Manuel T. Engel is a Chrysler Jazz Award Winner, 14th Annual BILLBOARD World Song Contest WINNER - Composer/Pianist/Producer/Educator.

MTE toured in Switzerland (International Jazz Festivals of Bern, Olten, Zuerich and Montreux) Europe and the U.S., including performances in Berlin/Germany, New York/USA: Smalls, Knitting Factory, Nuyorican Poets Cafe, B.B. King (Showcase for MBK Entertainment), BAM at Fort Greene Park, Village Soul Festival, Top Events of Switzerland at Lincoln Center (Kaplan Penthouse) and Washington DC (John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts)