Rob Kovacs

Rob Kovacs is a Cleveland pianist, composer and singer-songwriter, once named Best Pianist/Keyboardist by the Cleveland Free Times. As 88bit, the alter ego he has performed under since 2017, he plays note-for-note piano arrangements of classic Nintendo soundtracks at events such as PAX, MAGFest and GDC. He is recognized as the first person to perform a solo version of Steve Reich's Piano Phase by playing both parts on two pianos at once, has scored award-winning short films and the virtual reality game STRAYLIGHT, and has led the bands Return of Simple and Math + Logic. His debut solo album, LET GO, was more than a decade in the making.