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Biella da Costa

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Venezuelan singer. She has been honored twice with the "National Artist Award". as "Musical Revelation of the Year" and "Female Vocalist. She studied at the Jose Angel Lamas Conservatory and Opera School of Caracas. She also studied singing with teachers as Francisco Kraus, Yoshiko Miki, Irene Hilda Breer and Ebersteins. She has a honor degree in Instrumental and Execution from University of Arts Caracas. She is a professor in the department of popular Canto of UNEARTE.

Her excellent vocal condition has allowed successful entry into virtually any style, from jazz, rock, blues, Venezuelan folks and Latin, to contemporary classical music. All these genres has made synthesis to produce a warm, friendly, powerful and flawless artist.

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Personally she has recorded two albums focused on jazz and traditional blues. They are "Just Jazz" and "Jazz & Blues".

She also participated in the album Albums highlights "The Dream", performed with the rock band Casablanca. This recording includes the song "HABLAME" which remained on the charts for 34 weeks Venezuelan. "Monk in The Sun", American artists tribute to Thelonious Monk, with the theme "Round Midnight", for the label Solar Jazz / Blue Heart Records, the album "Jazz from Aldemaro" with the theme "Catire" Aldemaro homage to Romero, also, Deutsche Grammophon releases a new recording of Osvaldo Golijov's La Pasión según San Marcos in March 2010. The two-disc recording features Biella Da Costa bringing her to tour and performed in many of Golijov's fantastic work.

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