Peter Yarin and Roy Eaton

A five, six, seven, eight… Come on down and swing along to the best ragtime, stride, and jazz the Big Apple has to offer. With special performances on select Thursdays and sprinkled spontaneously throughout the season. Find Piano in Bryant Park on the Upper Terrace at the base of the William Cullen Bryant statue behind the New York Public Library. Please note, today's show has been extended to 3pm. Peter Yarin (12:30pm-2pm) Stride, Jazz, Composer Peter Yarin is a pianist, composer, and recording artist based in New York City. A versatile musician with classical and Jazz influences Peter leads his own trio, plays piano for Vince Giordano's Nighthawks (early/swing jazz). He has performed or recorded with Regina Spektor, Elvis Costello, Liza Minnelli, St. Vincent, Rufus Wainwright, Michael Feinstein, Garrison Keillor, and others. Peter's performances have been employed on numerous film and television soundtracks, including Killers of the Flower Moon , The Queen's Gambit , and The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel . He is featured on the Grammy-winning  soundtrack album. Peter also composed original music for the musical Sempo at Tokyo's New National Theatre and has composed 2 full length musicals The Age of Innocence and The Masked Zinfandel . Peter is on faculty at the Diller-Quaile School of Music. Roy Eaton (2pm-3pm) Played Carnegie in 1937 "Bryant Park is extra pleased to welcome Roy and his music back to Bryant Park after he suffered a near fatal hemorrhagic stroke in 2017." - Piano in Bryant Park Team Classically trained pianist Roy Eaton has a most impressive career. Deemed a child prodigy, he first performed at Carnegie Hall in 1937 at the age of seven, paving the way for several later performances in legendary institutions. He won the first-ever Kosciuszko Foundation Chopin Award in 1950. He has since released several albums, with his latest being I Play for Peace . Other selected CDs include Joplin Rags; Keyboard Classics for Children , 24/7+7 , and The Complete Preludes of Chopin . Considered a pioneer in the field of advertising, Roy was honored for his legendary career with an induction to the Advertising Hall of Fame in 2010. He holds degrees from City College of New York, Yale University, and the Manhattan School of Music, where he has been a long-time instructor and faculty member.