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CHRIS LOMHEIM:

Chris began playing music at age seven studying organ until his teens where he switched from organ to piano studies with legendary Minneapolis instructor Herb Wigley. In his later teens studied with mentor and Brazilian pianist and composer Manfredo Fest.

At age seventeen Chris was selected by the Twin Cities Jazz Society as an up and coming artist and was awarded a citation from the National Association of Jazz Educators for exemplary achievements in jazz performance. As part of the selection Chris was interviewed by legendary jazz radio hostLeigh Kamman on his radio show "The Jazz Image" on Minnesota Public Radio.

In 1991 Chris won the West Bank School of Music composers forum which featured his quartet, playing all original compositions in a live performance at Augsburg College in Minneapolis . The performance was video recorded and aired onMinneapolis Public Television.

As leader of the Chris Lomheim Trio he has produced 3 CD's"And You've Been Waiting?" (1994) featuring all original compositions, and "The Bridge" (2002) featuring a mix of originals and a handful of standards and "TIMELINE" 
(2014) featuring all originals . Chris was nominated best pianist in the 1997 Minnesota Music Awards.

Chris is a member of the all original jazz group "The Illicit Sextet" which has produced 2 CD's "Chapter One" (1993) and "Chapter 11" (2013) The group was named Best Jazz Instrumental Group in the Minnesota Music Awards in 1993.

Chris has played "The Green Mill" jazz club in Chicago in 1996 where he headlined in a quartet featuring trumpet playerRex Richardson. He is a regular at Twin Cities jazz venues including The Artists' Quarter, Jazz Central, Ice House andThe Dakota Jazz Club, and is featured at the Twin Cities Jazz Festival every year.

Chris has been pianist for Lobby Tea at The luxurious St. Paul Hotel since 1991.

Chris was awarded the Minnesota State Arts Board "Artist Initiative" Grant for 2014