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Marta Sanchez is a Spanish jazz pianist and composer.
Career
Sanchez moved to New York City from Madrid, Spain in 2011 after receiving a Fulbright Scholarship to study Jazz Performance at New York University.
Her albums as a leader have been covered by The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and NPR. In 2015, Ben Ratliff at The New York Times included Sanchez's album "Partenika" in a list of the 10 best albums of the year. In 2019, Giovanni Russonello at The New York Times included her album "El Rayo de Luz" in a list of the 10 best jazz albums of the year.
In 2022, Sanchez joined David Murray's quartet. In 2023 and 2024 they performed at the Village Vanguard. As part of Murray's quartet, Sanchez recorded on "Francesca" (2024, Intakt Records).
In 2017, and 2021, Sanchez was a composer in residence at MacDowell.