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Carolina Calvache is a jazz pianist, arranger and composer from Colombia.
Career
Calvache was born in Cali, Colombia in 1985.
Her debut album Sotareno was released by Sunnyside Records 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 Chennai, India.
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
Sotareño (2014) - on Sunnyside Records
Vida Profunda(2020) - on Sunnyside Records
La Ultima Vez, with Camila Meza (2016)
Oportunidad - with Achilles Liarmakopoulos (2022)
Volverme a encontrar - with Juana Luna (2023)
Appear on the following Discography
Ethereal - Achilles Liarmakopoulos (2017)
Transitions (single) - Achilles Liarmakopoulos & 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 Achilles Liarmakopoulos
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
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- Carolina Calvache
- List of jazz pianists
- Vida Profunda
- Achilles Liarmakopoulos
- Camila Meza
- Sunnyside Records
- Ecuador at beauty pageants
- Members of the 11th Cortes Generales
- Miss Ecuador
- List of communities in Puerto Rico
