Marina Albero

Albero’s music takes the audience on a journey through time and space from her Barcelona hometown to Morocco, Cuba, Persia, Brazil and the U.S. Her life experiences thread through her compositions and improvisations, encompassing early music, Flamenco, Jazz and Classical.

Marina Albero was born in Barcelona, Spain, and started playing music on stages as a child with her family while they toured all around the world performing Iberian and early music, always creating new shows. In her early years she studied in Barcelona’s Conservatory (El Bruc) and later in La Havana, where she finished her classical piano studies.

Albero was the resident artist of the 2021 Earshot Jazz Festival where she sold out all of the four different concerts she premiered. In spring 2022 she was awarded with two Golden Ear awards, "PNW Concert of the Year" (Marina Albero featuring Ganesh Rajagopalan) and Acoustic ensemble of the year" (Marina Albero Trio).

In 2022, Albero was invited to curate three nights at the new concert series held at the Good Shepherd Chapel in Seattle under the umbrella of Nonsequitur, a space for new music and avantgarde performers.

In spring 2023 she was again voted and awarded as "PNW Instrumentalist of the year" as well as "PNW Concert of the year" for "Don't explain" with Jacqueline Tabor.

In 2024, Albero spent four months in New Orleans in a self made musical residency to write, arrange and record her latest album "A Nomad of Sound" (self released, November 2024) with some of the best musicians there . This album has been awarded "Recording of the year" by the Earshot Jazz community.

Albero’s versatile piano style can transcend genre or conform to an identifiable form. Underlying it all is a love for improvisation that has been greatly impacted by American jazz music.– Paul Rauch, Earshot Magazine

Marina Albero is a piano virtuoso. At times it seems like she’s playing the most polished standards – like she’s memorized Mozart back and front – but in fact she’s actually improvising.– Jake Uiti, Artist Home

The listener can hear a world of music in her playing, from jazz, to classical, to flamenco, and undeniably, the afro cuban rhythms that are so foundational in jazz music.– All about jazz

Here's a taste of Marina's music:

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