Claudio Rubio is a talented Chilean saxophonist, composer, arranger, and educator. After receiving musical education in the United States at William Paterson University, where he graduated Suma Cum Laude (with highest honors), he had the opportunity to learn from jazz masters such as Rich Perry, Sal Mosca, Dave Liebman, Clark Terry, Jim McNeely, Rich De Rosa, Mulgrew Miller, Kevin Mahogany, Wynton Marsalis, and Kenny Garrett, among other renowned musicians.
Upon graduating, he returned to Chile to continue his musical career, becoming a referential voice in the country's jazz scene. He has collaborated on renowned projects such as Ensamble Quintessence, where he worked as the first tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone, arranger, and composer, and with whom he won the Pulsar Award for Best Jazz Album of the Year for "Anónimo". He has also worked with Cristián Galvez Electric Quintet, Francesca Ancarola, Nicolás Vera Quintet, Felipe Riveros, Camila Meza, Pedro Piedra, Gepe, Alex Andwanter, Carmen Paz Quartet, and Antonio Monasterio Ensemble. In 2022, he participated in the tour to Japan to promote the album "Las Furias y el Mar" with the latter group.
In addition to his collaborations with other groups, Claudio Rubio leads two of his own projects: Claudio Rubio Quartet, with whom he released the album "Tristano!", and Claudio Rubio Quintet, with whom he was nominated for the Pulsar Award for the album "Hijo" in 2018. He also released the album "Música Para Ascensores" in 2019. Claudio Rubio's skill and talent have established him as one of the most prominent jazz musicians in Chile and beyond its borders.