Born and raised in Cochabamba, Bolivia on May 18, 1981. Started his professional music career as a charango player, touring and recording with andean music band Sukay at the age of 11, lead and inspired by his father Eddy Navia, a master and legend of the charango, Gabriel performed on various stages of South America, North America, Europe and Asia.
He studied music and guitar with various teachers from Bolivia, Cuba and the United States. After attending the School of the Arts of San Francisco, California and Instituto Eduardo Laredo in Cochabamba Bolivia. Gabriel attended the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, the Jazz School of Berkley CA. and got awarded Outstanding Musician at the Berklee College of Music in Boston MA. From jazz to andean, flamenco, latin, pop rock and classical music, he had the opportunity to perform and record with many artist including: Eddy Navia, Fito Reinoso, Sandy Perez, Jeff Massanari, Georges Lamman, Joe Craven, Sukay, Pachamama band, the San Francisco Symphony, Matt Brubeck, Savia Andina, Martin Arias, Willy Claure, Nomade, Grillo Villegas, Manuel Monroy Chazarreta, Fernando DeSanjinez, Isaac Lopez, Enrique Coria, Joe Andrew and many other great musicians from all over.
A session artist, music teacher, composer and performer. In 2007 he received an scholarship to do a music postgraduate with flamenco great Manuel Granados at the Conservatori del Liceu de Barcelona.
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