Patricia López

Patricia López is an Uruguayan saxophonist, flutist, producer, and composer, who graduated from the Superior Jazz Technicature (Manuel de Falla Conservatory, Argentina).
She continued her music research and attended many workshops in Brazil, New York, and The Netherlands. She studied saxophone, improvisation, ensemble, composition, and harmony with renowned musicians such as Carlos Lastra, Ernesto Jodos, Carlos Michelini, Tim Berne, Tony Malaby, Michael Moore, Florian Wempe, Ralph Alessi, Andy Milne, Chris Lightcap, Michael Attias, among many others.

As a composer, she develops her sound in the style of jazz, creative music, and the fusion of Latin American rhythms. In 2020 she released “Wanderlust” her first album and was awarded - BEST URUGUAYAN ALBUM JAZZ - (2021).

As a session player and side woman, she participated in several projects, recordings, ensembles, big bands, and orchestras.
At the same time, she received two grants from the FONAM (National Music Found) to attend the SIM workshop (NYC, 2016) and from the MEC (Uruguayan Minister of Culture) to specialize in saxophone improvisation with the legendary Rich Perry (2022 NYC).

In 2024 she recorded her second album FUEGO in Patagonia Argentina with Trio del fin del mundo: Leonardo Álvarez (drums), Jesús Fernández (piano), and Andrés Fuhr (double bass), and Julia Inés Ponce as a special guest (voice).