Marina Albero

Musician and composer

Pianist, composer, and educator Marina Albero is a captivating performer born in Barcelona and based in Seattle since 2015. Albero's playing is an absolute celebration of life, her spirited performances are intelligent, uplifting, and delightfully engrossing.
Albero deftly draws on a lifetime of music tradition both on piano and psalterium, from her native Barcelona in classical and early music as well as flamenco, to Cuba and Son Cubano, to American jazz. She has been the recipient of several awards, including twice the “Golden Ear” awards “Instrumentalist of the Year”, “Album of the year” and “Concert of the year” and was featured as Resident artist for the 2021 Earshot Jazz Festival. Her upcoming album “A nomad of sound” was recorded in New Orleans last April and it features outstanding artists such as Amina Scott, Pedro Segunda or Yusa.
She is piano professor at Cornish College of the Arts and has performed and recorded with outstanding musicians and bands such as Chano Dominguez, L’Arpeggiata, Ganesh Rajagopalan, Jeff Johnson, Thomas Marriot, Alba Carmona, Celisse among others.