An exquisite jazz and classical pianist for your special event. Whether it is a cocktail party, brunch, wedding, best friends' hang or a cozy family dinner, I always create the right mood by playing the music you and your guests love the most. My repertoire consists of numerous jazz standards and popular songs, as well as a few notable classical pieces and some original music. I am willing to travel within 50 miles around New York City.
2 reviews
Lo
March 29, 2022Fima Chupakhin was a professional from start to finish. Upon arriving to the session, introductions were made and instructions were issued. Then, Fima Chupakhin took charge and help deliver an astonishing musical session.
I will work with him again based on our initial connection and session vibe. Great Works!
Hired as: Jazz Pianist
Fima Chupakhin
Awww, thank you so much Ke Lo!
Erica P.
March 28, 2017Last night was truly amazing, everyone was truly entertained and thoroughly enjoyed the music! HE MADE THE NIGHT! WHAT A ARTIST HE IS! I will definitely be in touch for future engagements. Thanks again Fima!
Hired as: Keyboard Player
Fima Chupakhin
Erica, thank you so much! You are truly an awesome person! I would be honored to play for you and your incredible friends again:)
Price range: $200 and up
Languages: English, Russian, Ukrainian
Gig length: 30 - 120 minutes
My repertoire consists of various jazz standards from the Great American Songbook, popular songs by Stevie Wonder, Michael Jackson, The Beatles, Marvin Gay, Bill Withers, Nina Simone, Radiohead, Adele, Coldplay, Sting, Bjork and many others in my own piano arrangements and classical pieces by Bach, Mozart, Bethoveen, Shuman, Eric Satie and Ravel.
Yukhym (Fima) Chupakhin was born in Krivoy Rog, an industrial city in the East part of Ukraine. He was first exposed to music in the age of 5, when his mother had bought him a small childish piano. Since that time Yukhym fell in love with music and the sound of piano. He was exposed to a classical piano repertoire and choir music when he had entered a music school, and that had significantly influenced his future musical outlook. During the last year in the school, Yukhym discovered the world of jazz and had decided to study it along with classic at the Krivoy Rog Music College. At the college Fima became more confident about his path as a jazz musician, after attending a concert of the famous Ukrainian jazz pianist and composer Segey Davidov. Few years later, Davidov became Yukhym's teacher and mentor at the State Kharkiv University of the Arts.
In 2005 Fima Chupakhin started his jazz career, entering the First Moscow International Jazz Piano Competition. In 2007 Chupakhin formed his own jazz project "Acoustic Quartet", with whom he recorded 3 albums of mostly original music. In 2010 "Acoustic Quartet" won a Gran-Prix at the prestigious Jazz Competition for the Young Performers at Usadba Jazz Festival. Since that time "AQ" (acronym for Acoustic Quartet) had become one of the most famous Ukrainian jazz groups in the Post Soviet Union area, and Chupakhin - one of the top-ranked young Ukrainian pianists. In addition, Fima has gained the reputation of being a prolific cross-genre keyboardist, as he had participated in the recording of 14 non-jazz albums. He also has been extensively touring with “AQ" as well as with famous Ukrainian pop/rock artists in Poland, Germany, Czech Republic, Georgia, Israel, Russia and Belarus.
In 2012, Fima has been awarded the world prestigious Fulbright Scholarship to pursue his studies in the United States of America in (phone number hidden). Chupakhin holds two master's degrees in Jazz Studies: one is from William Paterson University of New Jersey and another one is from Kharkiv State University of Arts (Ukraine). At William Paterson University Yukhym has been shaping his unique voice under the leadership of the highly praised pianist James Weidman, and other great musicians, including Armen Donelian, Steve LaSpina, Vincent Herring, Rich Perry and the legendary pianist Mulgrew Miller.
If you could provide an upright piano or a baby grand by such brands as Yamaha, Bechstein, Petrof, Steinway or Bossendorf, that would be great. Yet, as events usually happen somewhere where there is no piano, I can bring my own keyboard, an amplifier and a keyboard stand. In this case, I would just need a working 220 V outlet.
Saturday
Birthday Party
4:30pm - 7:00pm
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New York City, NY
Monday
Studio Session
6:00pm - 8:00pm
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New York City, NY
Saturday
Birthday (Adult)
8:30pm - 10:00pm
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Harlem, NY
Sunday
Church Service
11:00am - 2:00pm
Saturday
Duo performance at a birthday party
7:00pm - 8:30pm
Jazz Standards:
Aint' Misbehavin' - F.Waller/A.Razaf/(link hidden)ooks
All of You - C.Porter
Blue Skies - (link hidden)rling
But Beautiful - (link hidden)n Heusen/J.Burke
Bye Bye Blackbird - R.Henderson/M.Dixon
Cheek to Cheek -I .Berlin
Desafinado - (link hidden)bim/(link hidden)ndonça
Easy To Love - C.Porter
East Of The Sun - (link hidden)wman
Georgia On My Mind - (link hidden)rmichael/S.Gorrell
God Bless The Child - B.Holiday/A.Herzog Jr.
Good Morning Heartache - I.Higginbotham/E.Drake/(link hidden)sher
If I Should Lose You - R.Rainger/(link hidden)bin
I'll Be Seeing You - S.Fain/I.Kahal
I love you - C.Porter
It Don't Mean A Thing - D.Ellington/(link hidden)ls
Just Friends - J.Klenner/S.M. Lewis
Just One of Those Things - C.Porter
Lady Sings The Blues - B.Holliday/(link hidden)chols
Like Someone In Love - (link hidden)n Heusen/J.Burke
Lover Man - J.Davis/R.Ramirez
Lullaby of Birdland - (link hidden)earing/G.D. Weiss
My Favorite Things - (link hidden)dgers/O.Hammerstein
My Romance - (link hidden)dgers/L.Hart
Naschimento - B.Harris
Night And Day - C.Porter
On The Sunny Side Of The Street - (link hidden)Hugh/ (link hidden)elds
Pennies from Heaven - (link hidden)hnston/J.Burke
'Round Midnight - (link hidden)nk
Satin Doll - D.Ellington/(link hidden)rayhorn/(link hidden)rcer
September in The Rain - H.Warren/A.Dubin
Shiny Stocking - (link hidden)ster/(link hidden)tzgerald
Smile - (link hidden)aplin/J.Turner/(link hidden)rsons
Speak Low - K.Weil/ (link hidden)sh
Skylark - (link hidden)rmichael/(link hidden)rcer
Stomping at Savoy - (link hidden)mpson
The Days Of Wine And Roses - (link hidden)ncini/(link hidden)rcer
The Man I Love - G. Gershwin/I. Gershwin
The More I See You - H.Warren/ M.Gordon
When I Fall In Love - V.Young/E.Heyman
Yesterdays - (link hidden)rn/O.Harbach
You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To - C.Porter
And many more.
Popular songs:
The Beatles:
All You Need Is Love
Blackbird
Hey Jude
Here Comes The Sun
Martha My Dear
Penny Lane
Strawberry Fields Forever
Nina Simone:
Feeling Good
I Put a Spell On You
Stevie Wonder:
All In Love Is Fair
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For Once In My Life
Golden Lady
I Can't Help It
Isn't She Lovely
Knocks Me Off My Feet
Overjoyed
Sir Duke
Summer Soft
Michael Jackson:
Bad
Beat It
Black Or White
Earth Song
Human Nature
The Way You Make Me Feel
Marvin Gaye:
Inner City Blues
What's Going On
Bill Withers:
Ain't No Sunshine
Just The Two Of Us
Lean On Me
Lovely Day
Radiohead:
Everything Is In Its Right Place
Karma Police
No Surprises
Nude
Paranoid Android
Adele:
Hello
Rolling In The Deep
Coldplay:
Clocks
God Put A Smile Upon Your Face
The Scientist
Bjork:
Bachelorette
Joga
There are more songs in my repertoire, including those of James Blake, Jeff Buckley, Joe Cocker, The Temptations, Earth, Wind and Fire, James Brown, Howling Wolf and others.
Classical Repertoire:
J.S. Bach:
Prelude and Fuge in C major, WTC I
Prelude and Fuge in C minor, WTC I
Prelude and Fuge in C sharp major, WTC I
Prelude and Fuge in D minor, WTC I
W.A. Mozart:
Piano Sonata No 16 in C major, K 545
Piano Sonata No 4 in E-flat major, K282
S.Rachmaninov - Prelude in C sharp minor, Op 3, No. 2
M.Ravel - Jeux d'eau
Thera are a lot of events that have influenced and continue to influence my outlook as a pianist and composer. Despite cruelty and sadness that seems sometimes to overtake the world we live in, I think our mission as musicians is to just keep spreading a good energy through the music.
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