Lee Musiker
Pianist, Arranger, and Conductor in New York City
Grammy, Emmy and Platinum Award winning Pianist, Conductor, Music Director, Arranger/Orchestrator LEE MUSIKER has established a distinguished and multifaceted career as both soloist and collaborator in the Classical, Operatic, Broadway, Jazz and Pop music genres.
"The brilliant pianist and arranger LEE MUSIKER…a remarkably empathetic and inventive virtuoso...
...exceptionally rich harmonies and propulsive rhythms" (Stephen Holden- The New York Times)
A Steinway Artist, Lee Musiker has performed with the New York Philharmonic and Principal Brass Quintet, Metropolitan Opera, Mostly Mozart, American Symphony Orchestra, Orpheus, New York City Ballet, American Ballet Theater, the Atlanta, Cleveland, Philadelphia, San Francisco and London Symphony Orchestras, the New York, Boston, Cincinnati and Philly Pops and Hollywood Bowl Orchestra.
In February 2024, Lee had the distinct honor of being featured piano soloist with the New York Pops for the centennial celebration of Gershwin's "Rhapsody in Blue" at Carnegie Hall.
Mr. Musiker has guest conducted The New York Philharmonic, the Baltimore, Chicago, Dallas, Denver, Detroit, Houston, Milwaukee, Pittsburgh, National and St. Louis Symphony Orchestras, Jazz @ Lincoln Center, Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Henry Mancini Institute Orchestras and was Music Director/Principal Conductor of the Jerry Lewis MDA Telethon and the Palm Beach Pops.
From 2001-2013 Lee was Music Director/Pianist for the legendary Tony Bennett- recordings include the award-winning albums "Duets- An American Classic", "Duets 2", Tony Bennett/Lady Gaga "Cheek to Cheek" and their triumphant 2021 Radio City Music Hall concerts and CBS-TV special.
A native New Yorker and fourth-generation musician, Lee received degrees from the Manhattan School of Music and Eastman School of Music, further studies at the Juilliard School and Bard College. Lee has given Masterclasses at the Metropolitan Opera Young Artists Program, Indiana University and was a visiting Guest Artist-in-residence at the Tanglewood and Ravinia Institutes.
Lee Musiker has performed and/or recorded with this platinum roster of artists;
Classical: Joshua Bell, Kathleen Battle, Harolyn Blackwell, Stephanie Blythe, Andrea Bocelli, Renée Fleming, Susan Graham, Denyce Graves, Josh Groban, Nathan Gunn, Marilyn Horne, Sylvia McNair, Julia Migenes, Dawn Upshaw, Deborah Voigt.
Jazz/Pop: Tony Bennett, Michael Bublé, Natalie Cole, Judy Collins, Michael Feinstein, Aretha Franklin, Lady Gaga, Michael Jackson, Jewel, Billy Joel, Elton John, Norah Jones, Diana Krall, kd Lang, Seth MacFarlane, Manhattan Transfer, John Mayer, Paul McCartney, Sting, Barbra Streisand, James Taylor, Mel Tormé, George Benson, Chris Botti, Eddie Daniels, Wynton Marsalis, John Pizzarelli, Buddy Rich, Doc Severinson.
Broadway: Kristin Chenoweth, Barbara Cook, Sutton Foster, Joel Grey, Leslie Odom Jr., Kelli O'Hara, Audra McDonald, Maureen McGovern, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Rita Moreno, Mandy Patinkin, Bernadette Peters.
Composers: John Barry, Cy Coleman, Marvin Hamlisch, Mitch Leigh, Alan Menken, Stephen Schwartz, Mark Shaiman, John Williams, Maury Yeston.