Gervasio Tarragona Valli

Gervasio Tarragona Valli | clarinetist, saxophonist, improviser, composer

Born in Montevideo into a musical family, Gervasio Tarragona Valli was as a teenager recruited by bandoneonist Raul Jaurena for his tango orchestra “Destaorilla'' and joined the “Montevideo Swing” jazz quintet. His Japanese solo debut with the Tokyo Symphony Orchestra followed in 2017 as the first prize winner of the 15th Tokyo International Music Competition. He also performed as a soloist with the New Japan Philharmonic, Orchestra Haydn di Bolzano, Russische Kammerphilharmonie St. Petersburg, Bogotá Chamber Orchestra, Transylvania State Philharmonic, Busan Philharmonic, Montevideo Philharmonic, Armenian State Symphony Orchestra and the National Orchestra of Uruguay. He has also performed as an orchestra musician within different orchestras like Hyogo PAC Orchestra in Japan, Auckland Philharmonia in New Zealand, Biel-Bienne Orchestra in Switzerland, Thüringer Symphoniker in Germany.