LIVE PERFORMANCE • THE LITTLE CAFE
Max Robbins and Misha Studenkov :: Thursday, Jun. 5
Max Robbins is a composer, theatre teaching artist, and music educator from Rochester, NY. He grew up studying both classical and jazz music with several Eastman faculty and Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra musicians. Max has performed at the Rochester International Jazz Festival, Tanglewood Music Festival, Brevard Music Center, and several jazz clubs in Pittsburgh and Boston. He teaches trumpet privately and is a teaching artist at the American Repertory Theater in Cambridge, MA. Max is a graduate of Carnegie Mellon University with a degree in Psychology and Trumpet Performance and the Harvard Graduate School of Education with a degree in Human Development and Arts in Education.
A versatile jazz musician, Misha Studenkov is active as a pianist, keyboardist, accordionist, and composer/arranger in the Greater Rochester Area. Misha’s jazz piano styles draw from blues, bebop, and modal traditions, combining into a vibrant palette for storytelling and expression. An interest in folk accordion stemming from his family background led Misha to integrate the instrument into his musical signature and his work with jazz ensembles. A California native mentored by South Bay jazz legend Kirk Tamura, Misha received his BM from the Eastman School of Music, where he studied jazz piano performance under Gary Versace. At Eastman, Misha worked with guest artists including Maria Schneider, John Clayton, Renée Fleming, Dafnis Prieto, and Jeremy Pelt. He is an intern instructor of jazz piano and accordion at the Eastman Community Music School. His compositions have won awards in the South Bay and been recorded by Eastman student ensembles.
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