Luis Peralta is a 20-year-old pianist from Oakland, California. He began playing piano at seven, embarking quickly on a serious study of European Classical and American Classical Music (Jazz). In 2017 he performed Alex Conde’s Concierto Para Piano Flamenco y Orquesta as a soloist with the Oakland Youth Orchestra. In 2019, Luis was awarded a full scholarship to study piano at the New School in New York City. He has studied with and performed with Bay Area figures such as Howard Wiley and Marcus Shelby. Currently, he studies with NYC pianist Sullivan Fortner and SF Conservatory of Music piano professor John McCarthy.
Personnel:
Luis Peralta - piano
Brian Juarez - bass
Ben Esposito - drums
A recent video may be found at:
Editor's note:
"...I had the good fortune to hear Luis perform at the All Steinway Gala at Las Positas College last September. He brings an uncanny degree of historical depth and maturity to his playing, referencing more stylistic material from the past 100 years than I typically hear among jazz pianists today..."
Tom Reynolds -- pianist, vocalist, arranger/composer, President and founder of Livermore Jazz Society
