Gonzalo Grau was born in
Caracas, Venezuela, the son of Alberto Grau and Isabel Palacios. He studied at the
Berklee College of Music in Boston. He produced
Osvaldo Golijov's
La Pasión según San Marcos which won its nominated category at Germany's
Echo Klassik Awards in 2010, and arranged several tracks on tenor
Rolando Villazón's
¡México! which won an Echo Klassik award the following year. In 2011 Grau won the
Young Euro Classic Composer Award, given in recognition of the best world premiere or German premiere at the festival, for his work
Aqua. Grau formed La Clave Secreta in Boston with musicians of various nationalities. The band's album
Frutero Moderno was nominated for
Best Tropical Latin Album at the
51st Annual Grammy Awards in 2009. In addition to La Clave Secreta, Grau also fronts another band, Plural, which is based in Caracas. ==References==