Yaniv Taubenhouse

"Yaniv is remarkably talented musician and a natural performer; his pianistic and musical abilities and his interest in and experience with many styles are promising". Jura Margulis

Having received his first piano lessons at the age of six, Israeli native Yaniv Taubenhouse graduated from the Thelma-Yellin high school of the arts in Tel Aviv. Upon graduation, he went on to study with gifted Israeli instructors such as Dr. Assaf Zohar, Ms. Hanna Shalgi, and Prof. Benjamin Oren. Master classes and lessons in the U.S. and Europe included work with Richard Goode, Brad Mehldau, Robert McDonald, and Jean Francois Antonioli.

In December 2009. Yaniv came to New York to study with pianist Pavlina Dokovska and in the fall of 2010, Yaniv moved to Fayetteville, Arkansas to study with Prof. Jura Margulis in the piano performance program at the University of Arkansas. The work with Professor Margulis included lessons at the Mozarteum Summer Academy in Salzburg Austria. Yaniv has performed extensively at different venues around the world such as, the Tel Aviv Museum, Kfar Blum International Chamber Music Festival, Salle Cortot hall (Paris), Walton Art Center & Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art (AR, USA), Metropolitan Room, Cornelia Street Cafe & The DiMenna Center For Classical Music (New York), and live performance broadcasts on NPR affiliate, KUAF, 91.3 FM, among many others.

Yaniv has played and performed with musicians such as Ronald McClure, Anat Cohen, Rochelle Bradshaw, Ari Hoenig, Martha McGaughey, David Schnitter, Roswell Rudd, Orlando Le Fleming, David Glasser, Ferenc Nemeth, Rory Stuart, and Adriano Santos, to name a few.

Here from There, which was released in December 2014 on Fresh Sound Records to acclaimed reviews, is Yaniv's debut release as a leader, which offers a snapshot of the impressive Taubenhouse trajectory as a New York based pianist whose music and career continue to bloom. Here from There was recorded in January 2013 and it features
Darren Novotny on drums and Garrett Jones on bass, both Arkansas Native musicians.

In August of 2013, Yaniv moved to New York City where he is currently attending the New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music and performs regularly.