Pianist Brenda Hopkins Miranda has just produced a new CD entitled Recuerdos de Granada/Memoirs of Granada (2009) to much positive acclaim. This work follows her previous recordings of original music on her BHM label, Boricua on Board (1998) and Bohemia (1999).

As James Nadal reports (for All about Jazz), “Having grown up with the magical blend of rhythms and melodies that encompasses Puerto Rican music, she developed her innate talent and expanded her repertoire” to include Caribbean, Latin American, and Spanish influences.

A native of San Juan, Puerto Rico, Brenda Hopkins Miranda has excelled as pianist, composer, arranger, improviser, band leader, writer, and educator. She holds a Bachelors degree in Classical Piano from the Conservatorio de Música de Puerto Rico, a Masters degree in Contemporary Improvisation from New England Conservatory in Boston, and she completed Doctoral Studies in Musicology from the Universidad de Granada in Spain. From 2003 to 2006 Hopkins Miranda was Director of the Music Program of the Institute of Puerto Rican Culture. She has taught at the Inter-American University, the Conservatorio de Música de Puerto Rico, and other institutions. Besides being a first call pianist for numerous Latin American artists on international tours, shows, and recording dates, she is a recognized composer and artist on soundtracks for several short films such as Yo misma fui mi ruta (2002) and La mecedora (2007). She has also written academic and journalistic articles in a variety of publications.

For full review by James Nadal, see http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/musician.php?id=19383

For more detailed information on her work, see  http://www.lenguasdefuego.net/hemeroteca.php?codautor=38