Yelena Eckemoff

Yelena Eckemoff is a renowned Russian-born pianist, composer, poet, and visual artist. She organically blends classical elements with jazz improvisation in evocative and uniquely distinctive works that strike a delicate balance between through-composed frameworks and open-ended improvisation. Her career can be divided into halves: Before 2009, she issued modern oratorios such as 2000's The Death and Resurrection of Jesus Christ and 2005's Travel, where her focus was shared between jazz, classical, new age, and sacred music. After 2010's Flying Steps, jazz became her primary mo...