Sergio is a pianist and composer originally from Vigo (Spain) and based in Boston, MA (US). Sergio has been named 2023 Downbeat Magazine Best Small Jazz Combo (Sergio de Miguel Septet), 2022 Downbeat Magazine Best Small Jazz Combo (Sergio de Miguel Trio), 2022 Yamaha Young Performing Artist, and received the 2022 Berklee Piano Department Chair Award. He is also the recipient of the 2021 Berklee Jazz Performance Award from the Berklee Piano Department.
Sergio has performed in the 2022 TV broadcasted Latin Grammy gala (Las Vegas, NV), the Wang Theater (Boston, MA), The Emmens Auditorium (Indianapolis, IN), the Latin Recording Academy (Miami, FL), the Agganis Arena (Boston, MA) and in festivals and jazz venues such as Wally’s Cafe, Beehive, Red Room, Oliver Colvin, Berklee Performance Center, etc or in Galicia Imaxinasons, Canjazz, Nigranjazz, La Casa de Arriba, Vitruvia Café, etc.
Sergio has graduated from Berklee College of Music (Boston, MA) double majoring in Piano Performance and Film Scoring on a full tuition scholarship, as he received the 2019 Latin Grammy Cultural Foundation «Prodigy» Award. He has studied with international jazz musicians and professors such as Kenny Barron, Aaron Parks, Fred Hersch, Harold López-Nussa, Billy Childs, Vadim Neselovskyi, Alain Mallet, Maxim Lubarsky, Nando Michelin, Ariel Brínguez, Reinier Elizalde «El Negrón», Kevin Harris, Zahili González or Robert Christopherson and Spanish musicians like Abe Rábade, Xosé Miguélez or Toni Belenguer.
In April 2023 he released his first album «Atlántida» where he fuses his Galician roots with flamenco, jazz, world music and compositional elements from classical and contemporary music. One of the main characteristics of this project is its cultural diversity since it not only presents these influences but also has the talent of musicians from Spain, the United States, the Dominican Republic, Bulgaria, Colombia, Japan, Cuba or Brazil; musicians who bring their essence to the project and make it have a unique sound.
In his previous and first EP «Espirales» (2020), Sergio fuses his Galician and Spanish roots with world music, traditional and modern jazz harmony. In «Espirales» improvisation acquires great importance and new textures and colors are explored, new ways of approaching the jazz trio, by combining the different characteristics and tessituras of each instrument.
Sergio de Miguel es un joven pianista (21) y compositor vigués residente en Boston (USA).
Consecutivamente en los años 2023 y 2022 recibe el prestigioso premio de la Downbeat Magazine al mejor «Small Jazz ensemble». En 2022 es nombrado ganador del Yamaha Young Performing Artist y recibe también el premio Berklee Piano Department Chair Award. En Mayo de 2021 recibe en Boston el «Berklee Jazz Performance Award, 2021″. En 2019 recibió en Miami el premio «Prodigio» de la Fundación Cultural Latin Grammy de la mano de Emilio y Gloria Estefan.
Tanto en su primer álbum «Atlántida» (2023) como en su anterior primer proyecto de estudio, «Espirales», presenta composiciones originales en las que fusiona sus raíces gallegas y españolas con el jazz y la armonía moderna.
Recogiendo la influencia de la música clásica y otras influencias del mundo, la improvisación en la música original de Sergio adquiere una gran importancia. Se exploran nuevas texturas y colores, nuevas formas de enfocar el trío de jazz y la combinación con otros instrumentos y músicas del mundo, mediante la combinación de las diferentes características y tesituras de cada instrumento.
“A música de Sergio é profunda; dunha madurez compositiva que hibrida elementos impresionistas, latinoamericanos, norteamericanos e galegos. O seu son é nidio; xa toca o que escoita e quere tocar.
O traballo é un EP de composicións orixinais chamado «Espirales», gravado principalmente a trío con Óscar Rodríguez no contrabaixo e Max Gómez na batería.
Neste crisol de influencias conviven Federico Mompou, Brad Meldhau, Danilo Pérez, Chick Corea e un atlantismo aperturista, que se manifesta da primeira á última nota.”
Abe Rábade
Pianista y Compositor.
AWARDS
10th MARTIN CÓDAX MUSIC AWARDS – EMERGING ARTIST
Pontevedra (Spain), 2023
10th Martin Códax Galician Music Awards – «Emerging Artist» Winner
2023 DOWNBEAT MAGAZINE – BEST SMALL JAZZ COMBO
Chicago (US)
46th DownBeat Annual Student Music Awards – «Small Jazz Combo» Winner
2022 DOWNBEAT MAGAZINE – BEST SMALL JAZZ COMBO
Chicago (US)
45th DownBeat Annual Student Music Awards – «Small Jazz Combo» Winner
YAMAHA YOUNG PERFORMING ARTIST
Indianapolis (US)
2022 Yamaha Young Performing Artist Winner
BERKLEE PIANO DEPARTMENT CHAIR AWARD
Boston (US)
2022 Berklee Piano Department Chair Award
BERKLEE JAZZ PERFORMANCE AWARD
Boston (US)
2021 Berklee Jazz Performance Award
«PRODIGY» LATIN GRAMMY CULTURAL FOUNDATION AWARD
Miami (US)
2019 Prodigy Award, Latin Grammy Cultural Foundation
