Julián Pujols Quall

Julián Pujols Quall is a Dominican-American pianist and keyboardist, improviser, composer and educator from Chicago who has performed classical and jazz repertoire throughout the United States, Europe and Mexico. A classically trained artist, Peabody Conservatory graduate, and DePaul University Concerto First Prize Winner, their work has found a home in jazz performance, improvisation and cross-cultural collaboration since developing experimental collaborative programs as a founding member of the Peabody Improvisers Collective.

Julián´s compositions are central to two projects they direct: Julián and Friends, a concert running since 2022 at The Jazz Showcase, and Mamey, a project inspired by Dominico-Haitian music. Mamey completed a Spring 2024 South Arts Jazz Tour of the East Coast and will release its debut album in 2025 thanks to a Pathways To Jazz grant.

Julián is a Carrier Records artist, where they released the single Rothko; "Tlaloc and Totec" (2023), and most recently had their composition "Chord Prelude/Moriviví" premiere at the DiMenna Center for New and Classical Music during the 2024 Yarn/Wire Institute Festival in New York. They also completed a 2024 Banff Center for the Arts Jazz and Sonic Arts composition residency and performed as a Chicago Park District 2024 "Night Out in the Parks" Art Partner.

Julián has been a faculty member at The Music Offering in Evanston, Illinois and at Segundo Ruiz Belvis Cultural Center in Chicago, a collaborative pianist at Ruth Page and Visceral Dance Centers, and currently is an accompanist for classes at The Joffrey Ballet School. They are also the creator, producer and host of "The Changes", a multilingual monthly radio interview show presenting a mix of local and international jazz innovators, broadcast through Lumpen Radio.

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