Looking at his track record, you realize how natural it must have been for Danilo Perez to have developed an early passion for music. As a child, Danilo's musician father would have friends over to play and sing, and some of them would ask Danilo to play what he had learned.
From that beginning, the
Fulbright Scholar has spent his life committed to learning and teaching music.
He is an internationally acclaimed concert pianist, composer & conductor. He is the force behind the Panama Jazz Festival, the Danilo Perez Foundation, the new Danilo's Jazz club in Panama City, Artistic Director for the Berklee Global jazz institute , Unesco Artist for Peace and he has just released a new CD, titled, Panama 500. In my recent interview with Danilo Perez, I asked him about his passion for music.
KG - You have made it your mission to use music
to unite Panama with the rest of the world. Is that a fair statement?
DP - Yes, I would say so. I think the greatest lessons about these
