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Marialy Pacheco

Marialy Pacheco represents the next generation of emerging cuban musicians. Her music is a fine balance between Cuban tradition, jazz and her classical training. She brings the piano to life with an immense talent for highly nuanced improvisation. Born in Havana, Cuba in 1983, Marialy began her musical education at the age of seven studying piano in one of Cuba’s most prestigious Conservatoriums (Alejandro Garcia Caturla Conservatorium). At the age of 15 she was accepted into the National School of Arts (Escuela Nacional de Artes) in Havana, studying under Olga Valiente. At the age of 20 she was accepted into the National University of Arts in Havana, (Instituto Superior de Artes de la Havana) where she studied under Tulio Peramo for three years. At the age of fifteen she was invited to Asturias, Spain, for her first international performance at the Festival de Jovenes Talentos

Marialy Pacheco: Danzón Cubano

by Ian Patterson
June 4, 2020

You can take the girl out of Cuba, but you can't take Cuba out of the girl. Pianist Marialy Pacheco left her homeland for Germany in 2004, and after a few years in Australia, settled once again in Germany. Wherever Pacheco has dropped anchor, however, she has turned to her island's music for inspiration. Nestled amongst ...

Danzón Cubano

By Marialy Pacheco

Label: Neuklang Records
Released: 2019
Track listing: Baby Steps First; Ay! Mamá Inéz; La Bikina; Burundanga; Tres Lindas Cubanas; Danzón; Sale el Sol; Metro; El Manisero.

Claude Nobs: We All Came Out To Montreux...

by Ian Patterson
June 30, 2016

Montreux Jazz Festival is fifty. It's a significant milestone and cause for celebration. No doubt there will be an added festive element to this year's edition of the festival, founded by Claude Nobs--along with pianist Géo Voumard and writer René Langel--in 1967. Yet for many, the celebrations will be tinged with sadness due to the absence ...

Brisbane International Jazz Festival 2015

by Ian Patterson
June 23, 2015

Brisbane International Jazz Festival Various locations jny:Brisbane, Australia June 3-8, 2015 Celebrating its third edition, the Brisbane International Jazz Festival may be one of Australia's youngest jazz festivals but the state of Queensland is no stranger to jazz. The non-profit organisation Jazz Queensland has been curating concerts, developing audiences and working ...

Introducing

By Marialy Pacheco

Label: Neuklang Records
Released: 2014
Track listing: Ay! Mama Inés; En El Camino; El Manisero; Cuban Suite: (i) Rumba; (ii) Danzón; (iii) Conga; Madrigal; Tres Lindas Cubanas; Metro; Cambodian Smiles.

Marialy Pacheco: Introducing

by Ian Patterson
September 3, 2014

The album title is something of a misnomer as Introducing is Marialy Pacheco's seventh release as leader since Benediciones (Weltwunder Records, 2005). The jny:Melbourne-based Cuban's stock has certainly risen since that introduction, notably as a result of becoming the first female winner of the Montreux Jazz Festival Solo Piano Competition in 2012. A noted classical pianist ...

Spaces Within

By Marialy Pacheco

Label: Pinnacle Records
Released: 2013
Track listing: Low Tides; Three Songs in E Minor, 1; Three Songs in E Minor, 2; Three Songs in E Minor, 3; September; Sale El Sol; Sonrieme; Open spaces.

Harold Lopez-Nussa: New Day

by Ian Patterson
November 1, 2013

Following in the footsteps and tradition of Chucho Valdés, Gonzalo Rubalcaba and Roberto Fonseca, Harold López-Nussa is at the forefront of a new generation of Cuban jazz pianists, one that includes Rolando Luna and Marialy Pacheco--fellow winners of the Montreux Jazz Festival Solo Piano Competition. López-Nussa's win in 2005 launched an international career that has since ...

Marialy Pacheco: Spaces Within

by Ian Patterson
February 27, 2013

Spaces Within is Cuban pianist Marialy Pacheco's first trio CD since making Brisbane, Australia her home in 2009, though it's her fourth overall. It follows Songs That I Love (Pinnacle Records, 2011), an impressive solo outing where Pacheco displayed all the strengths that won her the Montreux Jazz Festival Solo Piano Competition award in 2012. As ...