“Between jazz, electronic music and sonic exploration, Florencio Cruz has made the saxophone a vehicle for intensity, atmosphere and inner search, shaping a deeply personal, emotional and cinematic musical language.”
Florencio Cruz is an Argentine saxophonist whose musical identity was shaped between Europe and Argentina. He began playing the saxophone at the age of 13, and from the very beginning, jazz became his first and most enduring love.
Over the past 20 years, Florencio has performed around the world within the electronic music scene, collaborating with DJs and electronic artists while developing a powerful saxophone-driven live show. During his most active years in electronic music, he toured extensively across the United States, opening shows for Maroon 5, Seal, and Above & Beyond. He also spent his twenties living in Ibiza, where he became a resident performer at many of the island’s most iconic venues.
This period led him to perform throughout Europe, the United States, Asia, Dubai, and Norway, shaping his understanding of large-scale performance, sound design, repetition, and emotional impact. Although electronic music became a defining chapter of his career, jazz has always remained at the core of his artistic vision.
In recent years, Florencio has devoted himself fully to the search for his own sound — a personal language that blends jazz, electronic music, ambient textures, progressive rock, and minimalist composition. His influences range from Sigur Rós, Radiohead, Brian Eno, David Bowie, and David Byrne to the spiritual and repetitive worlds of Arvo Pärt and Philip Glass. The result is a deeply emotional, cinematic, and introspective aesthetic.
This artistic vision crystallized in his latest album, The Construction of a Brave Heart, recorded at Ocean Studios in Norway with his quartet, Florencio Cruz Electric Ensemble. The ensemble features Oscar Manzano on electric guitar, Josep Pou on keyboards, and Pedro Moyá on drums. The album follows a strong conceptual narrative, often described as Pink Floyd–inspired, and was recorded entirely live in a fully analog studio, capturing raw performances, natural dynamics, and human vulnerability.
Beyond this central project, Florencio is a devoted saxophone enthusiast, with a deep passion for Selmer saxophones and vintage mouthpieces, viewing the instrument itself as an extension of artistic identity.
He currently resides in Mallorca, where he is the owner and artistic director of The Jazz Lounge by Florencio Cruz, a jazz club that has become a creative home for his music. There, he performs regularly with both his electric ensemble and his acoustic quartet, keeping an active dialogue between tradition and experimentation.
His acoustic quartet — featuring Pierre Bauzerand on piano, Pep Lluís García on drums, and Joan Garcías on double bass — is dedicated to interpreting and reimagining the music of his jazz idols. This project represents his ongoing connection to the classic jazz tradition, a way of honoring studio craft, improvisation, and the lineage that first inspired him.
For Florencio Cruz, music is a lifelong journey of balance between roots and exploration — a continuous act of construction where emotion, sound, and courage meet.
