Nicolás Guerschberg

Nicolás Guerschberg (born 1975, Buenos Aires, Argentina) is an Argentine pianist, composer, and arranger who stands as one of Argentina’s most recognized contemporary interpreters of tango, jazz, and chamber music. He began musical study at age six and earned his diploma as a superior professor of piano, theory, and solfège at age twelve, studying under renowned masters including Gerardo Gandini, Fernando Pérez, Santiago Giacobbe, Manolo Juárez, and Laura Baade.

Guerschberg’s career spans more than 25 years as a founding member of the jazz sextet Escalandrum (formed 1999), with which he has toured over 40 countries and recorded 14 albums blending jazz, tango, and folkloric traditions. Beyond his role as Escalandrum’s pianist and composer, he has served as pianist, arranger, and musical director on tango albums with vocalist María Estela Monti and collaborated internationally with artists including Ute Lemper, Richard Galliano, Paquito D’Rivera, Hermeto Pascoal, Elena Roger, and the Astor Piazzolla Foundation Quintet. His compositional work encompasses piano, chamber ensembles, and orchestral pieces performed by La Camerata Bariloche, Orquesta del Tango de Buenos Aires, and European symphonic institutions.

Recognition includes the 2012 Gardel de Oro (Golden Gardel) and Best Jazz Album award for Escalandrum’s “Piazzolla Plays Piazzolla,” the 2014 Gardel Award for Best Jazz Album for “Vértigo,” multiple Konex Prize nominations, and four Latin Grammy nominations in the Tango category for “Ciudad Secreta” (2005), “Ciudadana” (2007), “Solo Piazzolla” (2009), and “Amor y Tango” (2014). In recent years, he has led a piano trio with drummer Daniel “Pipi” Piazzolla and bassist Mariano Sívori, releasing albums including “Punto de Fuga” (2017), “En un lugar” (2025), and “Contra las Cuerdas” (2025).