With music described as “dreamlike”(Boston Globe) and “delightfully cruel” (Operawire), NYC-based Felix Jarrar is a composer/pianist whose “music flows from him in the most natural and lively way” (Tom Cipullo). His accomplishments include performances at Symphony Space, (le) poisson rouge, Feinstein's/54 below, the BAM! Fisher Hillman Studio, Roulette Intermedium, and Carnegie Hall's Weill Recital Hall. Jarrar’s works have been performed internationally by artists from the Metropolitan Opera, the New England Repertory Orchestra, the Atlantic Music Festival Orchestra, the duo Unassisted Fold, and Spark Duo. His output of 230 works includes over 200 art songs, 13 operas, 2 string quartets, 2 cantatas, and a symphony.

One of the most in-demand collaborative pianists in NYC, he maintains coaching studios in Manhattan and Boston. Jarrar is a vocal coach and accompanist at Mannes School of Music. He was a 2022 artist-in-residence with Midori & Friends. This season, he debuted his ensemble The Jarrar and Brea Duo with award-winning Venezuelan soprano Maria Brea and worked with Opera Ithaca, Santa Fe Opera, and Penn Square Opera. Jarrar also works in crossover repertoire, having performed with Broadway singers that starred in recent productions of Into the Woods, Six, Hadestown, and Wicked. He serves as pianist/coach and orchestrator of Hogfish’s CarmXn for the Summer 2023, a new adaptation of Bizet’s masterpiece.

Jarrar completed his Bachelor of Arts from Marlboro College with Highest Honors in Music Composition and Piano Performance and received his Master of Music degree from Brooklyn College on multiple scholarships. His primary teachers include Jason Eckardt, Stanley Charkey, Tania León, and Robert Merfeld. He was mentored by piano pedagogue Burton Hatheway.

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