Misha Segal

Quincy Jones wrote “I have known and listened to Misha Segal for many years, and have always admired him as a very talented musician and composer.”

Five-time award winner/nominee, including an Emmy Award, an Emmy nomination and the Brit Award, Misha is a one of the most versatile, successful, universal music men around. He moves with great ease and joy from genre to genre, from style to style and from culture to culture, leaving his mark everywhere he goes and everywhere he writes music. From film and TV scores, to symphonic pieces, to producing pop music, playing and recording jazz and creating unique musical projects.

Misha has scored over 120 film and television projects in Hollywood, including Phantom of the Opera, The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking and Berry Gordy’s – The Last Dragon.

As a record producer and songwriter he worked with superstars Luther Vandross, Smokey Robinson, Randy Crawford, Dave Grusin, Buddy Rich, Motown Records and many more.

As an Artist Misha recorded CDs which featured legendary Pianist Chick Corea and Trumpet-man giant Freddy Hubbard.

Currently Misha is working on a new film project, writing a Broadway Musical, producing an Israeli star artist, writing a book and at the same time launching a couple of new music projects of his own.

Awards + Recognition

  • Emmy Award Winner - Best Television Score: “Andreas Story” - ABC
  • Emmy Award Nomination - Best Television Score: “Look Away” - PBS
  • Black Reel Nomination - Best Film Score: “Mooz-lum”
  • Brit Award Winner - Best Film Score:  Soundtrack for “Phantom of the Opera”
  • Israeli Oscar Award Nomination - Best Film Score: “For My Father”
  • JAZZIZ Critics Choice - Best Music of the Year: “Connected to the Unexpected” (JVC)
  • Israeli Grammy Award Winner - Best Record of the Year: “VOICES” (CBS Records)
  • American Song Festival Merit Award - Excellence in Creative Songwriting – First Time on a Ferris Wheel

 

  



 

Ben Powell

Ben Powell is fast assuring his position as one of the most versatile violinist of his generation. British born, an alumnus of Berklee College of Music he now lives in Los Angeles, California.

Ben collaborated on his own recording projects with acclaimed musicians such as vibraphonist Gary Burton, cellist Lynn Harrell and percussionist Peter Erskine, to name a few. Ben also appeared alongside Paul Simon, Herbie Hancock, Gloria Estefan, Danny Elfman, Celine Dion, Andrea Bocelli and recently performed as an improvising soloist with Steve Wonder at The Forum, Los Angeles. He was the featured violin soloist on the 2016 Warner Bros blockbuster 'Batman vs Superman.'

Fusing the improvising worlds with his classical musicality and technique, Ben is truly a musician who transcends stylistic boundaries, not only in his own playing, but by bringing together such varied musical company to join him in his creative ventures.


Mike Valerio

One of  Hollywood’s most sought after bass players, Michael Valerio was born and raised in New York of musician parents He began his professional career at the age of ten, singing on children's records. He switched his focus to bass at age 14, and attended college at the Eastman School of Music and Indiana University. During his tenure at Indiana, he won second prize in the International Society of Bassists jazz competition.

Mike served as co-principal bassist of the New World Symphony under the direction of Michael Tilson Thomas. Concurrently, he was also the touring electric bassist for piano legend Roger Williams. He continues to be grateful for the wide variety of music a career in Los Angeles has afforded him. He can be heard on hundreds of television and movie scores as a symphonic, jazz, and electric bassist. He has performed as a soloist with the New York Philharmonic, the Chicago Symphony, and the Boston Pops. Mike had numerous appearances as a soloist with the Los Angeles Philharmonic.