PODCAST: Victor Prieto '02

An alumnus from the Galician region of Spain is single-handedly putting the accordion on the map in the jazz world.

By
Rob Hochschild
November 2, 2015

Nuri Daynish

Drawing from his Spanish roots and other genres, Grammy nominee and jazz accordionist Victor Prieto '02 brings a variety of influences to his work. The New York City-based composer and bandleader writes music that combines jazz, classical, tango, Celtic, and Brazilian music with sounds steeped in his Galician heritage.  

This episode features Prieto in a duo setting with fellow Berklee alumnus and saxophonist Chris Cheek, who plays soprano on "Chatting with Chris." Both musicians are performing at Berklee in an NPR broadcast to be filmed and recorded at Berklee's Cafe 939 in the year's first installation of the music series, The Checkout—Live at Berklee, on Wednesday, November 4, 2015.