Grammy-Nominated Pianist • Composer • Producer
Grammy-nominated jazz pianist, composer, and producer Silvano Monasterios has performed, written, and recorded with an impressive range of acclaimed artists throughout his career. With five previous solo albums, his sixth and most ambitious work to date The River was released on April 4, 2025, and was immediately met with glowing reviews from leading jazz publications.
Commissioned by Chamber Music America through its New Jazz Works Program, and funded by The Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, The River is a sweeping suite composed for a nine-piece ensemble that showcases Monasterios' dynamic artistry, compositional depth, and his distinctive voice in contemporary jazz.
Now streaming on all major digital platforms, The River immediately climbed to the top of the national jazz and latin jazz charts after its release.
Also this summer, he will release Solo in Paris, his first solo piano album and seventh production. A collection of 14 piano pieces offering a different perspective on his prolific work as a composer.
Explore the music and experience the sound of an artist at the height of his creativity.
…"The River is an accessible musical statement of culture. The listening experience affirming Monasterios’s place among today’s most vital jazz voices. With The River, Silvano Monasterios delivers a suite on place, memory, and the human condition, rendered through a blend of rhythm, melody, and form. It’s an album that speaks to the heart with a music steeped in cultural specificity but universally resonant. In Monasterios’s hands, the river does not divide; it connects." - Nolan DeBuke, The Jazz Word. Read More
..."This music represents Silvano Monasterios’ intricate and often complex rhythms and improvised melodies, along with his technical sophistication and the passion that comes from ones culture and personality. This music is a tribute to the bravery and spirit of the Venezuelan people." - Dee Dee McNeil, Making a Scene. Read More
..."In the end, Monasterios' idealistic River is as clear and peaceful as any such stream could be, thanks to his remarkable skills as writer, arranger and performer, and those of his stellar nonet, all of which make cruising down this river a bright and pleasurable experience." - Jack Bowers, All About Jazz. Read More
..."Silvano Monasterios brings to mind the works of Gershwin—particularly in his approach to composition. Both pianists, both visionaries, they share a radiant conception of music, one that defies convention and delves into the finest details of arrangement to elevate each section of a piece, allowing the melody to assert itself with natural elegance." - Thierry De Clemensat, Paris Move. Read More
"Recommended New Release" by The New York City Jazz Record
..."With The River, Silvano Monasterios has created a deeply layered and emotionally coherent work that deserves close and repeated listening. From the expression of his writing to the elegance of his improvisation and the cohesion of his ensemble, this album is a statement of artistry and cultural integration. Like the river that inspires it, this album flows with purpose, beauty, and depth, a journey of a river of sound to our spirit." - Stamish Malcuss, Jazz Sensibilities. Read More
