Jordan Rudess (born Jordan Charles Rudes; November 4, 1956) is an American keyboardist, composer and software developer, best known as a member of the progressive metal band Dream Theater and the supergroup Liquid Tension Experiment. Rudess was born in 1956 in Great Neck, New York. His mother was the director of a music management company in Sea Cliff, New York, and his father owned a clothing manufacturing business in New York. He was recognized by his second‑grade teacher for his piano ability and was immediately given professional instruction. At age nine, he entered the Juilliard School of Music Pre‑College Division for classical piano training, where his first theory instructor was future collaborator Joseph Lyons. He studied at Juilliard for seven years under Katherine Parker and Adele Marcus. By his late teens, Rudess had developed a growing interest in synthesizers and progressive rock, citing his first exposure to the genre as the Hammond‑organ sound and expressive playing of Jon Lord. Against the advice of his parents and teachers, he shifted away from classical piano and pursued a career as a solo progressive‑rock keyboardist. After Juilliard, one of his first groups was an “electronic space music band” called Complex, formed by Rudess, former Juilliard instructor Joseph Lyons, and Sal Gallina. They performed on college radio and at house concerts. In January 1977, the band played at Hansen Galleries in New York City.
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