Jahan Raymond teaches piano and composition in the San Fernando Valley, West LA and online. He is an LA-based composer, pianist, and songwriter. He loves sharing his passion for music with the student and helping them find what makes music fun. He teaches the necessary tools so that the student can begin to comfortably explore and play any music. Jahan took to music quickly as a child: he became a featured act of Grammy-winning jazz guitarist Stanley Jordan, accompanied Persian pop star Andy Madadian at the Greek Theater, and performed at Jim Carey’s Global Alliance for Transformational Entertainment festival at the Saban theater in LA. Shortly afterwards, he was commissioned to compose and perform original piano pieces in Hong Kong at hotel galas for Women Helping Women and the Make-a-Wish foundation. Jahan went on to study composition and piano with a variety of teachers over the course of the next decade – among them, David Bowie’s longtime keyboardist Mike Garson. He furthered his knowledge at UCLA, where he was accepted as an undergraduate at just 16 years of age, working under the tutelage of professors Ian Krouse, Kay Rhie, David Lefkowitz and David Kaplan. Additional achievements include: a year at the LA Philharmonic’s Nancy and Barry Sanders Composer Fellowship Program, winning first prize in the 2023 Tigran Mansurian Composition Competition, and being awarded the Stanley Wilson Memorial Scholarship Fund for outstanding composition students. As a pianist, he enjoys playing anything and everything. He’s performed Rachmaninoff concerti with the Thousand Oaks Philharmonic, played R&B and funk keyboard for indie artists at iconic LA venues like the Mint and the Viper Room, and was a resident jazz musician on board the luxury cruise ship Oceania Regatta, where he premiered a solo main-stage show built around musical improvisation. His unique series of color-inspired piano miniatures has accrued millions of views on social media.
