Zahili Zamora & Friends

Zahili Zamora, piano
Gerson Lazo, electric bass
Yandy Garcia Palacio, drums
Samuel Batista, saxophone

Acclaimed jazz pianist and Berklee faculty member Zahili Zamora shares an unforgettable afternoon celebrating the vibrant fusion of Afro-Cuban roots music and jazz.

Zahili González Zamora is a Cuban-born pianist, composer, arranger, and educator whose music bridges Afro-Cuban tradition with the forward-looking spirit of contemporary jazz.

A summa cum laude graduate of the Berklee Global Jazz Institute master’s program—where she studied under Danilo Pérez, John Patitucci, and and Joe Lovano—Zahili has quickly become a distinctive voice in the international jazz landscape. Her work is acclaimed for its rhythmic sophistication, luminous harmonic language, and deep emotional narrative rooted in migration, identity, and transformative resilience