ABOUT

Daniel Rein grew up in Jerusalem, Israel, amid a cultural mosaic that blends Jewish, Christian, and Islamic influences. As an artist shaped by the cultural diversity of his native city, Daniel displays creativity across musical genres and has established an international career as a versatile pianist & composer. 

Based in New York, Daniel is a member of the prestigious BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop, a program widely regarded as the premier training ground for emerging musical theater composers, lyricists, and librettists. He holds a Bachelors degree from the Jerusalem Academy of Music and a Postgraduate Diploma from the Royal Academy Of Music in London. As a composer and song-writer, Daniel's recent projects and commissions include Her Violet Eye, a song cycle based on Edgar Allan Poe's poetry, and Improvisations On Misirlou, a mini-concerto for piano based on a Greek folk song.

Daniel spent two years as music director for the Cats European tour and a year as Associate Conductor on the 25th Anniversary Tour of Les Miserables. As a concert pianist, Daniel excels in both classical and jazz repertoire. He has competed in international classical piano competitions and performed with the Israeli Philharmonic Orchestra, at the International Association for Jazz Education Conference in California, and in various jazz venues in New York and Israel.