The midrapidity π 0 nuclear modification factor, R AA , at √ s NN = 2.76 TeV in 6 centrality classes as well as the corresponding π 0 invariant yields in Pb-Pb and in pp collisions are presented. The transverse momentum range covered is 0.6 (0.4) GeV/c < p T < 12 (10) GeV/c for Pb-Pb (pp) collisions. A suppression of neutral pions increasing with centrality is observed. The yield of charged particles associated with a high p T neutral pion trigger (8 GeV/c < p T < 16 GeV/c) is measured in pp and Pb-Pb collisions at √ s NN = 2.76 TeV. The conditional per-trigger yield modification factor in the near and away side is in agreement with the measured one for charged particles.Keywords: Hadron production, heavy-ion collisions, LHCSince the startup of the CERN LHC data from pp collisions at √ s = 0.9, 2.76, 7 and 8 TeV and Pb-Pb collisions at √ s NN = 2.76 TeV are available. An energy density of ∼ 15 GeV/fm 3 at a collision time of 1 fm/c [1] (about 3 times larger than at RHIC) is reached in Pb-Pb collisions that is above the critical energy density of 1 GeV/fm 3 to undergo the predicted QCD phase transition to the Quark-Gluon Plasma (QGP, deconfined state of matter). The energy loss of hard partons produced, in the early stage of the collisions, via radiative or collisional mechanisms when traversing the QGP translates into modifications of the high p T hadron yields in Pb-Pb collisions when compared to pp collisions. This effect first observed at RHIC for charged particles and neutral pions [2] has been also reported at the CERN LHC [3]. In order to quantify the suppression the nuclear modification factor is computed from the measurement in Pb-Pb and pp collisions using: