performance from Cleveland State University. Blazer has performed numerous organ recitals throughout the United States and Europe including, Rome, Florence, Assisi, Vienna, Salzburg, and Jerusalem, and has directed choirs for major performances in Vienna, Florence, Assisi, Munich, and Budapest, as well as a special performance for Pope John Paul II at St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome.
Blazer is currently the Director of Music and Organist of West Shore Unitarian Universalist Church in Rocky River, Ohio. David Blazer is also widely known for his jazz piano in local clubs throughout the Cleveland area. He is currently the featured house pianist for the famed Velvet Tango Room.
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Alexander Fedoriouk
Alexander Fedoriouk began playing the cimbalom at the age of seven in his hometown of Kolomyia, Ukraine. He received his Bachelor's degree in music from the Kiev State Conservatory and a Master's in ethnomusicology at Cleveland State University. Alexander has performed as a soloist with the New York Philharmonic, the Cleveland Orchestra, the Pittsburgh Symphony, the Columbus Symphony, Orchestra Nashville, and the Odessa Philharmonic Orchestra, among many others. He has appeared in the Ukrainian musical movies Pisne Kalynova and Namysto Dlia Berehyni and contributed to the soundtracks of The Truth About Charlie, Over my Dead Body, Obcina the Call of the Mountain, and The Skull Key. He is featured as a soloist on a number of recordings, including those of Nigel Pulsford of Bush and legendary jazz flutist Herbie Mann. Alexander performs with Harmonia, a folk ensemble dedicated to traditional repertoire of Central and Eastern Europe.
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Mike Petrone
American pianist, vocalist, entertainer, and composer Mike Petrone is best known as Cleveland’s "Piano Man," owing to his twenty-nine years and more than 6,000 performances at Johnny’s Downtown, a storied restaurant in Cleveland’s Warehouse District. His career includes more than twenty album credits, six motion picture soundtracks, 10,000 plus performances, and his stage play Caesar the Musical, which he made into an independent feature film in 2021 and has earned him fourteen wins and three nominations at film festivals around the world. Visit Mike's profile on IMDB.
Petrone's jazz piano trio has received acclaim across the globe for their sophisticated and elegant recordings of the Great American Songbook. He has also performed with the Cleveland Orchestra and the Rock Hall of Fame. He has worked with Grammy winners, Kathleen Battle and Leonard Slatkin, and with Motown legends The Funk Brothers.