BHRUSHUNDI, Tara Buzash

As a pianist, composer, educator, and businesswoman, Tara Bhrushundi continually adds to a list of accomplishments that demonstrate a standard of excellence in all areas of her work. She was one of eight young female jazz pianists from around the world chosen to perform at the 2011 Mary Lou Williams Women in Jazz Festival held at Washington, DC's Kennedy Center. Her music is praised by jazz legend Toshiko Akiyoshi as "fantastic" and by Grammy- nominated composer Laurie Altman as "ingenious." Bhrushundi holds a Master of Music in Jazz Piano Performance from Rutgers University, where she studied under Stanley Cowell and Conrad Herwig and won the Pee Wee Russell Jazz Scholarship. Bhrushundi is a Watchfire Music Composer and the 2012 Grand Prize Winner of the New Jersey Arts Collective’s music composition contest