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Berta Moreno is an awarded jazz saxophonist, composer, and bandleader from Spain, most known for her original compositions and work blending Contemporary Jazz, World Music, Afro-Latin music, and improvisation. Critics define her as "Driven and Determined"- Downbeat Magazine; "a storyteller"- WBGO or "a highly thoughtful and precise soloist, with well-planned statements that don't waste any notes" - All About Jazz. She has toured and performed in some of the leading jazz festivals, including Jazzaldia Heineken, North Sea Jazz or TD James Moody Jazz Festival, and some of the main venues and theatres, TV and Radio programs both in Europe and US including NPR, WBGO, NJPAC, The Town Hall NYC or The Kimmel Center. She has shared the stages with some of the most established jazz musicians, such as Arturo O'Farrill, John Patitucci, Steve Wilson, Troy Roberts, Francisco Mela, Shai Maestro, Manuel Valera, Jon Faddis, Pedrito Martinez, or Santi Debriano. Berta's album "Little Steps" won a Global Music Awards- Gold Medal- for Best Jazz Album in 2017 and a nomination by the IMA Awards (US) and MIN awards (Spain) for Best Jazz album and composition. Her recent album "Tumaini" is in the TOP 20 Best Albums 2021 by NPR Alt. Latino and her composition "The Beauty of the Slum" is a Lennon Award winner at the John Lennon International Songwriting Contest 2022. She performs weekly at Birdland Jazz Club with the multi- Grammy award winning “Arturo O’Farrill & The Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra”.