Lester Menezes
Class of
1994
Position
Jazz Pianist
Biography
Lester Menezes studied jazz composition at Berklee. He formed a trio in his name with Dominique Girod and Norbert Pfammatter, to focus on sensitively interpreting his original repertoire and later expand with music from other sources.
Menezes teaches at the Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz in Basel, Switzerland, and has performed with such artists as Rudresh Mahanthappa, Lionel Hampton, and Hermanes Abreu.
Menezes was a fellow of the Trinity College of Music in London prior to attending Berklee.