Gabriel Palatchi

Gabriel Palatchi (born August 3, 1982) is an Argentinian pianist, music composer, and musical arranger who blends genres that include Latin Jazz, Tango, Funk, and Klezmer. Biography Background Palatchi was born on August 3, 1982, in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Before he was ten years old, he began playing the piano. He studied classical music at the Conservatorio Superior de Música Manuel de Falla in Buenos Aires and obtained a high school degree in Musical Production. In 2008, he obtained a degree in Music from the Escuela de Música Contemporánea (EMC), affiliated with the Berklee College of Music, in genres including Blues, Tango, Jazz, and Latin Jazz. He then went to Cuba and studied with pianist Chucho Valdez, which he called an “encuentro spiritual (spiritual encounter).” He traveled and performed for the next year, mostly in Mexico and Canada. Latin Jazz Net noted how the album “works the idioms and metaphors of various not-so-disparate cultures into a fine homogenous mixture that is both delightful and also quite full of surprise… a fresh look at the popular musical motifs of Argentina, Perú, Colombia, Mexico, and Cuba… The real stand-out work on this album is how Palatchi