DANIEL - PIANO/VOCALIST

JAZZ & SWING ACTS | PIANISTS

Daniel Benisty is a Singer, Pianist, Songwriter and Bandleader who covers many styles of music in many languages. Educated in London and Switzerland, Daniel studied Jazz in Lausanne then returned to London to pursue his musical career. He then spent 4 years performing as a Piano Bar entertainer on cruise ships and hotels around the world, before returning again to London to perform in the West End, Musical Theatre and regularly at exclusive venues such as The Savoy, Caffe Concerto, Ritz Club, RAC Club, Langham, Dorchester, Cafe de Paris, Ronnie Scott's and Phoenix Arts Club. 


A fan of jazz, swing, soul and classical crossover music, Daniel performs a selection of his favourite artists including: Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Elvis Presley, Andrea Bocelli, Luciano Pavarotti and also from the popular repertoire of Stevie Wonder, Nat King Cole, Michael Buble and Neil Diamond. Singer Pianist from early childhood, Daniel founded The London Swing and Soul Band in 2008 and they perform a wide variety of music at private events: Swing / Rock / Pop / Jazz / Soul / Klezmer / Opera / Musicals / Latin / World. Though London-born, Daniel has travelled and lived in many countries and sings in French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Hebrew, Russian and German.  

Daniel's first and most enduring passion is the piano. Classical, Easy Listening, Meditative, Soulful, Blues, Popular and Jazz.    Whether its a 'background' pianist you require for an event, someone to get a singalong going, a real cocktail character, or a high energy piano bar entertainer, Daniel is the perfect choice for a range of events. Daniel can read music and play popular songs by ear and has an almost unlimited repertoire, so you can request any song in advance for your special event.

As a soloist, Daniel is available as an instrumental-only pianist, or a pianist-vocalist. Daniel also works with a number of different musicians to either create a piano trio or a 6- or 9-piece function band, to suit events of any size.
 
To his credit, his piano playing been recorded for a number of contemporary artists for BBC Radio, Montreux Jazz Festival (Switzerland), Nederland 1 (Holland) and RTL1 (Germany). As a singer, Daniel has hosted, organised and sang at tributes for Freddie Mercury (Montreux), Jeff Buckley (London and Paris) and Elvis (London, Wales and Memphis, Tennessee). He has also been selected as lead role in a contemporary coming-of-age musical "Lady Red Riding Hood", due to go into production in 2013. As a singer-songwriter in his own right, Daniel has performed at dozens of London's premier music venues, and is published as a co-writer with Muriel Dubuis in UK, France and Switzerland.
 
CLIENTS 
 

The Ritz, Corrigan's, Bentleys, Dorchester, BBC, Toyota France, Regent's College, House of Lords, Thomson Cruises, Costa Cruises, P&O Cruises, Connaught Rooms, Caffe Concerto, Hilton, Haven, Squire, Royal Mid Surrey, Great Eastern Hotel, The Lansdowne Club, Hampton Court, Singapore Airlines, and dozens of private events and weddings all over London and the South East.

 

DANIEL - PIANO/VOCALIST

AUDIOS

  • Nessun Dorma
  • Just the two of us
  • Your Song

VIDEOS

TESTIMONIALS

  • "Daniel supplied the most amazing band for my 50th birthday at The Atrium by the House of Lords, he warmed things up nicely with a cocktail set then set the place on fire with 2 hours of rock n roll" - Lord Anthony St. John on the occasion of his birthday at the Atrium and House of Lords
    - Lord Anthony St. John - 50th Birthday, House of Lords
  • Daniel is a superb singer and band-leader. He really helped make our 30th Anniversary Party go with a swing! Wouldn't hesitate to recommend him and look forward to hearing him and his band again.
    - James Able - 30th Anniversary Party, Forge, Camden
  • "Really amazing show and plenty of fun for everyone. Daniel was really great to work with and took several requests both before the night and on the night ... thanks again, Susan xx"
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