Natalie Tenenbaum
Natalie Tenenbaum is a composer, pianist, music producer/director and singer-songwriter, recognized equally on the stages of Carnegie Hall, SXSW and Broadway for "sparkling...consistently invigorating" (The New York Times) performances. Agraduate of The Juilliard School, Tenenbaum breaks the boundaries between classical composition, popular storytelling, and improvisational jazz to create acoustic and electro-acoustic concert music for a wide scope of ensembles, soloists, organizations and artistic disciplines.
Based in New York, Tenenbaum has appeared with orchestras in Europe, Asia and the U.S., premiering her own compositions and real-time composition/improvisations in concert in venues such as The Kennedy Center, Lincoln Center, Madison Square Garden, The Apollo Theater, Carnegie Hall, Merkin Hall, Jazz at Lincoln Center, The Blue Note, The National Arts Gallery (NY), Harvard University, Austin’s SXSW, Berlin's Konzerthaus, Korea's National Theater, and the Monk to Bach jazz club in Seoul, among many others.
In 2022, Tenenbaum created arrangements and orchestrations for Lang Lang's most recent album release with London’s Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (Universal Media Group/Deutsche Grammophon/Disney) and composed an original work for Lang Lang and Pentatonix. Other collaborations include duos with Eitan Kenner and Julian "J3PO" Pollack; plus music direction for Titus Burgess, LeaMichele, The 8-Bit Big Band and Tori Kelly (for the 2020 Tree Lighting at Rockefeller Center) along with many others. She has been featured in NBC's Maya & Marty as associate Music Director, performing with guests suchas Maya Rudolph, Martin Short, Steve Martin, Emma Stone, Kenan Thompson, and Nick Jonas.
As a follow-up to her 2023 album Duos/Solos with Eitan Kenner (La Reserve Records), Tenenbaum second album Standard Repertoire Vol. 1 on Platoon in June 2024. This post-classical album features original music, sound design, and reimaginings of works by Bach, Stravinsky, Debussy, Liszt and others.
Active in the new music scene, Tenenbaum has performed as a soloist and collaborator with various musicians and ensembles, including Jason Eckardt and AUDITIVOKKALDRESDEN. She premiered her piece for two pianos, Ra'ash, with fellowpianist and composer Julian Pollack in NYC and at the Mendocino Music Festival.
On Broadway, Tenenbaum has created arrangements for Tina Fey's musical, MeanGirls, and worked with David Byrne on American Utopia (2021-2022).She co-wrote the scores for theatrical pieces Juliet & Juliet (York Theater, NY) and Little Black Dress (US & Canada Tour, 2018-2020) aswell as writing and performing the original score for John Guare's play, More Stars Than There Are In Heaven (2016) at the Tennessee Williams festival in Provincetown, MA. Her score for the staged adaptation of Benjamin Button (incollaboration with librettist and lyricist Brett Boles) was performed in 2013 as part of the Fundamental Theater Project and workshopped in London in 2019 at the Southwark Playhouse.
Tenenbaum was honored with both the Harrington Award and the Jean Banks Award from BMI. In 2014, she was awarded membership to the BMI Lehman-Engle Advanced Workshop. Her catalog of works is represented through ASCAP.
NatalieTenenbaum is a Nord Artist and a Yamaha Artist.
On Broadway, Tenenbaum has created arrangements for Tina Fey's musical, MeanGirls, and worked with David Byrne on American Utopia (2021-2022).She co-wrote the scores for theatrical pieces Juliet & Juliet (York Theater, NY) and Little Black Dress (US & Canada Tour, 2018-2020) aswell as writing and performing the original score for John Guare's play, More Stars Than There Are In Heaven (2016) at the Tennessee Williams festival in Provincetown, MA. Her score for the staged adaptation of Benjamin Button (incollaboration with librettist and lyricist Brett Boles) was performed in 2013 as part of the Fundamental Theater Project and workshopped in London in 2019 at the Southwark Playhouse.
Tenenbaum was honored with both the Harrington Award and the Jean Banks Award from BMI. In 2014, she was awarded membership to the BMI Lehman-Engle Advanced Workshop. Her catalog of works is represented through ASCAP.
NatalieTenenbaum is a Nord Artist and a Yamaha Artist.
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