Elena Pinderhughes

Elena Pinderhughes
Pinderhughes performing with Braxton Cook at the National Black Theatre in Harlem, 2014
Background information
Born
Elena Pinderhughes

1995 (age 30–31)
Genres
Occupations
  • Flutist
  • singer
  • composer
Instruments
Years active2005-present
LabelSRP Music Group
Websitewww.thisiselena.org

Elena Pinderhughes (born 1995) is an American jazz flutist, singer, and composer. She has toured extensively with jazz trumpeter Chief Xian aTunde Adjuah and has also performed with Herbie Hancock, Common, Esperanza Spalding, Vijay Iyer, Lionel Loueke, Carlos Santana, and Josh Groban.

A former child prodigy, Pinderhughes was described by The Guardian in 2014 as "the most exciting jazz flautist to have emerged in years."