Career
Sholar has performed piano, keyboards and electronics on several international television shows and radio shows, written for films, his music has been featured on prime-time American television, he has been interviewed and filmed by iconic American director Spike Lee, and he has performed, collaborated and recorded with many of the greatest artists in the worldfrom improvising on the piano with the New York City Ballet, to recording on Fender Rhodes, organ and synth with QTip, from arranging and conducting a live orchestra with Carl Craig"s Innerzone to singing live with Stevie Wonder before thousands. Kelvin Sholar has recorded and performed extensively in top level festivals and musical venues in major cities all over the world as a leader of his own ensemble and a sideman, he has been awarded over 10 musical awards, and he has given master classes on music in many international schoolsincluding: the Phillipos Nakas Conservatory (Athens, Greece), Cite de la Musique (Marseilles, France), North Carolina Central University (Durham, North Carolina, United States of America), Kyo Rei Hall (Tokyo, Japan), Escola International (São Paulo, Brazil), Porto Jazz school (Porto, Portugal), and Columbia University (New York, United States of America).