Gerson Lazo-Quiroga was born in Concepcion, Chile. At the age of 5 he began learning to play guitar from his father. A few years later, his interest switched to electric bass, deciding to make of it his life-long career. In 2014, he was awarded the Presidential Scholarship at Berklee College of Music where he currently studies Music Production & Engineering, Performance and Jazz Composition.Gerson has had the opportunity to partake in several notable festivals, among them the Montreal Jazz Festival, Monterey Jazz Festival, Beantown Jazz Festival with Al Jarreau, Panama Jazz Festival next to Michelle Coltrane, The National Folk Festival and several others. He also had the honor of playing in the “Pablo Ziegler Meets Berklee” concert featuring the Latin Grammy-winning pianist and composer Pablo Ziegler. In 2017, Gerson and his group Mixcla, were awarded the “40th Downbeat Magazine Student Music Award” being recognized as one of the most promising rising latin bands.In November of 2017, Gerson was invited to arrange and play bass for The Signature Series at Berklee which presented a musical celebration of Toninho Horta, a founding pillar of Brazilian popular music, featuring Horta himself. In October of 2018, Gerson was called to be part of the homage to the music of Paquito Dʼ Rivera and Berta Rojas, performing and working side to side with these incredible musicians.​Gerson has worked as musician and producer for Mixcla, nominated two years to the “Boston Music Awards” as International Artist of the Year, Adonis Puentes and The Voice of Cuba Orchestra, Billy Childs, Danilo Perez, “Osain Del Monte”, Regina Carter, Dianne Reeves and Sean Jones and recently awarded with the “43rd Downbeat Magazine Student Award” in the category of Engineered Studio Recording.His latest collaboration gave him an introduction into the Library of Congress for his work next to NEA Jazz Master Terri Lyne Carrington.Gerson is a Ken Smith Basses Artist.