Arts & Entertainment
Jose Manuel Garcia
José Manuel Garcia, born in Caracas,
Venezuala, graduated from Emil Friedman Conservatory in 1992. He received his BM
in piano performance from Clayton State College. While at Clayton, he studied
with George Lucktenberg and Michiko Otaki. Mr. Garcia earned his Master of Music
in piano performance from Georgia State University in 2001, while a student of
Geoffrey Haydon. Mr. García holds a Doctor of Musical Arts Degree from the
University of Georgia, from the piano studio of Evgeny Rivkin.
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Mr. García is a founder of International
Groove Conspiracy, an Atlanta-based jazz trio which received great reviews by
giants in the industry such as pianists Ahmad Jamal and Chucho Valdés, while
also performed at major venues in the nation, including the Atlanta Jazz
Festival, the Montreaux Jazz Festival, The National Black Arts Festival, the
Rialto Center for the Arts, Callawolde Fine Arts Center, Mable House Barnes
Amphitheatre, and the Blue Note in New York City.
José Manuel has recorded several projects,
both as leader and collaborator. Mr. García’s latest CD, Cruz del Ávila,
realeased in December 2010, is a solo piano project, in which giant Ahmad Jamal
describes José Manuel pianism as “sensitive and brilliant.”