About

Pablo Sáez Cerpa is a Chilean jazz musician. He lives in Cologne, Germany, and is currently working on his third solo album “Inmanencia”, this time mixed by Christian Heck and mastered by legendary drummer Nate Wood.

Pablo started playing music at home at a very early age. At the age of five he took his first steps into organized music, playing with the group “Fundación Claudio Arrau” in Santiago. This was just the first step in an incessant journey of musical study and exploration, including periods on the piano and then the guitar. He studied Latin-Drums and percussion with his godfather Carlos Figueroa López (who at that time taught almost all the drummers in Santiago) and Jazz-Drums with Prof. Thomas Alkier and Sperie Karas in Essen, Germany. He also studied Composition and Arrangement with Toly Ramirez in Santiago de Chile and Jazz Composition/Arrangement, especially Big Band, with Prof. Peter Herborn at the Folkwang University of Arts.

Pablo is one of the most recognized jazz musicians for Latin-Jazz and World Music in Germany. Since his arrival, these projects have taken him on a journey throughout Europe, the Caribbean, South America, the United Arab Emirates, North Africa, and Scandinavia. In Germany, Pablo has developed crossover projects for the Altonaer Theater Kammerspiel in Hamburg, SeeLive Tivoli, the Bochum Philharmonic Choir, the Niederrhein Festival, the Mercator Ensemble of the Duisburg Philharmonic, the New Westphalian Philharmonic, and Classical Beat festival. Today he continues to specialize in Jazz-Fusion, Peruvian Music, and Brazilian Jazz.

“Has been a big pleasure to work with these great musicians, orchestras, ensembles, engineers and producers: Tony Lakatos, Billy Test, Ryan Carniaux, Bart van Lier, Jeff Denson, Anne Mette Iversen, Juliana da Silva, Matthias Schriefl, Andy Miles, Florian Weber, Paul Heller, Nate Wood, Michael Bishop, Philipp Braemswig, Jens Böckamp, Henrique Gomide, Raumus Baumann, Neue NRW Orchestra, Peter Herborn, Mercator Ensemble, Ziv Raviz, Josha Oetz, Hans Glawisching, Raphael Klemm, Andy Hunter, Tom Schlüter, Anette Maiburg, Alex Morsey, Jerry Lu, Christian Heck, Daniel Manrique Smith, Miroslava Stareychinska, Alvaro Severino, João Luis, Pablo Paredes, Norman Peplow, Patricia Cruz, Miguelangel Clerc, Ramón Gorigoitia, André de Cayres, Joan Chavez, Juan Carlos Navarro, Pato Banda, Jean Cammas, Roman Babik, Sergio Terán, Wally Parra, Klaus der Geiger, Marcio Tubino, Juan Camilo Villa, Pedro Villagra, Franz Mesko, Emilio Miranda, Felipe “Mandingo” Rengifo, Jaime Gamero, Patricia Gamero, Pedro Rodriguez, Sally Beck, Meri Tschabaschwili, Werner Quicker, Stefan Rey, Wilson de Oliveira and many more friends” Pablo

Testimonials

“Much applause to a creative band that looks to the future in a multicultural way without forgetting the Great
history of jazz.”

WAZ

Zeitung

“It is a name within the South American jazz movement installed in Europe”

www.musicapopular.cl

Web Page

“Since 2010 I have been impressed by Pablo Sáez’s work in every collaboration, I have participated several
times in many of his projects. His artistic quality has always led to excellent results, as well as being able to get
through professional planning and implementation”

Raphael Klemm

Musician

“Pablo is an incredibly good drum-teacher, who works very carefully and thoughtfully. He conveys both, theory
and practice on the instrument in a very exciting and fun way!”

Deborah Wockelmann

Musician

“Er blickt definitiv in die Zukunft, und dort platziert er seine Musik, die überraschend, unergründlich und voller ungewöhnlicher Wendungen ist.”

www.jazz-fun.de

Magazine

“Un lujito”

El Zócalo Nacional

Radio Universidad de Chile

„Schlagzeuger Sáez schließlich stellte mit seiner differenzierten, abwechslungsreichen Arbeit auch die anspruchsvollsten Zuhörer zufrieden.“

Giessener Anzeiger

Zeitung

“Sáez ha construido su historia en ese otro mundo tan lejano, aunque su vínculo con la tierra es presente, es retórico y desde luego es musical”

Revista La Panera

REVISTA

“Pablo Sáez ist ein exzellenter Rhythmusgeber, der sich aufs Streicheln und heftigere Anschläge versteht, vor denen Gitarre, Bass und Klavier brillieren können. Ausgewogen im Gesamtklang, berauschend in Alleingängen.”

MusikReviews.de

Musician

“Ein spannender und progressiver Jazz mit indigenen Latin-Einflüssen, bei dem mitunter auch geheimnisvolle Vocals in spanischer Sprache eingestreut werden. Prädikat: außergewöhnlich!”

Reiner Guérich

In Music

Musician

“Die lateinamerikanische Rhythmusgruppe um André De Cayres und Henrique Gomide aus Sao Paulo mit dem chilenischen Ausnahmeschlagzeuger Pablo Saez versteht es, immer den richtigen Groove für jedes Stück zu finden, um auf die feurigen Soli spielfreudig zu reagieren.”

WAZ 2023

Musician