Gabriel Navia
Guitarist · Composer · Producer
Born into a musical family, Gabriel Navia is one of Bolivias most internationally renowned emerging latino artist. Producer, guitarist, multi-instrumentalist and composer, he has collaborated in 3 albums nominated for the Latin Grammys. Gabriel is one of the most foremost exponents of latin music in the Bay Area.
Combining flamenco, cuban, brazilian and bolivian music with jazz, pop, rock, electronica and contemporary music, he has performed on many stages around the world including Asia, Europe, North and South America.
Working on stage and in the recording studio with artist such as Chuchito Valdes, Eddy Navia, Fito Reinoso, Georges Lammam, Wayne Wallace, Jack Douglas, David Luke, Richard Howell, Charlie Musselwhite, Orestes Vilato, Karl Perazzo, John Santos, Calixto Oviedo, Roger Glenn, Daniel Fries, Marc Van Wageningen, John Handy, Alfredo Coca, Joe Craven, Jeff Massanari, Justin Weiss, Nathan Winters, Colin Douglas, Alex Conde, Edgardo Cambon, Sandy Perez, Fogo Na roupa, Los Kjarkas, Willy Claure, Grillo Villegas, Savia Andina, Melecio Magdaluyo, Fernando Jimenez, Carlos Caro, John Calloway, Ernesto Oviedo, Greg Sudmier, Sukay, Diablo Ballet and the San Francisco Symphony among others.
Combining flamenco, cuban, brazilian and bolivian music with jazz, pop, rock, electronica and contemporary music, he has performed on many stages around the world including Asia, Europe, North and South America.
Working on stage and in the recording studio with artist such as Chuchito Valdes, Eddy Navia, Fito Reinoso, Georges Lammam, Wayne Wallace, Jack Douglas, David Luke, Richard Howell, Charlie Musselwhite, Orestes Vilato, Karl Perazzo, John Santos, Calixto Oviedo, Roger Glenn, Daniel Fries, Marc Van Wageningen, John Handy, Alfredo Coca, Joe Craven, Jeff Massanari, Justin Weiss, Nathan Winters, Colin Douglas, Alex Conde, Edgardo Cambon, Sandy Perez, Fogo Na roupa, Los Kjarkas, Willy Claure, Grillo Villegas, Savia Andina, Melecio Magdaluyo, Fernando Jimenez, Carlos Caro, John Calloway, Ernesto Oviedo, Greg Sudmier, Sukay, Diablo Ballet and the San Francisco Symphony among others.
He studied music and guitar with various teachers from Bolivia, Cuba and the United States. After attending the Instituto Eduardo Laredo in Cochabamba, Bolivia and the School of the Arts of San Francisco, California, he went on to attend the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, the Jazz School of Berkley CA and in 2002 he received Outstanding Musician Awards at the Berklee College of Music in Boston, MA. In 2007 he received a scholarship from Fundación Carolina to do a music postgraduate with flamenco great Manuel Granados at the Conservatori Del Liceu de Barcelona.
Gabriel Navia started his professional music career as a charango player, touring and recording with the Andean music band Sukay at the age of 11. Led by his father Eddy Navia - a master and legend of the charango in his own right, allowed Gabriel to perform on various stages throughout South America, North America, Europe and Asia.
