Pablo Arencibia
Jazz Piano
piano
Email: pablo6@usf.edu
Phone: (813) 974-2311
Pablo Arencibia has been teaching jazz and classical piano at the University of South
Florida since 2018 and was appointed adjunct professor in 2020. He has also worked
as a
researcher for the USF Cognitive Aging Lab in collaboration with the Music Education
Department, and he presented his original research at the USF Performing Arts Medicine
Association Conference.
Arencibia holds a Master鈥檚 degree in Jazz Piano Performance from USF and was the
youngest student to earn the Piano Professor degree from the Juan Jos茅 Landaeta National
Music Conservatory in Caracas, Venezuela. He served as Director of Contemporary Composition
Studies at the TAI School of Music (Rey Juan Carlos University) in Madrid, Spain,
where he taught for several years. He has also taught at the University of Tampa and
Hillsborough Community College.
As a performer, Arencibia has appeared with internationally recognized ensembles such
as
the Caracas Municipal Orchestra and the Spanish Radio and Television Symphony
Orchestra. He has performed and recorded with a wide range of national and international
jazz artists across countries including Venezuela, Spain, the United States, France,
Greece,
Romania, and Colombia. He was musical director of the Spanish musical theater production
Ay, Carmela! and has received multiple awards, including the Mois茅s Moleiro National Piano Competition,
the Talavera de la Reina International Jazz Competition, the Madrid Clazz Prize, and
the honor of performing a private concert for the Romanian Royal Family as part of
the Bucharest Jazz EuropaFest.
He also holds a bachelor鈥檚 degree in software engineering (cum laude) and his
contributions to the field of piano performance mechanics and instrument response
have
been published by Springer as part of the book
Arencibia performs frequently as a jazz pianist, and his performance schedule is available
on his .