Pianist and Bösendorfer Artist Marialy Pacheco is the only female pianist in the currently row of famous Cuban jazz piano players like Roberto Fonseca, Omar Sosa or Gonzalo Rubalcaba.
Winner of the Montreux Solo Piano Competition 2012, she's the first woman to win this prize in 15 years history of the competition.

Whether is jazz with an orchestra, an intimate evening in a duo or playing Bach, she sparkles on every stage. Her playing is rhythmic, brisk, gripping, virtuosic and always emotional.
She lives in Germany and guests at well-known national and international festivals like Montreux Jazz Festival, Jazzbaltica, Aalener Jazzfest, Enter Music Festival, Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, Piano City Milano, Rheingau Musik Festival, SHMF, Beethoven Festival Bonn, Martinique Jazz Festival, Detroit Jazz Festival, Ronnie Scotts London, Luxembourg Philharmonic, Cologne Philharmonic

Marialy has released 12 Albums, the most significant been:
”DUETS" (2017), an intimate and multifaceted album feat. Hamilton de Holanda, Omar Sosa, Joo Kraus, Rhani Krija, Miguel Zenon and Max Mutzke.
"DANZÓN CUBANO" (2019). A live recording with her Trio feat. Joo Kraus and the WDR Radio Orchestra, conducted by Gordon Hamilton.
“MANOS" (April 2022), a live duo album with Cuban pianist Omar Sosa.
“RELOAD" (October 2022), a trio album celebrating the music and culture of Cuba and Latin America featuring Avishai Cohen, Nils Wülker, Karl Perazzo and Rhani Krija.
“BACH PIANO CONCERTO No. 7 IN G MINOR” (February 2025), a live performed album of the renowned Piano Concerto together with the prestigious Württembergische Chamber Orchestra conducted by Gordon Hamilton. "


For more information, visit www.marialypacheco.de