Gabriel Iwasaki

Professional composer since the age of 19, Gabriel Iwasaki is a classical formed pianist who took his passion as his carreer, going for Musical Composition at the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru. He has won 1st place at the internacional piano competition “Pianoteq Video Contest” 2014’s edition, and has been finalist at both the 2015 and 2016 edition. He is the first peruvian to get the finals of the “International Antonin Dvorak Composition Competition” held in Prague, Czech Republic.

In 2015, he releases his first solo album entitled “ The Journey of Life”, where he combines his classical roots with his deep and profound love for the progressive genre. In 2016 he becomes a keyboard player and arranger for Flor de Loto, being “Arbol de la Vida” the first album he has been featured in as a band member
In early 2017, this album was awarded as the “2016 best metal album” in the “Premios Luces” award competition, organized by the biggest peruvian newspaper outlet “El Comercio”.

In 2018, he relases his second solo album “The Journey Continues”, his most ambitious musical project of his career. In the same year, Flor de Loto releases “Eclipse”, their biggest album produced to date, produced by internationally acclaimed producer Roy Z.

Iwasaki has also composed music for several theater plays, TV spots, short films and even Smartphone Apps. He is currently working as a freelance composer, pianist, arranger, and producer, composing mainly for multimedia and publicity. He is also working on a third solo album entitled “The End of a Journey”, which will be released in the near future.