Yissy García: A young Cuban jazz promise
- Submitted by: Juana
- Arts and Culture
- Havana
- Music
- 12 / 24 / 2015
Somewhere in Havana, in the small flat she shares with her parents, siblings and grandmother, Yissy sits down behind a modern drum kit. She's not yet thirty years old, has the sinewy good looks of a supermodel, and plays as if she were already the legend she seems on her way to becoming.
Premios
2013 Primer Lugar en la Categoría Batería de la primera edición del Concurso Internacional de Jazz Master Jam Festival, Odessa, Ucrania.
2006 Segundo Premio de Interpretación en el Festival Internacional de Jóvenes Jazzistas JOJAZZ. La Habana, Cuba.
2005 Mención Especial por Acompañamiento en el Festival Internacional de Jóvenes Jazzistas JOJAZZ. La Habana, Cuba.
Premio Especial en el Concurso del Festival Internacional Fiesta del Tambor. La Habana, Cuba.
Awards
2013 First Place in Battery Category at the first edition of the International Contest of the Jazz Master Jam Festival, Odessa, Ukraine.
2006 Second Prize of Interpretation at the International Festival of Young Jazz Musicians JOJAZZ. Havana, Cuba.
2005 Special Mention in the International Festival of Young Jazz Musicians JOJAZZ. Havana, Cuba.
Special Prize in the Contest of the Fiesta del Tambor Festival. Havana, Cuba.
source: www.cibercuba.com
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