Yilian Cañizares
Yilian Cañizares is a Cuban-Swiss musician who has lived in Switzerland since 2000.[1]
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Background information | |
Origin | Havana, Cuba, |
Genres | jazz, World music, Music of Cuba |
Occupation(s) | musician/composer |
Instruments | violin |
Years active | 2009—present |
Labels | Naïve Records |
Website | yiliancanizares.com |
Biography
Yilian Cañizares was born in Havana, Cuba, and studied violin there, in the strictest Russian tradition.[2] In 1997, she moved to Venezuela, in order to pursue her studies. Three years later, she moved again, to Switzerland, in order to complete her studies at the Fribourg/Freiburg conservatory.[3] She originally wanted to become a classical musician.[1] As she was in Switzerland, she became interested in Jazz and decided to sing.[1] She has remained in Switzerland and has acquired the citizenship.[4][5] She found her own style after having discovered the French jazz violin player Stéphane Grappelli. She decided to use elements of his style with Cuban music.[6]
At the end of her studies, Cañizares started the band Ochumare, or "rainbow" in Yoruba,[2] with David Britto (double bass) and Cyril Regamey (drums and percussions). She continued her career under her own name.[5] She has been considered the discovery of the year 2013 by the French weekly Le Nouvel Observateur [7] and the French magazine Les Inrockuptibles selected her album Invocación in the ten 2015 albums from South America not to be missed.[8] She teaches violin and jazz improvisation at the Ecole de jazz et des musiques actuelles in Lausanne.[4]
In 2018 Cañizares and the Cuban pianist Omar Sosa released the album “Aguas”, featuring Inor Sotolongo as percussionist.[9][10]
Style
Cañizares's style reflects her various influences with shades of jazz, classical music and cuban music, with a lot of space left for improvisation.[3][4][11] The French magazine Les Inrockuptibles describes her style as a jazz instrumentation mixed with Yoruba ritual percussion.[8] She sings in Spanish, Yoruba and French. One of her hallmarks is simulatneously playing violin and singing.[1][12][13]
Discography
Ochumare Quartet
- 2009: Caminos
- 2011: Somos Ochumare
Yilian Cañizares
- 2013: Ochumare, Naïve Records
- 2015: Invocación, Naïve Records
- 2018: Aguas, with Omar Sosa, Otá
References
- "Demandez le programme" (video). TV5, Program 64 Minutes. 8 March 2015. Retrieved 30 May 2015.
- "Yilian Cañizares, de Bach à la santería". Radio France Internationale. 10 February 2014. Retrieved 2 June 2015.
- "Yilian Cañizares, Havanaise du monde". Le Courrier. 3 April 2015. Retrieved 25 May 2015.
- "La Suisse, une autre île nourricière". Le Temps. 5 April 2013. Retrieved 17 May 2015.
- "Yilian Cañizares, par-delà les océans et les traditions". Le Nouvelliste. 7 March 2013.
- "Die Sängerin und Geigerin Yilian Cañizares in Moods". Neue Zürcher Zeitung. 16 September 2013. Retrieved 12 June 2015.
- "Violon magique – la chanterelle du latin jazz". Le Nouvel Observateur. 30 January 2014.
- "Dix albums incontournables d'Amérique du Sud". Les Inrockuptibles. 11 April 2015. Retrieved 30 May 2015.
- "Omar Sosa & Yilian Cañizares To Release New Album: "Aguas"".
- "Omar Sosa & Yilian Cañizares -- De La Habana y Otras Nostalgias".
- "Moncalieri Jazz festival: dallo swing italiano al jazz cubano". La Stampa. 14 November 2013. Retrieved 24 October 2015.
- "Yilian Cañizares – Havanna liegt im Waatland". Radio SRF 2 Kultur. Retrieved 3 June 2015.
- "Le 12:15". Télévision suisse romande. 3 May 2013. Retrieved 31 May 2015.