Catharina, Maria

Singer and composer Maria Catharina launched her debut album OBSESIÓN in 2011: a cocktail of Afro-Cuban uptempo songs, ballads & Jazz influences

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Bio Maria Catharina:
During her Jazz studies at the Conservatory of Amsterdam, the singer and composer Maria Catharina undertook an independent study travel to Havana/Cuba to deepen her love for Latin Jazz & Latin American Music. At the same time and as a member of the prestigious German Bigband 'BuJazzO' she had the opportunity to play concerts throughout Europe, South Africa and Namibia.

In 2008 the Amsterdam-based vocalist got invited by Venezuelan bandleader and percussion player Gerardo Rosales to record one of her compositions for his internationally acclaimed album 'Salsa Mundial', followed by a series of concerts in Venezuela.

In January 2011 Maria Catharina launched her self-produced debut album with the participation and support of talented musicians like Gerardo Rosales, Armando Vidal, John Ruocco, Marc Bischoff, David Rothschild a.o.

Mainly presenting her original songmaterial, OBSESIÓN also features new arrangements of Clare Fisher's 'Una mañana' and 'Obsesión' by Cuban composer Pedro Flores.
The album is very well received also by critics in Colombia and New York. Well-known DJ El Chino wrote in his review:

'We've received one of the most beautiful productions from Europe of the last years. Maybe it might even be in our Top 10 of the Best Albums made in the last 10 years.'

In June 2011 the track 'Here's to you' reached number 2 in the hitparade of the American Latin Beat Magazine.

At moment Maria Catharina is preparing the new material for the album recordings of her second CD in 2013.

During the WOMEX Maria Catharina will be at the stand of the Dutch Corner, nr. 5.115.

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"OBSESIÓN" - Maria Catharina