Monk Competition Winners To Perform In Tribeca

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New York’s Tribeca Performing Arts Center will present the recent finalists in the Thelonious Monk Institute’s jazz piano competition.

The competition’s winner, Tigran Hamasyan, will perform at the center on Nov. 20 at 7:00. Third place finalist Aaron Parks will appear on Nov. 27 and second place finalist Gerald Clayton will perform on Dec. 18.

For more information go to: tribecapac.org



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