Tim Neumark
| Tim Neumark | |
|---|---|
| Born | Maryland |
| Genres |
Contemporary Instrumental New age |
| Instruments | Piano, Keyboards |
| Years active | 2006 – present |
| Website | timneumark.com |
Tim Neumark is an American composer, pianist, and recording artist producing contemporary instrumental and solo piano music. He has released seven contemporary piano instrumental albums and published corresponding sheet music songbooks for each album.
Music career
Neumark has released seven albums starting with his debut Biography in 2006. This album plays on Pandora frequenetly. He has received seven nominations for album of the year, winning for 2015's Storm as Best Solo Piano Album by One World Music Radio.[1] Storm was also nominated by Enlightened Piano Radio for album of the year,[2] which allowed him to play at Carnegie Hall for the awards ceremony.[3][4][5][6]
Background
Neumark is a self-taught pianist [7] who began playing piano around age 15. He attened Allegany College in Maryland[5] and West Virginia University.[5] A distant relative of the famous American pianist Artur Rubinstein,[7] Neumark composes and performs his own music. He has toured or performed with some of the biggest names in new age piano, including Michele McLaughlin, Philip Wesley, Doug Hammer, and Chad Lawson. His performance at Carnegie Hall was covered by several newspapers.
Discography
- 2007 Biography
- 2007 Christas
- 2009 Influence remastered in 2014
- 2013 Opus Four
- 2014 Storm
- 2015 Galaxy
- 2015 Moments
Sheet Music
Each CD has a corresponding songbook.
Awards and nominations
Albums
- Opus Four was nominated for Classical/Modern Classical Album of the Year by SoloPiano.com [8]
- Storm was named winner of the Best Solo Piano Album of 2014 by One World Music.[1]
- Storm was nominated by Enlightened Piano Radio for 2014 Album of the Year[2]
- Storm was on the Audiosyncracy "favorites" list for 2014 [9]
- Galaxy was nominated by One World Music for 2015 Album of the Year [10]
- Galaxy was nominated by Enlightened Piano Radio for 2015 Solo Piano Album of the Year [11]
- Moments was nominated by SoloPiano.com for 2015 Classical Album of the Year [12]
Tracks
The following tracks were nominated for Hollywood Music in Media Awards:
- A Moment of Joy, Best Contemporary Instrumental Song. From Opus Four.
- Adagio Sostenuto, Best Classical. From Opus Four
- See You Soon, Best New Age/Ambient Song. From Storm.
- Setting Sail. Best Contemporary Classical/Instrumental. From Storm.
- Starlight, Best New Age/Ambient song. From Galaxy.
References
- 1 2 "One Wold Music Radio awards show mixcloud.com/OWM/the-one-world-music-awards-show-for-2014/". One World Music on MixCloud (this is the only source of the information because OWM doesn't have the show from that year or I cannot find it).
- 1 2 "2014 Enlightened Piano Radio Carnegie Hall Awards". Facebook, EPR page.
- ↑ "Former Frostburg Resident plays at Carnegie Hall". Cumberland Times-News.
- ↑ "Falling Waters pianist has a Carnegie Hall moment". Herald Mail Media.com.
- 1 2 3 "Alumni Newsletter Profile" (PDF). allegany.edu.
- ↑ "The Journal News". journal-news.net.
- 1 2 "Interview with Tim Neumark, July 2014". MainlyPiano.com.
- ↑ "2013 SoloPiano Album of the Year Nominations". SoloPiano.com.
- ↑ "Best of 2014 show". Facebook, Audiosyncracy page.
- ↑ "OWM Awards 2015". OneWorldMusic.co.uk.
- ↑ "2015 Enlightened Piano Radio awards announcement". Facebook, EPR page.
- ↑ "Album of the Year Nominations". SoloPiano.com.
External links
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