Pianist

A member of jazz’s piano pantheon, Fred Hersch has been an influential creative force over more than three decades as an improviser, composer, educator, bandleader, collaborator, and recording artist. He has been proclaimed “the most arrestingly innovative pianist in jazz over the last decade” by Vanity Fair and “a living legend” by The New Yorker. A seventeen-time Grammy nominee, Hersch has garnered jazz’s most prestigious awards, including a Doris Duke Artist (2016), Jazz Pianist of the Year from the Jazz Journalists Association (2011, 2016, 2018), and the Jazz Magazine (France) International Artist of the Year (2021). The Fred Hersch Trio was voted the #1 Jazz Group in the 2019 DownBeat Critics Poll.

Fred Hersch Trio

Maverick Concert Hall

Fred Hersch has held a special position among the great jazz pianists of our time for years. Not only is he a "living legend" himself (The New Yorker), but he has also had a decisive influence on an entire generation of pianists as a teacher, from Brad Mehldau to Sullivan Fortner to Jason Moran. Hersch's distinctive touch and impressionistic tone have often been compared to Bill Evans. At the same time, he enjoys incorporating elements from classical music. After several acclaimed performances in recent years, he is now presenting his first solo program at the Elbphilharmonie.

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Fred Hersch

Elbphilharmonie Hamburg

Called “a living legend” by The New Yorker and “a master who plays it his way” (New York Times), Fred Hersch returns to Rockport leading an inspired trio. He is a seventeen-time Grammy nominee and the recipient of many of jazz’s most prestigious awards.

Rockport Music-Shalin Liu Performance Center

“the most arrestingly innovative pianist in jazz over the last decade” — Vanity Fair

Fred Hersch & Anat Cohen

La Jolla Music Society

Autumn Classics: Anchorage Subscription Concert 5 - Awadagin Pratt In Recital

Fine Arts Building

A select member of jazz’s piano pantheon, Fred Hersch is a pervasively influential creative force who has shaped the music’s course over more than three decades as an improviser, composer, educator, bandleader, collaborator and recording artist. He has been proclaimed “the most arrestingly innovative pianist in jazz over the last decade” by Vanity Fair, “an elegant force of musical invention” by the L.A. Times, and “a living legend” by The New Yorker.

Dakota

Join us for our third summer subscription concert featuring star pianists Awadagin Pratt and Natasha Paremski.

Pianissimo!!! Awadagin Pratt & Natasha Paremski - Summer Subscription Concert Number 3

Harrigan Centennial Hall

“Singular among the trailblazers of their art, a largely unsung innovator of this borderless, individualistic jazz—a jazz for the 21st century.” – The NY Times   

A select member of jazz’s piano pantheon, Fred Hersch is a pervasively influential creative force who has shaped the music’s course over more than three decades as an improviser, composer, educator, bandleader, collaborator and recording artist. He has been proclaimed “the most arrestingly innovative pianist in jazz over the last decade” by Vanity Fair, “an elegant force of musical invention” by The L.A. Times, and “a living legend” by The New Yorker.

Pianist

Fred Hersch

Events

Past events

Aug 15, 2026

Fred Hersch Trio · Maverick Concerts

Oct 9, 2025

Fred Hersch · Elbphilharmonie

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