Ben Estuardo is a creative jazz and classical pianist from Seattle. Ben currently attends the USC Thornton jazz studies program in Los Angeles studying with the esteemed Otmaro Ruiz. Ben is also playing with the USC popular music performance program directed by Patrice Rushen and jazz combos directed by Kathleen Grace and Edwin Livingston. In Seattle, Ben studied with Cynthia Hughen and Mack Grout and played with Jazz Night School's advanced combos under the direction of Chris Symer. Most recently Ben backed up Peruvian singer Alejandro Aramburu as a Keyboardist at the 2024 LA Times Festival of Books.