Olivia Pérez-Collellmir grand piano · Toño Miguel upright bass · Nasrine Rahmani percussion · & more
Olivia Pérez-Collellmir is a pianist, bandleader, and composer from Barcelona. Recognized by the American magazine Arts Fuse as a “Spanish virtuoso adding a flamenco touch to her jazz ensemble,” she is best known for playing piano on the soundtrack of Isla Bonita (a film by Spanish director Fernando Colomo), performing as a soloist and with her quartet at the 25th gala of the Boston Baroque Orchestra (a six-time Grammy-nominated orchestra), and touring the U.S. with Spanish singer Rosana. She also performed with the Berklee orchestra at a tribute concert for legendary actress Rita Moreno (an Oscar, Grammy, Tony, and Emmy award winner). She has given recitals for distinguished figures such as U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, opera star Renée Fleming, and the general manager of the Metropolitan Opera in New York, Peter Gelb.
Currently, she is a professor in the piano department at Berklee College of Music in Boston. To honor her cultural heritage, Olivia Pérez-Collellmir initiated the first Spanish Contemporary Music and Flamenco Jazz Fusion Ensemble at Berklee, which culminated in a sold-out concert in January 2020 at the Berklee Performance Center. The event featured original works by the artist, as well as arrangements of contemporary Spanish and flamenco music, with special guests, flamenco dancer Sonia Olla (Madonna, Ricky Martin) and flamenco singer Ismael Fernández.
On this occasion, Olivia Pérez-Collellmir will be presenting her new album, Olivia. It is a collection of pieces that reflect Pérez-Collellmir’s eclecticism and musical fusion, exploring jazz, flamenco, classical music, and Spanish folk traditions to create a universal sound without borders. Olivia captures the authentic sounds of her hometown, Barcelona. The album features original compositions by the Catalan artist and arrangements of works by Maurice Ravel and Frederic Mompou, with ‘Barcelona’ as the central piece of the project. It also ventures into exotic influences from India and the Middle East.
