Eldar Djangirov
Eldar Djangirov is an American jazz pianist of Tatar origin born on January 28,
1987, in Tokmok. He began playing the piano at age three and received
instruction from his father and his mother, a music teacher. After appearing at
a jazz festival in Novosibirsk in 1996, he was discovered by Charles McWhorter,
who facilitated his studies at the Interlochen Center for the Arts in Michigan.
Djangirov moved to Kansas City with his family in 1998. At age 15, he performed
the piece “Rhapsody in Blue” with the Independence Symphony Orchestra and
appeared with the Nebraska Jazz Orchestra....
