Albert Marquès (b. 1986, Catalonia, Spain) is a composer, producer, educator, jazz pianist and published author. After three years in Paris, he has been based in New York City since 2011. Marquès is a multi award winning musician with an international touring career and seven albums as a band leader. He is the Music Director of a NYC public middle and high school music program, and has been a visiting artist at NYU, Oxford University, the New School and other institutions. Marquès is known for his groundbreaking music project Freedom First, a collaboration with writer and poet Keith LaMar, who has spent 30 years in solitary confinement on death row in Ohio for a crime he did not commit. Freedom First is the first album in history by an artist on death row, and inaugurated Ampl!fy Voices, his ongoing project to create music with people whose stories must be heard, especially those affected by state-sponsored violence and censorship. Marques’ singles and albums have been featured in international press, radio and tv including The New York Times, Rolling Stone, Slate, Le Figaro, El Pais, Time Out and NPR.