She is the first woman to have won the prize in the competition’s history of fifteen years.

Said Leszek Możdżer about the jury’s decision: “Deciding between the three [finalists] was tough. In the end, the contestants’ joy in performing and her authenticity guided our decision making.”

Marialy Pacheco was born in 1983 in Havana, into a family of musicians. In 2002 she won the Cuban Jo-Jazz Havana competition, where Grammy Award-winner Chucho Valdés was presiding over the jury. Two years later she released her first album, Bendiciones.

Following a 2013 concert where she played along with Valentina Lisitsa and Maria Mazo, in 2014 she was named an official “Bösendorfer Artist.” Also in 2014, she made her debut as a classical performer, playing the solo part of a Bach piano concerto in Australia

Date and time: 19th October, 2018 - 8.00 pm

Ticket prices: 2000 Ft

Venue: Budapest Music Center -  Opus Jazz Club
1093 Budapest, Mátyás utca 8.

Source: Cafe Budapest Contemporary Arts Festival

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