Eliana Glass (b.1997) is a singer, pianist, and visual artist born in Australia, raised in Seattle, and based in New York. She is a graduate of the jazz program at The New School where she studied with such mentors as Andrew Cyrille, Ben Street, Kris Davis, and Jay Clayton. She also holds a degree in Visual Studies and Writing and works freely across multiple mediums. In the past year she has released her debut album, E, an album comprised primarily of piano and voice, via Shelter Press. Her work dedicates special attention to sparseness, voice, and her relationship to the piano, a lifelong entity since she was a kid.
Thomas T. Feng is a pianist, composer, and music scholar. He has performed the music of Emahoy Tsege-Mariam Gebru widely in the United States, and was invited by the composer’s family to play at her memorial in Jerusalem in 2023. His academic research on Emahoy has been cited by such publications as the New Yorker, Songlines (UK), and Magic (France); an excerpt of his doctoral dissertation about her is forthcoming publication with Oxford University Press. He is working on a full-length biography of Emahoy, as well as an edited volume of her scores. This performance offers a rare opportunity to hear Emahoy’s music live, featuring some of her most iconic works alongside gems hidden in her vast oeuvre.