Three-Time Grammy® Winner pianist, composer and
producer, with six Grammy® nominations. A Steinway
Artist, “Illustrious Citizen of the City of
Montevideo” (Uruguay), Two- Time “Global Awards Gold
Medal Winner”, “Majestic Excellence Award 2022
Winner” at the Excellence Piano Awards International
Competition and “The American Prize” composition
contest winner.
He has performed worldwide, collaborated and
recorded with artists as diverse as Yo-Yo Ma,
Christian McBride, The 12 Cellists of the Berlin
Philharmonic, Eddie Gomez, John Patitucci, Paquito
D’Rivera, Deepak Chopra and Forever Tango among many
others. He is a former Jazz Department Director at
the Harbor Conservatory in NYC, and has given master
classes and lectures at The Juilliard School,
Oberlin Conservatory, Eastman School of Music, Yale
University, Columbia University, University of
Florida and New York University among others. One of
the most in-demand tango/jazz pianists, arrangers
and composers in the United States.
Gustavo Casenave Duo
with Franco Pinna
Argentinean drummer and percussionist Franco
Pinna has earned a unique status in the New York
Musical scene, having collaborated with Paquito
D'Rivera, Oscar Stagnaro, Claudia Acuña, Mika
Pohjola, Marta Topferova, Claudio Ragazzi and Toño
Arnedo, among many others. He has extensively toured
worldwide at venues such as Royal Albert Hall, (BBC
proms ), Tokyo Jazz Festival, The Blue Note, London
Queen Elisabeth Hall, Jazz Royale in Thailand, The
Vienna Jazz Festival, The Hague jazz Festival,
London Jazz Festival and many other venues in Japan,
Korea, Vietnam, Thailand, Spain, France, Italy,
Czech Republic, Russia, Poland, Germany,
Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Hungary, Rumania,
Macau, Greece, Israel, Denmark, Finland, Sweden,
Austria, Switzerland, Colombia, Argentina, Mexico,
Ecuador, Guatemala and Panama.
Mr. Pinna
delivers his unique approach and mastery, utilizing
his own drum set created from traditional
Argentinean folkloric drums, together with
conventional elements from the drum set.
Gustavo Casenave
Trio
Gustavo Casenave, Franco Pinna, Pedro Giraudo
Pedro Giraudo
Grammy
Award winner bassist and composer Pedro Giraudo is
among the most compelling
tango/jazz artists today. He hasconducted the world
renown WDR Big Band and Cologne Contemporary Jazz
Orchestra, and has collaborated with Paquito
D’Rivera, Branford Marsalis, Kenny Garret, Regina
Carter, Nestor Torres, William Cepeda, Pablo
Ziegler, Ruben Blades and Miguel Zenon among many
others.
He has also performed and arranged
for The New York Philharmonic. He has participated
in numerous jazz and music festivals throughout the
North America, Europe, Latin America, the Caribbean
and Asia, and performed in venues such as The Blue
Note (Japan & USA), Jazz Festival Royale in
Thailand, Kennedy Center (Washington, DC, Lincoln
Center and Carnegie Hall (NYC). Downbeat
Magazine described Giraudo’s music as “an opulent
listening experience of modern, orchestral jazz,
brimming with passionate improvisations, deliberate
contrapuntal melodies and plush harmonies."
Musical scene, having collaborated with Paquito
D'Rivera, Oscar Stagnaro, Claudia Acuña, Mika
Pohjola, Marta Topferova, Claudio Ragazzi and Toño
Arnedo, among many others. He has extensively toured
worldwide at venues such as Royal Albert Hall, (BBC
proms ), Tokyo Jazz Festival, The Blue Note, London
Queen Elisabeth Hall, Jazz Royale in Thailand, The
Vienna Jazz Festival, The Hague jazz Festival,
London Jazz Festival and many other venues in Japan,
Korea, Vietnam, Thailand, Spain, France, Italy,
Czech Republic, Russia, Poland, Germany,
Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Hungary, Rumania,
Macau, Greece, Israel, Denmark, Finland, Sweden,
Austria, Switzerland, Colombia, Argentina, Mexico,
Ecuador, Guatemala and Panama. 
tango/jazz artists today. He hasconducted the world
renown WDR Big Band and Cologne Contemporary Jazz
Orchestra, and has collaborated with Paquito
D’Rivera, Branford Marsalis, Kenny Garret, Regina
Carter, Nestor Torres, William Cepeda, Pablo
Ziegler, Ruben Blades and
