Aldo returns to SFJAZZ

Havana-born pianist and composer Aldo López-Gavilán is an artist with his feet in two worlds, acclaimed for both his mastery of the Afro-Cuban jazz tradition as well as his stunning interpretations of the classical piano repertoire.

A true prodigy born to a musical family, his concert pianist mother introduced him to the piano and he began formal studies at seven, making his professional debut at 12 with Cuba’s Matanzas Symphony Orchestra and performing Prokofiev's Piano Concerto No.3 with the National Symphony of Cuba at 17.