Pablo Arencibia

Pablo Arencibia is an award-winning pianist whose musical journey began at the age of four. He has performed in countries including Venezuela, Spain, the United States, France, Greece, Romania, and Colombia. A graduate of the Juan José Landaeta National Conservatory in Caracas, Venezuela at just sixteen, he later earned a Master of Music degree in Jazz Piano Performance from the University of South Florida.

Arencibia has appeared with internationally acclaimed orchestras including the Caracas Municipal Orchestra and the Spanish Radio and Television Symphony Orchestra. His collaborations span a diverse range of artists such as Terrell Stafford, Steve Wilson, Dave Stryker, Zachary Bornheimer, Jose Valentino, Edvard Tchivzhel, The Lennon Sisters, Chuck Owen, Jack Wilkins, Fred Radke and the Harry James Orchestra, Scotty Wright, John Lamb, and Federico Nathan, among many others. He served as musical director for the national tour of the Spanish musical theatre production Ay, Carmela!

Arencibia co-leads ARConnection, founded in 2022 with drummer Dave Rudolph. The group was awarded the 2026 Palladium Creative Fellowship. Arencibia & Rodriguez, a duo also co-led by Arencibia, alongside bassist Mauricio J. Rodriguez, is producing its first album featuring original jazz arrangements of the music of Cuban composer Ernesto Lecuoma, funded by a 2024 Palladium Creative Fellowship. Arencibia also is a member of the MJR Latin Project.

With more than two decades of teaching experience, he has taught piano and other music courses at renowned institutions including the Creativa School of Music in Madrid, TAI Arts at Rey Juan Carlos University where he served as Director of the Music Composition Program, Hillsborough Community College, and the University of Tampa. He currently teaches both Classical and Jazz Piano at the University of South Florida.

Beyond music, Arencibia holds a bachelor’s degree in Software Engineering (cum laude). His interdisciplinary research on piano performance mechanics and instrument response has been published by Springer in Perspectives in Performing Arts Medicine: A Multidisciplinary Approach.