Florencia Gonzalez

Florencia GonzalezJazz and classical saxophone performer, composer and arranger. Born in Montevideo, starts her musical studies at the age of 6. She studied classical saxophone in the “Universidad de la Republica Oriental del Uruguay” and in the “Conservatorio Municipal de Musica” while studying jazz improvisation with the Cuban sax player Nicolas Reinoso and arranging with the Cuban Orlando Tamargo. After graduated continues studies of jazz and classical music in Buenos Aires (Argentina), studying jazz improvisation with Carlos Lastra, Ricardo Cavalli and Rodrigo Dominguez among others, classical saxophone with Maria Noel Luzardo, and arranging with “Pollo” Raffo. In 2003 she enters to the National Symphonic Orchestra of Uruguay, and to the Canelones City Hall Orchestra. She had also been performing a lot of different styles in a variety of groups (jazz, tango, bossa nova, rock, pop, funk, candombe, etc) and acting as a music educator in various High Schools and Music Schools. In 2004 she travels to Boston, where in 2007 she graduates from Berklee College of Music in a dual major in Jazz Composition and Performance. Having studied there with George Garzone, Joe Lovano, Ed Tomassi, Ken Pullig and Greg Hopkins among others. At the moment she is performing and teaching around the Boston and New York area and still studying with Hall Crook and Charlie Bancos.