Pep Garau is one of the most accomplished and distinctive trumpeters on the Balearic Islands’ jazz scene. With a well-established career as a performer, he has developed his own distinctive style, characterised by sensitivity, versatility and a deep connection with the tradition of jazz and improvised music.
Trained at the Liceu Conservatory, throughout his career he has shared the stage with some of the most prominent names on the national and international scene, such as the Clasijazz Big Band, conducted by Maria Schneider, Hermeto Pascoal, Perico Sambeat, Jorge Pardo, Darcy James Argue and Miho Hazama, amongst others. He has also worked with artists and ensembles such as The Impressions, Noel Gallagher, the Rufaca Folk Jazz Orchestra and the Toni Vaquer Voodoo Children Orchestra.
His artistic career has also led him to lead various ensembles of his own, through which he has been able to develop a compositional language that combines the heritage of jazz with contemporary and Mediterranean influences.