Multifaceted American jazz pianist and composer Emmet Cohen is one of his generation's pivotal  figures in music and the related arts. Leader of the Emmet Cohen Trio and creator of the Masters  Legacy Series, he is an internationally acclaimed jazz artist, a dedicated educator, the winner of the  2019 American Pianists Awards, and a finalist in the 2011 Thelonious Monk International Piano  Competition. Cohen headlines regularly at Jazz at Lincoln Center, the Village Vanguard, and  Birdland, and has appeared at the Newport, Monterey, and North Sea jazz festivals. His artistry has  taken him to venues and festivals in over 30 countries. Cohen's entrepreneurial energies led to his  developing "Live From Emmet's Place," a live-streamed "Harlem rent party" that unites a worldwide  audience via tens of millions of internet views. Cohen has released over ten albums as leader and  has performed or recorded with Ron Carter, Benny Golson, Jimmy Cobb, George Coleman, Jimmy  Heath, Tootie Heath, Houston Person, Christian McBride, and Kurt Elling.