Yan KayaryMusic & Musical Direction ES

Background

Forty years of live performance, artistic direction of music programs, production and arranging. I join a project as a performer, director or producer, depending on what it needs.

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Yan Kayary at a grand piano, in black and white, framed by lattice screens

Through the years

  • 1991

    Arrangements for Yuri’s show at El Patio, Mexico City.

  • 1993 to 1996

    Tardes Pasteleras at the Continental Plaza in Boca del Río and the Holiday Inn Crowne Plaza in Monterrey. The story

  • Riviera Maya

    Moon Palace: pianist and keyboardist, evening residency in one of the resort’s restaurants.

  • 1997 to 1999

    Iberostar Tucán and Quetzal, Playa del Carmen: musical director and founder of the house band. Musical direction

  • 2004

    First Veracruz International Jazz Festival, Teatro Clavijero, with the Yan Carlo Kayary Quarteto.

  • 2007

    YAM Jazz Trio: Chick Corea’s "Spain", live. Listen

  • 2010

    Europe: hotels and stages in Hungary, Paris and Düsseldorf.

  • 2011

    Hotel Castelo, Boca del Río: live recording with singer-songwriter Ramón Nogueira. Listen

  • 2016 to 2022

    Valentin Imperial Riviera Maya: resident pianist at the Don Miguel bar for six years. Listen

Places that have welcomed my music

  • Continental PlazaBoca del Río
  • Holiday Inn Crowne PlazaMonterrey
  • Hotel CasteloBoca del Río
  • Crowne Plaza TorremarVeracruz
  • Fiesta AmericanaVeracruz
  • Hotel EmporioVeracruz
  • Torremar ResortVeracruz
  • Holiday InnGuadalajara
  • MarriottIxtapan de la Sal
  • Moon PalaceRiviera Maya
  • IberostarPlaya del Carmen
  • Valentin ImperialRiviera Maya
  • Sheraton Airport HotelDüsseldorf
  • Le Caveau des OubliettesParis
  • Au Baroudeur PatientParis
  • Oliva RestaurantVeszprém

Brands of their respective owners. They show where I have played; they do not imply endorsement.

Also in Mexico

La Mansión Veracruz, Hyatt Excelaris, Playa Paraíso, Bahía Príncipe Tulum, Viva Azteca Playacar, Camino Real Guadalajara, Fiesta Inn, Novomar and Hotel Azteca Internacional.

And in Hungary

Budapest Marriott, InterContinental Budapest, Le Méridien Budapest, Kempinski Hotel Corvinus, Ramada Resort Lake Balaton and Viktória Panzió in Balatonalmádi. With the Gyöngyhalász Latin Orchestra.

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Direction, arranging and production

With artists

Musical direction, keyboards and backing vocals with Roxana Río and Teorema. Arrangements for Yuri and María Sorte. Production, arranging and piano with Ramón Nogueira.

Groups I founded or led

YAM Jazz Trio, Yan Carlo Kayary Quarteto (Último Tren), Indigo, Flute & Piano, Abraxas House Band, Zùriger, Soda, Sin Nombre and Líbido.

Studio

Jingle writing, programming and production at MBK Estudios. Music for documentaries, including work connected to Trazos de Luz.

Teaching

Yamaha Music School and MBK Escuela de Música in Boca del Río. Private lessons in piano, harmony and improvisation.

Further study

Jazz Improvisation, Berklee College of Music on Coursera, taught by Gary Burton (2016). Verify the certificate Jazz workshop with Péter Rozsnyói. Courses with Craig Anderton and Jennifer Batten.

Encounters

Archive moments with musicians who crossed my path.

Yan Kayary with Chick Corea, arm in arm, standing in a corridor with other people in the background
Chick CoreaJuly 2010
Yan Kayary with Chick Corea, close-up portrait
Chick CoreaJuly 2010
Yan Kayary with Christian McBride, in a corridor with other people in the background
Christian McBrideJuly 2010
Yan Kayary seated next to Kenny Garrett, standing, in front of a painting of sailboats
Kenny GarrettJuly 2010
Yan Kayary between two men, one with wavy gray hair and another in a black cap who is speaking to him and pointing
Chick CoreaJuly 2010
Yan Kayary and Antonio Sánchez holding a Pat Metheny Unity Band T-shirt
Antonio Sánchez
Yan Kayary with Lyle Mays, arm in arm, in front of a restaurant
Lyle Mays
Yan Kayary with Lionel Loueke, at night, outdoors
Lionel Loueke
Yan Kayary with the arm of a man in a gray jacket and copper shirt around him, wearing a badgeYan Kayary with the arm of a man in a dark vest over a light shirt around him
Herbie Hancock and Nathan East

Memories of encounters; they do not imply collaboration or endorsement.

What listeners say

“We personally loved listening to the pianist, Yan Carlo, at the Don Miguel bar.”

Mandy G., guest, on TripAdvisor (February 2022)

Other guest reviews of the same bar also mention the live pianist. Read a review

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