Lianna Gekker
piano
Lianna Gekker has been involved with music her whole life, from her early start on piano all the way to her extensive jazz education and her budding independent career. She earned music degrees from the University of Maryland, studying with Jon Ozment, and Indiana University in Jazz Studies where she was a student of Luke Gillespie. At Indiana, she held the position of Assistant Instructor in Jazz Piano and at UMD she was the recipient of a Maryland Talent in the Arts scholarship. In the Washington DC area, she has performed and recorded with many jazz big bands and combos, including Shannon Gunn and the Bullettes, Lena Seikaly, The Woodmont Grill piano trio and the Leigh Pilzer/Jen Krupa Quintet. Lianna has also played in many prestigious venues such as Bohemian Caverns, Bargemusic in Brooklyn, Kennedy Center Millennium Stage, Bethesda Blues and Jazz Club, Wounded Warrior Café and the Carlyle Club. Lianna is an experienced composer and arranger, with full arrangements for jazz combo and big band including the independent 2017 film, Stardust and Moonbeams. Lianna also has extensive experience recording, mixing and mastering for independent artists.
