Matei Predescu has been playing jazz piano for 10 years. He has been a member of Homestead High School Jazz Ensemble for all 4 years, and has performed with numerous small bands throughout the bay area. Matei has attended the Stanford Jazz Workshop for the last 4 years, and has been a member of the Miles Ahead Jazz Orchestra, which performed at the Next Generation Jazz Festival in Monterey. Matei is attending Oberlin College & Conservatory to study Jazz Studies.