As a young boy, this man with the harp rode on a white horse through an unlimited expanse green fields. Mariano Gonzalez was born and grew up as a cowboy in Buena Vista, Paraguay, where the beautiful plains seemingly stretch forever. He grew up among a great family of harpist and formed part of a tradition and generation of Harpist, as well as, his grandfather was Harpist and Luthier. Mariano since childhood, showed interest in the Paraguayan Harp and He began at the age of 5 by playing a harp inherited from his grandfather, Harpist Alfredo Gonzalez, as well as, his father Fortuozo Gonzalez also harpist At the moment playing just for fun!!!. In fact nowadays they extend to 20 or more harpist within Mariano`s family and relative many of them performing professionally as well, his younger brother Gabriel Gonzalez

From 1970 He was tutored individually at the (DAC)Department of Art and Cultural Center of (MDN)Ministerio de Defensa Nacional. in Asuncion Paraguay. and thereafter his ability as a great harpist became recognized since 1971 Mariano joined a concert tour as a member of the group "The Messengers of Paraguay" in 1973,representing Music of Paraguay at the World Music Festival in Tokyo, Japan, while performing “Cascada”(waterfall) by Digno Garcia,sponsored by Japanese TV, .NHK. In 1978 he also took part in a UNESCO “Live Recording” in Tokyo, Japan During the 1980 Mariano represented Paraguay a the Mediterranean World Festival in Lisbon, in 1983 the Folk Festival In Cosquin, Argentina, and performed an extended European concert tour throughout Switzerland, France, Italy and Spain ,in 1983 He founded his own Trio “Las Estrellas del Paraguay”, which performed frequently on Television NHK, Japan in educational programs in Spanish during 3 years, as well as concerting throughout Japan.

Mariano succeeded in redesigning the Paraguayan harp in a way that allows for instant chromatic adjustments. This innovation enabled him to extend his playing into the jazz, popular, an semi-classical fields in addition to his native South American repertoire. As a result ,he was then able to participate in the Jazz Festival -Asuncion-97 where this new. rich harmonic styling firmly established his reputation as a jazz harpist. In 1999,In two opportunities Mariano was invited to perform at a Royal Wedding Ceremony in London, England with “The Paraguayan Bohemians”. Eventually returning to Japan, he performed as a soloist on radio, televisions, and the concert stage from 2000 to 2002.One of his greatest achievements thus far took place on the Millennium Stage in Kennedy Center, Washington, DC in April 2002, where a concert audience of more than 2000 awarded him three standing ovations!