PARADIGMS

piano concerto no. 3

BOCA SWEET

symphonic pops

COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO

Broadway

E-DATE

Broadway  

THE JUNGLE ISLAND

children’s musical

RHAPSODY TABLEAUX

piano: classical / jazz / new-age

SUITE MEMOIRS

new-age piano

KALEIDOSCOPE SUITE

fusion rock/new-age  

BEHR PLAYS BEHR

piano: Classical / Blue-Age

PRISMS

jazz / nu-jazz

FANTASY LATINA

piano concerto no. 1

EUROPA

piano concerto no. 2

Behr at Carnegie Hall (Weill)

“A demon pianist”  –  THE BOSTON GLOBE

“Genius composer” –  InTheFray MAGAZINE

“A brilliant pianist.”  –  THE VOICE

“An outstanding performance by the gifted artist ... sparkling wit.” – THE HOLLYWOOD OBSERVER

“Full of beautiful, romantic, sweeping melodies.”

– OUTER CRITICS CIRCLE

“Impassioned music ... a standing ovation.”

–  HUDSON VALLEY NEWS

“A formidable talent.”

  – GREAT NECK SYMPHONY GUILD

“He received standing ovations when he thrilled the audience [with Rhapsody in Blue].”  

– THE DEERFIELD OBSERVER

“Behr distinguished himself ... His [Grieg concerto] was flawless, breathtaking, a true musical adventure.”

– THE BOCA RATON REPORTER

“A superb pianist ... profound knowledge.”  

–  THE WYNMOOR NEWS

“Dramatic, exciting, melodic ... wonderfully colorful, dramatic and witty songs.”  

–  NEWS BLAZE

“I loved it ...  lot of pizzazz, a lot of staying power fueled by solid music and excellent performances.” –  REVIEW FIX

“The lyrics were smart and sassy and the musical score was truly one of the best.  

–  GREENWICH VILLAGE EXAMINER

“It was great! ... I felt we were watching a West Side Story-esque, Les Mis kind of production where there was a song for everyone.”  

–  REVIEW FIX

BIO

James Behr was hailed as “a demon pianist” by The Boston Globe and “genius composer” by InTheFray Magazine.  A Juilliard graduate, he has performed throughout the U.S., including TV and radio; Carnegie Hall; Alice Tully Hall and Lincoln Center; the Ravinia and Tanglewood Festivals; and with  orchestras including the Virginia Symphony, Naples Philharmonic and Florida Symphonic Pops as Artist in Residence.  He performed at Carnegie Hall as First Prize winner in the Bradshaw & Buono International Piano Competition.   His original music includes Europa (piano & orchestra), Rhapsody Tableaux (blue age), Suite Memoirs (new age piano), Kaleidoscope Suite (fusion rock/new-age), Prisms (nu-jazz), and Boca Sweet (symphonic pops).  His musicals include E-date (Off-Broadway Times Square Arts Center), Dreamquest, The Jungle Island, and The Count of Monte Cristo, lauded as “beautiful, romantic, sweeping” (Outer Critics Circle).  It won awards from the New York Musical Theatre Festival and West Village Musical Theatre Festival and ran Off-Broadway at the Bleecker Street Theater.  Behr is a graduate of Juilliard and Northwestern University.  A Steinway Artist, he resides in New York and often lectures on music at Manhattan University.

Behr in concert at old

Steinway Hall, New York

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