Alex Mercado Trio - Exilio (2020)

A pianist with astonishing technique and boundless imagination, Alex Mercado is acclaimed for his ability to compose brilliant compositions and create vibrant soundscapes that have resonated with critics and audiences both in his native Mexico and internationally. In «Paisajes» (2017), his fourth album after "Refraction" (2015), "Symbiosis" (2014) and "The Watcher" (2012) Alex Mercado takes us on a journey through a vibrant musical world full of captivating melodies and dynamic improvisations that characterize the best contemporary jazz performers.

Sharing credits with Antonio Sánchez and Scott Colley, and with the support of the National Fund for Culture and the Arts, he manages to make one of the best albums of 2014 at an international level according to the editors' selection of the prestigious Downbeat magazine. The album «Symbiosis«, which was presented at the Palacio de Bellas Artes, Mexico's most emblematic venue, introduces jazz lovers around the world to a virtuoso instrumentalist unmatched in his native land, where he is the pianist of first choice. of musicians musicians of the stature of Antonio Sánchez, Sachal Vasandani, Bryan Lynch, Camila Meza, Magos Herrera, Emanuele Cisi and Doug Beavers, among other artists.

Alex Mercado's career is also notable, for having performed in 2018 with his trio at the North Sea Jazz Festival, one of the most important jazz festivals in the world, sharing the bill with Pat Metheny, Pharaoh Sanders, Earth, Wind & Fire among others. ; for having received the commission to arrange the orchestral overture that opened Sir Elton John's concert in Chichén Itzá with the Yucatán Symphony Orchestra, where he stood out as a solo pianist and for touring in Ireland, France, Holland, Romania, Belgium and Poland, in a continuous effort to strengthen the presence of Mexican jazz in international jazz circuits.

A Yamaha artist, and considered by specialized critics as one of the most important standards of contemporary Mexican jazz, Alex Mercado is a Scenic Creator with a career from the National Fund for Culture and the Arts - issue 2017 - distinction that positions him as one of the musicians most productive, original and fresh on today's music scene.