BIO

Jon O'Bergh has been playing piano since the age of 7. He graduated from the University of California at Irvine, where he studied piano performance and composition while performing with a rock band. He has released 7 CDs, including "Intergalactic Odyssey"; "Specters of Twilight"; "Songs from Other Planets"; "Meditations from a Lost World," which reached #3 nationwide on the NAV chart; "Sacred Spaces"; "Carta," which reached #1; and "Millennial Landscapes," which reached #2. He has recorded and performed with the jazz/funk fusion band Gemini Soul, and co-produced songs for Marcel on his 2003 release "Uptown : 2025 A.D.," and for Jarrod on his debut CD "Every Part of Me." Jon has written songs, music for television, and concert music. "Timescape 2" for piano and violin introduced his music to San Francisco audiences in a concert that was subsequently broadcast by National Public Radio station KQED.


Photo by Arthur Tress

Links

Gemini Soul: www.geminisoul.net
Jarrod: www.jarrodonline.com

Musical Influences / Favorite Artists

Tori Amos: www.toriamos.com
Richard Bone: mkmk.com/bone
Herbie Hancock: www.herbiehancock.com
MeShell N'degeocello: www.freemyheart.com
Steely Dan: www.steelydan.com
Lizz Wright: www.lizzwright.net

Space photo credit: NASA, ESA, CXC, M. Bradac (University of California, Santa Barbara), and S. Allen (Stanford University)