Julian Waterfall Pollack

Pollack premiered a new composition for orchestra, entitled Night Flower at the 2014 Mendocino Music Festival.

In 2013, Pollack composed "Brooklyn Boomerang", a piece for two pianos which premiered at the Greenwich House in Manhattan in November by Pollack and acclaimed pianist Natalie Tenenbaum. He also completed a string quartet that was commissioned by the Telluride Chamber Music Festival and the Ives String Quartet.

Pollack composed a three movement piano concerto in 2012. It was premiered by the Camellia Symphony in Sacramento. The work's style and form drew heavily from jazz, minimalism, and French impressionism.

Pollack has also collaborated with Broadway singer Carrie Manolakos. In April 2012, they performed at the (Le) Poisson Rouge in New York City for Manolakos' CD Release concert. The concert concluded with a performance of Radiohead's "Creep" which Pollack arranged for the occasion. A video recording of the performance became a viral sensation on YouTube and has received over two million views.

In 2007, he appeared as a guest on Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz radio show aired on NPR. He released his second trio album, Infinite Playground, to great critical acclaim in 2010. The album featured bassist Noah Garabedian and drummer Evan Hughes. The album showcased Pollack's growing interest in blending multiple genres with jazz improvisation and classical composition. It included Pollack's original pieces with "My Funny Valentine" by Rodgers and Hart, "Cherokee" by Ray Noble, and "And I Love Her" by the Beatles. He continued this trajectory with the trio's 2013 album, Waves of Albion, which included a polyrhythmic arrangement of "What Sarah Said" by Death Cab for Cutie, "Flume" by Bon Iver, and the American folk song "Oh Shenandoah".

After completing high schooling in 2006, he was offered a full scholarship to Berklee College of Music, but opted to instead attend New York University in New York City.

In 2006, Pollack met singer-songwriter Grace Weber They formed the band Grace & Julian and recorded their eponymously-titled debut shortly after. The duo added additional musicians and evolved into the Grace Weber Band, as Pollack relinquished his role as a co-leader before the release of their four-song EP, Sparrows. Pollack has continued to serve as a co-writer for many of Weber's songs, including all twelve songs featured on Weber's 2011 album Hope & Heart (album)|Hope & Heart, which debuted number 8 on iTunes in the Singer-Songwriter category.

Julian Waterfall Pollack (born June 28, 1988) is an American pianist, composer, songwriter, and record producer associated with jazz, classical, and pop music.