Israel Tanenbaum
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Israel Tanenbaum-Rivera (born March 7, 1961) is a Puertorican pianist, record producer, composer, arranger and audio engineer who has produced more than 50 albums and participated in over 100 recordings.
Salsa
Tanenbaum has performed with many of the classic salsa artists and bands such as Pete "El Conde" Rodriguez, Marvin Santiago, Daniel Santos, Tommy Olivencia, Cheo Feliciano, Batacumbele, Santitos Colón, Oquesta Mulenze, Brenda K. Starr, Lalo Rodríguez, Ednita Nazario, and Roberto Roena, for whom he became Musical Director in 1986. In 1988, with a successful career as a pianist, Tanenbaum moved to Colombia from his native Puerto Rico and joined (as the producer, pianist and arranger) Guayacán Orquesta, one of Colombia’s premiere salsa bands. Tanenbaum played a vital role in defining the sound that allowed Guayacán to effectively reach out to the growing U.S. and European Latino markets. This led to one Platinum and two Gold Records. In the early 90's he met violinist Alfredo de la Fe and worked with him as producer, pianist, composer and arranger. Tanenbaum has produced music for record labels like Sony, Phillips, CBS, BMG and Fania.
Jazz
Israel has played with jazz musicians such as Dave Valentin, Giovanni Hidalgo, John Benitez and David Sanchez, Juancito Torres Jazz Ensemble, Richie Flores.
Incidental music
Israel has composed music for documentary, theater, television and film that has been nominated for various awards. The music for the independent film “Swing” directed by Martin Guigui was awarded Best Soundtrack in a feature film at the 2003 Latin USA Film Festival and Best Impact of Music in an Independent Feature Film at the 2004 Park City Film Music Festival. In 2009 he composed the music for El Atolondrado, an adaptation of Moliere's classic for clown by Argentinian director, Ricardo Behrens. In addition, he has produced Jingles for many clients such as Renault, Hyundai and Eveready.
Festivals and venues
Israel has performed at: Blue Morning, Paris, France Festival de Música del Caribe, Cartagena, Colombia JVC Jazz Festival, Turin, Italy Nice Jazz Festival, Nice, France Festival de Jazz Teatro Libre, Bogotá, Colombia Festival Latino, Switzerland Open Tropen Jazz Festival, Belgium Feria de Cali, Cali, Colombia Roots Festival, Holland Village Gate, New York, NY SOB's, New York, NY Vermont Jazz Festival, Burlington, VT Festival Latino Americano, Florence, Italy Carnaval de Barranquilla, Barranquilla, Colombia Festival Iberoamericano de Teatro, Bogotá, Colombia Madison Square Garden, New York, NY