Carolina Calvache

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Carolina Calvache is a jazz pianist, arranger and composer from Colombia.

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Career

Calvache was born in Cali, Colombia in 1985.

Her debut album Sotareno was released by Sunnyside Records in 2014. [1] Later in the year, she performed at the first Women in Latin Jazz Festival in New York. [2] In 2015, she taught piano and performed in Chennai, India. [3]

She holds degrees from Universidad de Valle and the University of North Texas.

Her piece "Trombonsillo" and "Ethereal" for trombone and piano were recorded by Achilles Liarmakopoulos 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 Ruben Blades , Claudia Acuña , Haydee Milanes, Aubrey Johnson, Marta Gomez , Sofia Ribeiro, Luba Mason, Lara Bello, and Sara Serpa.

Discography

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Commissions

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References

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