Jeremy Siskind

Music Faculty Faculty

Jeremy Siskind

Music Faculty Faculty

Jeremy Siskind is the rare musician whose imaginative albums land on “best of” lists while his
ground-breaking instructional books populate “best-seller” lists. A top finisher in national and
international jazz piano competitions, Siskind is a two-time laureate of the American Pianists
Association and the winner of the Nottingham International Jazz Piano Competition. A soughtafter educator, Siskind has published more than 20 instructional books, including Playing Solo
Jazz Piano, with an introduction by Fred Hersch, and the ground-breaking Jazz Piano
Fundamentals series. Besides Siskind’s own YouTube channel, which boasts over 9,000
subscribers, Siskind is frequently seen teaching on digital platforms like Tonebase, Open Studio,
and Piano with Jonny, as well as presenting webinars and in-person lectures for the Frances
Clark Institute, the Music Teachers National Association, and the Imagine Solutions Conference.
Siskind helps to guide education and pedagogy surrounding improvisation and composition.
Siskind spreads peace through music in places like Lebanon, Tunisia, and Thailand with the nonprofit organization, Jazz Education Abroad. Jeremy Siskind is a Yamaha Artist.