Marta Sánchez (piano)

Madrid-born pianist and composer Marta Sánchez  has been making her mark on the New York scene for some time now with her creative, contemporary and original music. Recent years have also seen her garner international recognition placing her among the most interesting emerging Jazz talents of our time.

Sánchez landed a Fulbright scholarship enabling her to move to New York in 2011 to take a Master’s Degree in Jazz Piano Performance at the NYU. Since then, she has released four albums with her quintet: Partenika (2015), Danza Imposible (2017), El Rayo de Luz (2019) and SAAM (Spanish American Art Museum) (2022). All were acclaimed by the North American critics and press, including The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Fresh Air, WBGO, DownBeat, All Music and All About Jazz.

Sánchez has toured the United States and Europe, having performed on prestigious stages and at festivals such as the Madrid Jazz Festival, Eurojazz in Mexico City, Eurojazz in Athens, the Vitoria-Gasteiz Jazz Festival, New York’s Winter Jazz Festival and festivals in Nicaragua and Guatemala, among others. In the USA she has played at famous venues, including Dizzy’s Club, Jazz Gallery, Village Vanguard, Birdland, Blue Note, 55 Bar, Smalls…