Marialy Pacheco
Marialy Pacheco (born January 4, 1983 in Havana , Cuba) is a Cuban jazz pianist and composer living in Germany .
Career
Pacheco grew up in a musical environment. Both parents and her aunt are classically trained musicians, and she herself starts her musical training at an early age at her own insistence. In 1990 Marialy Pacheco was accepted at the Conservatorio Alejandro García Caturla (Havana / Cuba) at the age of seven . She received her further school and musical training from 1998 onwards at the Escuela Nacional de Artes (Havana / Cuba), which she graduated with distinction in 2002 at the age of 19. Immediately afterwards, Marialy Pacheco began a three-year course in composition with Tulio Peramo Cabrera at the Instituto Superior de Arte in Havana. In 2004 she traveled to Bremen (Germany) to accompany her mother's choir to the Choir Olympics , where they won two gold medals for their lectures. Pacheco's piano playing attracted a lot of attention; In 2005 she returned to Germany and recorded her first trio album Bendiciones , which was followed by two more albums in 2006 with Mi Azul and in 2008 with Destinos . In 2008 she gave two concerts as a guest soloist together with the Australian guitar virtuoso Tommy Emmanuel in Bremen (Glocke) and in Hamburg (Laeiszhalle).
Pacheco lived in Germany until 2009, only to follow a call to Brisbane, Australia in March of the same year. In 2011 she released her solo album Songs That I Love there , a one-take recording recorded at The Judith Wright Center of Contemporary Arts in Brisbane. Appearances in Australia and Japan followed. In 2012 she recorded her trio album Tokyo Call in Japan and returned to Europe to take part in the Piano Solo Competition at the Montreux Jazz Festival . She was the first woman to win this competition.
In March 2013, Pacheco moved entirely to Europe and has since had her first residence in Germany. In spring 2014 she released her trio album Introducing with Juan Camilo Villa, bass and Miguel Altamar, drums, as guest musicians with: Joo Kraus , trumpet and Rhani Krija , percussion. A limited audiophile solo vinyl album followed in January 2016, which was produced as a live studio concert in front of an audience using the analog recording process.
With the Babelsberg Film Orchestra she performed as a soloist in early 2017 as part of the “Ladies Jazz Night” series in the sold-out Nikolaisaal in Potsdam. In April 2017 the album "Duets" was released, for whose recordings Marialy Pacheco invited her favorite musicians and friends to the studio. In summer 2017 she appeared again at the Montreux Jazz Festival and made her debut at Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club in London. In September 2017 Pacheco presented the project “Danzon Cubano” together with the WDR Funkhausorchester and Joo Kraus , which was performed at the Viersen Jazz Festival and was released on CD in 2019. In 2019 she performed in a duo with Omar Sosa at the Rheingau Music Festival .
Discographic notes
- 2005 Bendiciones (trio with David Jehn, bass and Eddie Filipp, drums) - Weltwunder Records
- 2006 Mi Azul (solo album) - Weltwunder Records
- 2008 Destinos (trio with David Jehn, bass and Eddie Filipp, drums) - Timeless Records
- 2011 Songs That I Love (Solo album - Live, one-take recording in Brisbane / The Judith Wright Center of Contemporary Arts, Australia) - Pinnacles Music (only released in Australia)
- 2012 Tokyo Call (Trio with Ryn Kawamura, bass and Tappy Iwase, drums) - T-Toc Records, Japan
- 2013 Spaces Within (trio with Pat Marchisella, bass and Joe Marchisella, drums) - Pinnacles Music (physically only released in Australia, digitally worldwide)
- 2014 Live At T-Toc Studio (solo album) - T-Toc Records, Japan
- 2014 Introducing (Trio with Juan Camilo Villa, bass and Miguel Altamar, drums, as well as Joo Kraus and Rhani Krija) - Neuklang / Edel: Kultur
- 2016 Live Studio Concert (Solo Album) - Neuklang / Edel SE | Edel: Kultur
- 2017 Duets (with Hamilton de Holanda , Omar Sosa, Joo Kraus, Rhani Krija, Miguel Zenón and Max Mutzke ) - Neuklang / Edel SE | Edel: Kultur
Awards
- 2002: Winner as pianist of the "Jo-Jazz", Cuba (the jury is chaired by Grammy award winner Chucho Valdés )
- 2006: Second prize as composer of the Choral Gables Congretional Church, Florida for the work Guajira para Tulio for string orchestra
- 2012: Winner of the “Solo Piano Competition” at the Montreux Jazz Festival. She is the first woman ever to receive this award. The jury chairman Leszek Możdżer stated: “Deciding between the three contenders was tough. In the end, the contestants' joy in performing and her authenticity guided our decision making. "
Web links
- Official website
- Marialy Pacheco at Discogs (English)
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Pacheco, Marialy |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Cuban jazz pianist and composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 4th January 1983 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Havana , Cuba |