Full Biography

In the Artist's Words:

"I am at my best at the piano when I stop thinking. When I stop thinking, my heart finds joy in the playing. When my heart finds joy in the playing, my spirit sings."
James Lazzeroni

Growing up in Vermont, son of a truck driver and a housewife, James Lazzeroni is a composer of solo piano music and a professional pianist; he studied piano in Conservatory. James has received his classical piano training of 10 years from the extraordinary piano teacher Carlo Bernini, pianist by Andrea Bocelli.

That began to change his freshman year of college when his roommate introduced him to the piano music by Jim Brickman. James had never heard anything like it… "piano" that was neither classical nor jazz. Captivated and inspired, James began to compose "piano songs" of his own at the piano. This eventually led to his first album of piano works, A Good Life, written as a Concept Album.

Part of James' talent is his ability to split his hands. Though not as painful as it sounds, it does require great focus and skill to play a melody and accompaniment with his right hand, and his left hand, play a distinct bass pattern.

An early adopter of digital media, James found success selling his CDs online while growing a mailing list of buyers and fans.

In 2015, James' name gained widespread recognition due in part to the proliferation of his music on Pandora Radio. Today, James Lazzeroni's piano music has surpassed 1.3 million spins on Pandora, a remarkable goal for an independent artist.

In March 2024, he has founded The Music Biz Piano Academy, a website for solo piano artists promoting and selling their music on the internet.

"I composed solo piano music simply because I loved doing it. I started composing music for piano, and the only reason I recorded my first piano album was because it seemed like the obvious thing to do. I had written some songs, and so what else is there to do with them, but record? So saved up some money and I recorded my first album. I didn't record the album because I hoped to sell a million copies... I did it just to have a permanent record of my solo piano work, and I figured I could share it with folks I knew and maybe sell a few copies.
At that point, I kept playing the very occasional show, I played in public maybe only 5-6 times a year.
But I kept selling music and I saved the contact info for everyone I sold an album to. When I released my others solo piano albums, I informed all the folks that bought the first one, and most of them bought my second.
At the same time, I started promoting my solo piano music on the Internet, and that opened me up to a whole new audience. I kept composing and recording, and kept promoting my solo piano music on the web."

James