Isolina Carrillo, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Isolina Carrillo

Cuban musician

Date of Birth: 09-Dec-1907

Place of Birth: Havana, Havana Province, Cuba

Date of Death: 21-Feb-1996

Profession: composer, singer, pianist, musician

Nationality: Cuba

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius


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About Isolina Carrillo

  • Isolina Carrillo (December 9, 1907 – February 21, 1996) was a Cuban composer, singer and pianist.
  • She was a member of the vocal group Conjunto Siboney.At the age of eleven she made her musical debut replacing a pianist that called in sick in her father’s orchestra.
  • She came from a very musical family; her brothers and father were musicians.
  • She studied in the Municipal Conservatory of Havana. In the 1940s, she achieved her greatest recognition as a composer of boleros, guarachas and sones.
  • Her songs included "Fiesta de besos", "Canción sin amor", "Increíble" and the most famous of all her works, "Dos gardenias", composed in 1945.
  • This last composition has been covered by many singers such as Daniel Santos, Antonio Machin, Pedro Vargas, Maria Rita, among others.

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