Carolina Calvache is a

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pianist, arranger and composer from

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Career

Calvache was born in

Cali Santiago de Cali (), or Cali, is the capital of the Valle del Cauca department, and the most populous city in southwest Colombia, with 2,227,642 residents according to the 2018 census. The city spans with of urban area, making Cali the second ...

, Colombia in 1985. Her debut album ''Sotareno'' was released by

Sunnyside Records Sunnyside Records is an American jazz record company and label established by François Zalacain in 1982 initially to release an album by pianist Harold Danko. Albums by Kirk Lightsey and Lee Konitz soon followed beginning a sequence of releases ...

in 2014. Later in the year, she performed at the first Women in Latin Jazz Festival in New York. In 2015, she taught piano and performed in

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, India. She holds degrees from Universidad de Valle and the

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. Her piece "Trombonsillo" and "Ethereal" for trombone and piano were recorded by

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on his album ''Ethereal'' in 2017. Trombonsillo has been performed all over Europe, North & South America and Asia. In 2020 she released her second album " Vida Profunda". In this dynamic new release, Calvache explored meaningful poetry by world-renowned poets, augmenting the text with her stunning compositions, lush instrumentation and striking vocal performances by

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Claudia Acuña Claudia Acuña (July 31, 1971, Santiago) is a Chilean jazz vocalist, songwriter, and arranger. Biography Born July 3 1971 in Santiago and raised in Concepcion, she was inspired as a child to perform a variety of music, including folk, pop and op ...

, Haydee Milanes, Aubrey Johnson, Marta Gomez , Sofia Ribeiro, Luba Mason, Lara Bello, and Sara Serpa.

Discography

* '' Sotareño'' (2014) - on

* Vida Profunda(2020) - on Sunnyside Records * La Ultima Vez, with Camila Meza (2016) Appear on the following Discography *Ethereal -

(2017) * Transitions (single) -

& Andreas Rolandos Theodorou (2019) *Tramontana - Juan Andres Ospina (2018) * Daybrake - Vicenzo Paratore (2020) * Latin American Portraits- Jaime Morales (2021) * The voices and bridges - Ehsan Matoori (2021) * La Luna - Andres 123 (2021)

Commissions

*Trombonsillo (2016) - Trombone and piano - Dedicated to

*Transitions (2017) - Commissioned by "Make More Noise: Evan Conroy and Chris Van Hof, and the Music City Trombone Duo: Brian Entwistle and Jeremy Wilson" *Encuentros (2018) - Bass Trombone and piano - Dedicated to Sebastian Cifuentes *Sunrise Suite (2019) - Tuba and piano - Dedicated to Ricardo Carvalhoso *Kava (2019) - Trumpet and piano - Dedicated Juan Fernando Avendaño *Caminos (2020) - Trombone and piano - Dedicated to Shachar Israel * Latin American Street Scenes (2020)- Dedicated to Don Lucas * Four Generations - Art Song for piano and soprano- Dedicated to Takesha Meshé Kizart-Thomas, commissioned by Anima Mundi Productions. 2021

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Calvache, Carolina Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Jazz pianists People from Cali University of North Texas College of Music alumni University of Valle alumni Colombian emigrants to the United States 21st-century pianists