Festival Highlights

Festival Intercultural “Entreculturas” (Motril, Spain), New England Conservatory Improvisation Festival (Boston, USA), Festival Patrimonio Flamenco (Granada, Spain), Festival Internacional de Jazz de Granada (Spain), Puerto Rico Jazz Jam (Puerto Rico), Festival Internacional de Jazz de Carolina (Puerto Rico), Festival Internacional de Percusión (Conservatorio de Música de Puerto Rico), Mayagüez International Jazz Fest (Puerto Rico), Fiestas de la Calle San Sebastián Festival (Puerto Rico), Long weekends Jazz Fest at Palmas (Puerto Rico), Festival de la Hamaca (San Sebastián, PR), Art and Experimental Music Festival “Giratorio” (Puerto Rico), Festival de Claridad (Puerto Rico), Jazz en tu Plaza Festival (Rincón, Puerto Rico), Inter Metro Jazz Festival (Puerto Rico), Boriquén Jazz Fest (Puerto Rico), Chivas Regal Jazz Festival, (Puerto Rico)

Venue Highlights

Café Berlin (Madrid, Spain), Herb Albert’s Vibrato Grill (Bevery Hills, California), Ryles (Boston, USA), Jordan Hall, New England Conservatory (Boston, USA), Eshavira (Granada, Spain), Café Pícaro (Granada, Spain), Booga Club (Granada, Spain), Sala Vimaambi (Granada, Spain), Teatro La Chumbera (Granada, Spain), Los Nogales (Granada, Spain), Teatro Universidad de Puerto Rico, Teatro Tapia (PR), Teatro Conservatorio de Música de Puerto Rico, Teatro Universidad Interamericana de Puerto Rico Metro, Teatro Universidad Metropolitana (PR), Teatro Raúl Juliá, Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico, Teatro Coribantes (PR), Proscenium (PR), Nuyorican Café (PR), Q Jazz Club (PR), El Boricua (PR), Taberna Boricua (PR), Punto Fijo (PR), Musas & Eventos (PR), La Buena Vida (PR) and many more.

Collaboration Highlights

Draco Rosa, Kany García, Humberto Ramirez, Ricardo Montaner, Puya, Bob Moses, Gilberto Santa Rosa, Marco Antonio Muñiz, Pandora, Glenn Monroig, Ednita Nazario, Lucecita Benítez, Yolandita Monge, Luis Angel, Carlos Vives, Roy Brown, Henry Cole, Tambó Tropical, Los Pleneros del Coco, Plena Libre, O’Brasil, Tambores Calientes, George Russel, Bernie Williams, Yeva, Los Antihéroes, Pirulo, Aquiles Báez, Peter Row, Israel Paz, Tito Auger, Fofé Abreu, Eduardo Alegría, Javier (Vivanativa) Gómez, Cheryl Rivera, Lizbeth Román, Andrea Cruz, Ana del Rocío, Cachete Maldonado, Toto Fabris, Rachel Maduri, Furito Ríos, Paoli Mejías, Eggie Castrillo, Efraín Martínez, Aldemar Valentín and many others.

Other Highlights

  • Guest artist on HBO Latino broadcasted Kany Garcia concert.
  • During her four years as the keyboard player for the #1 TV show in Puerto Rico, “Marcano el Show” she performed with musical guests Tito Puente, Sheila E., Gustavo Cerati, Beto Cuevas, Franco de Vita, Dave Valentín, Néstor Torres, El Gran Combo and many others.
  • Winner of Gilles Boulet 2014 first prize and medal awarded in Florianopolis, Brazil by Interamerican Organization for Higher Education.
  • The music of her album Aeropiano was choreographed and performed by Petra Bravo’s Hincapié modern dance company at the Campechada 2015.
  • Composer and performer for “El Maleficio de la Mariposa” theater piece directed by Pedro Adorno at Teatro, UMET.
  • Received recognition by the Asociación de Radiodifusores, Productores y Músicos de Salsa y Jazz de Puerto Rico.
  • Invited to perform for the Dalai Lama during his first and only visit to Puerto Rico.
  • Was the opening act for Jerry González and Jorge Pardo at La Telonera club in Spain.
  • Jazz Inside’s Top Jazz CD Picks of 2016.
  • Keyboard player during 4 years for #1 TV show in Puerto Rico, “Marcano el Show”. Performances with guest artists Tito Puente, Sheila E., Néstor Torres, Dave Valentín, Charlie Sepúlveda, El Gran Combo, Franco de Vita, Beto Cuevas and many others.
  • Interviewed for a documentary for Spanish TV channel Canal Sur.
  • First instrumental music artist to be featured on TV show Crónicas Sonoras.
  • All About Jazz, Jazz N’ Bossa and VID90 Jazz Artist of the Week. 
  • New Age Magacín Artist of the Month and nomination for Artist of the Year.
  • Pianist and composer for two years for the flamenco show “Raíz y Duende”, which was part of the Festival Patrimonio Flamenco 2008, organized by the Granada City Council in Spain.
  • The first woman musician to perform on the TV show “En Clave de Jazz TV” in a special edition dedicated to Puerto Rico’s jazz pianists.
  • Included on the “En Clave de Jazz” radio program’s list of “most important Puerto Rican pianists”.
  • Performed at the first encounter of Puerto Rican women in jazz “E-Jazz”.
  • Performed as guest artist with the Conservatorio Profesional de Música “Ángel Barrios” Big Band.

Education Highlights

  • Because of her remarkable talent she was admitted to the Conservatorio de Música de Puerto Rico while still attending high school to begin undergraduate studies in Classical Piano.
  • Bachelor degree (Magna cum Laude) in Classical Piano from the Conservatorio de Música de Puerto Rico.
  • Berklee College of Music scholarship recipient, Boston, MA.
  • Masters degree with honors in Contemporary Improvisation from New England Conservatory in Boston, MA.
  • Doctoral Studies in Musicology from the Universidad de Granada in Spain.