Bio

Joan Chávez is a Colombian musician based in Cologne, Germany. He performed as a sideman, arranger and composer during his time in Bogotá, where he also studied double bass. He also recorded 5 Studio albums and played in different Jazz festivals such as Jazz Domingo Festival, Teatro Libre Jazz Festival, Villa de Leyva Jazz Festival and Atlantijazz in Barranquilla.

In 2014 Joan began his master studies in Jazz Performance at Folkwang Universität der Künste in Essen, Germany. Living in North Rhein-Westphalia Joan got involved with the local Jazz scene, playing in the local venues and touring in Germany, France, Belgium and Spain. He has also played in the Festival Art Dialogues Festival in Istanbul, Turkey and The Yilan International Arts Festival in Taiwan. During his time in Cologne he has recorded 4 Studio Albums, 2 Live Albums and with the band “Die Parzäros” he recorded at SaarlandRadio.

In 2019 he released his first studio album “Magdalena” recorded in the Folkwang Universität der Küntse studios and played in the German Radio WDR3 Campus Jazz, Bayerisches Jazzweekend 2019 and the Bayerische Rundfunk Bayern 2 by BR Klassik RadioJazzNacht. With this project and with the company of the Guitarist Santiago Sandoval, he made a European tour including Germany, Belgium, Portugal and Spain.