Andrés Prado


Andrés Prado is a Peruvian guitarist and music teacher based in Lima, Peru. He has released several works with a focus on jazz, latin-jazz and Afro-Peruvian music. He teaches at the Catholic University of Peru and performs with several ensembles.

Life and career

Born in Lima, Peru, Prado grew up in a musical family. His mother and grandmother played the piano. He started on piano at age four and switched to guitar at age nine. He credits his grandmother for his interest in Latin-American music. He studied jazz and classical music at the :es:Universidad Nacional de Música |National Conservatory of Music in Lima, :es:Escuela de Música Popular de Avellaneda|Avellaneda School of Popular Music in Buenos Aires, and the Trinity College of Music in London.
In 2005 Prado moved to the Unites States and taught jazz performance at the McNally Smith College of Music in Saint Paul, Minnesota for two years. During this time he signed with RPM Records and worked with bassist Anthony Cox and pianist Peter Schimke, and released three albums. In 2007 he moved to Peru and joined the faculty of the School of Music at the Catholic University of Peru where he teaches jazz improvisation. Prado has continued to perform and record. In 2018 his musical style was characterized as: "jazz based on Peruvian and Latin American roots". His most recent album Barranquino was released in 2019 and features diverse influences including flamenco, saya, jazz and Afro-Peruvian rhythms. He performs with various jazz ensembles in Peru, Argentina, England and the United States.

Discography

As leader