Natalia Bernal is a child of the desert of Atacama . She began singing Chilean, Argentine and Peruvian folk songs with her father at an early age and soon felt attracted to Jazz. Then came Brazilian music, Fusion and Latin Jazz. At the age of 8 she found her first role model: Barbra Streisand, and later studied the work of vocalists like Eva Ayllon, Mercedes Sosa, Adriana Varela, Sarah Vaughan and Shirley Bassey. After high school, Natalia moved to Chile’s capital, Santiago City, to attend a contemporary music college. She quickly made a name for herself on the Santiago jazz scene and began searching for her own musical identity. In 2003 Natalia received the Latin American Sholarship from Berklee College of Music. She move to the U.S. to study jazz and Latin Jazz , and finally made her way into the Latin Jazz music industry. The influential environment of Berklee gave her the opportunity to work with such renowned artists as Juan Luis Guerra, Paquito D’Rivera, Ruben Blades, Rosa Passos, Eliane Elias, and Gloria Estefan. In her four years in Boston, producers and composers began requesting her collaboration both as singer and a lyricist, and has participated in several CD projects including pianist Danilo Perez production: "Panama Suite". Based in New York City, Natalia and guitarist David Newsam have begun work on a CD that will feature bassist Oscar Stagnaro and drummer Mark Walker (of the GRAMMY-winning Paquito D’Rivera Quintet). Singing original songs and jazz and Latin jazz Standards in Spanish, English and Portuguese, Natalia represents a new wave of Latin American musicians who are interpreting jazz, pop and the music of their native countries with a distinctive fusion of Latin roots and world influences.For more information, visit: http://go.berkleemusic.com/nataliabernalor http://www.myspace.com/nataliabernalmusic.
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