Misha Stefanuk

	Misha Stefanuk


	born 1967 Moscow, Russia
	Award winning pianist and composer Misha V. Stefanuk emigrated from Russia where he studied at the best music schools including Moscow Conservatory School, Russian Academy of Music and Moscow Studio of Music Improvisation Art. His teachers included Kirill Volkov, Aram Khachaturian’s assistant for many years; William Pursell, multiple Grammy nominee; and Dmitry Blum, who amongst others taught Sergei Prokofiev.
Stefanuk has won many prizes including Outstanding College Pianist at Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival and special prize at Stereotypes and Nations competition in Poland. His book Jazz Piano Chords, published by by Mel Bay Publications is a best seller and is available at all major music book retailers. Misha performed at Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival, Louisiana Music New Orleans Pride and South by Southwest.
Misha started playing piano at the age of five, and he composed his first piece when he was seven. He then entered special music school and studied classical piano. While in Russia, Stefanuk became very interested in Jazz and played in a widely successful Ragtime band and a Dixieland band, Patephone, which toured Holland and Spain. After coming to the U.S., Stefanuk was selected to be a pianist with two university big bands and also started his own Jazz trio, Mooseknows, which released 2 CD’s. Misha’s music is available on MP3.com where his tunes have reached the top 5 on the traditional Jazz charts multiple times. Currently Misha performs daily at Nat Sherman on 5th Ave in New York and is a stuff organist at Mount Carmel Church in Orange, NJ.
Another aspect of Stefanuk’s artistic personality is composing music. Stefanuk wrote music for more than 20 theater shows and more than 30 video projects, including Y2K Survival Guide hosted by Leonard Nimoy, which sold more than 350,000 copies. The latest appearances of his music on television were on One Life to Live,ABC network and First Monday, CBS.

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