Manuela Sánchez-Goubert is a Colombian artist who combines jazz with Latin American folk, music creating a cosmopolitan sound. She studies with a complete tuition scholarship at Berklee College of Music and is double majoring in Latin American Performance and Music Production and Engineering. Born and raised in Colombia, she moved to New York City as a teen, where she studied Vocal Jazz at the prestigious LaGuardia High School for the Performing Arts. Led by her mentors Lucía Pulido and Lauren Kinhan, she dove into the NYC jazz scene from a very young age.
As a composer, she mixes elements of traditional Latin American folk acts like Violeta Parra and Susana Baca with the sophistication of modern jazz greats like Cecile McLaurin Salvant.
Along with her vocal jazz group, she was awarded the 2021 Downbeat Award in the Undergraduate College Winner category. She has performed at notable venues worldwide, which include: Jazz at Lincoln Center, Rockwood Music Hall, Swing 46, in New York City; Palau de Les Arts, Matisse Club, Radio City Valencia, in Spain; and Orleans House in Bogotá, Colombia. She has also attended festivals and programs that shaped her musically such as the Contemporary South American Folk Festival with Victoria Sur, and master classes with vocalist Claudia Acuña.
With her band, they are in the process of recording an album, filled with music from all over Latin America that you won't want to miss.
