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Holding the jazz piano chair at the Music School in Winchester MA (previously held by Harvey Diamond), Eric Ostling maintains an active career in the jazz and classical worlds, composing, performing and recording. He has worked with Pulitzer composers John Harbison and Karel Husa, legendary jazz teachers Jamey Aebersold, Herb Pomeroy and Charlie Banacos, making his own contributions to the legacy of these masters, and to the teaching approach of Mr. Banacos in particular.
Classical compositions have premiered in Louisville and Boston, recently his second Quartet “Eternity” by the Manhattan String Quartet. Jazz compositions include an acclaimed arrangement of Tutu (Marcus Miller/Miles Davis), and Peter Bernstein's ‘Dragonfly’ for the MIT Festival Jazz Ensemble.
Recording credits include jazz quartet and solo piano CDs, song cycles of Schoenberg and Webern, and a critically acclaimed CD release and show with soprano Karyn Levitt of Hanns Eisler songs in English translation by Eric Bentley.
Eric also maintains an active performing schedule with his own quartet, and in regular collaboration with NYC-based guitarist Peter Seckel, for the continuance of live jazz music in the 21st century - including an expanding library of over 70 original tunes.
