About this Event
EARLY BIRD TICKETS — $30
Following a sold-out debut at Blue Note Tokyo, Los Angeles-based pianist and composer GKO returns home for a one-night performance inside the legendary EastWest Studios.
An intimate evening of jazz, improvisation, contemporary piano music, and live composition — all performed in the historic Studio One.
Expect music by John Coltrane, Roy Hargrove, Hiromi, and others alongside GKO's original music and completely improvised piano.
One part of the performance will be created live with the audience: you'll have the chance to give GKO a theme and help shape a brand-new composition in the moment.
Doors 6:30 PM · Performance 7 PM
Approx. 75 minutes · All ages · Free parking
WHY EASTWEST?
EastWest Studios is one of Hollywood's most storied recording studios, with a history that includes recordings by Frank Sinatra, The Rolling Stones, Michael Jackson, Lady Gaga, and countless other artists.
This isn't a typical concert hall.
It's one night of live piano in one of Los Angeles' most iconic music spaces.
EXPERIENCE GKO LIVE
Jazz standards. Free improvisation. Original music.
A composition created in the room with you.
EARLY BIRD — $30
Limited early-bird tickets are available now.
Once they're gone, regular pricing applies.
Come experience GKO live at EastWest Studios on October 23.
SETLIST: The tentative setlist is listed below. Subject to change depending on artist's mood, sugar levels, and caffeine intake:
- Strasbourg / St. Denis by Roy Hargrove
- Hargrove by Kenny Garrett
- A Koln Sort of Thing, free improvisation
- My Favorite Things
- Green Tea Farm by Hiromi
- Merry Go Round of Life from Howl’s Moving Castle
- Giant Steps by John Coltrane
- Audience Composition (we write a song together LIVE)
- New Song (tbd)
About the Artist- GKO
Following a sold-out debut at Blue Note Tokyo, the Los Angeles-based contemporary pianist and composer GKO continues to transform the piano recital into an immersive, genre-bending, and rhapsodic experience. His live compositions reflect the ambience, light, acoustics, and the audience in real time, turning museums, galleries, vineyards, and concert halls into instruments themselves.
Critics have described his performances as creating "moments of nostalgia, reverie, and reflection," while SPICE Magazine wrote that they "witnessed the true magic of the piano."
GKO has been presented by The British Museum, the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, The University of Oxford, and by Carnegie Hall nine times. As a recording artist, GKO has released over 4 albums and 15 singles independently. His work has appeared in film, television, and live productions for Netflix, The Tribeca Film Festival, CBC, and Dodger Stadium. He has also collaborated on records with The Black Keys, Beck, Foster the People, Handsome Boy Modeling School, and 24kGoldn.
GKO exclusively performs on the Steinway & Sons Model D-274. He is outfitted by Japanese boutique FDMTL. He is also a Steinway Artist. For more visit: https://www.gkopiano.com/
About EastWest Studios
EastWest Studios is the world’s premier recording facility. Located in the heart of Hollywood, the studios have given rise to some of the most celebrated music of the last sixty years, from Frank Sinatra to The Rolling Stones, and has produced more Grammy-winning albums than any other studio in the world. Now, this iconic complex has been brought into the 21st century by an astonishing collaboration between EastWest Sounds producer Doug Rogers and internationally renowned designer Philippe Starck.
Credits
The following artists and films were recorded in this space:
- Marvin Gaye
- Frank Sinatra- New York, New York
- Madonna- Like a Prayer
- John Mayer- Search for Everything
- Michael Jackson- Thriller
- Lady Gaga- A Star is Born
- Mission Impossible
- The Godfather
- La La Land
Event venue & nearby stays
EastWest Studios, 6000 West Sunset Boulevard, Los Angeles, United States
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