About me
Two-time GRAMMY® Award-winning NYC-based pianist and composer Taylor Eigsti started playing the piano when he was four years old. Growing up in Menlo Park, CA, Eigsti was quickly labeled a prodigy, and has since released 9 albums as a bandleader, in addition to appearing on over 80 albums as a sideman.
In February 2025, Eigsti won his second GRAMMY® Award for Best Contemporary Instrumental Album for his ninth and most recent album Plot Armor (2024, GroundUP Music), following a 2022 win for his eighth album Tree Falls (2021, GSI Records) in the same category.
Eigsti has garnered a total of 4 individual GRAMMY® nominations over the years for his work as a recording artist and composer. Recently, Eigsti was the winner of Downbeat Magazine's 72nd Annual Critic's Poll for Rising Star “Pianist of the Year” for 2024.
Eigsti has performed, toured, or recorded with such luminaries as Dave Brubeck, Sting, Chick Corea, Joshua Redman, Joshua Bell, Snarky Puppy, Esperanza Spalding, John Mayer, James Moody, Chris Potter, Nicholas Payton, McCoy Tyner, Christian McBride, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Dianne Reeves, Kurt Elling, Julian Lage, Ambrose Akinmusire, Lalah Hathaway, Joe Lovano and Hank Jones, in addition to frequent touring collaborations with Ms. Lisa Fischer, Terence Blanchard, Chris Botti, Kendrick Scott, Ben Wendel, Eric Harland and Gretchen Parlato.
