BIOGRAFIA:
IZIS LA ENFERMERA DE LA SALSA
ISIS MARIE NIEVES NACIO EN SAN JUAN PUERTO RICO, LUEGO, JUNTO A SU FAMILIA VIAJO A VARIOS PAISES, YA QUE SU PAPA SE DESTACABA EN LAS FUERZAS ARMADAS DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, DESDE MUY TEMPRANA EDAD COMENZO SU CARRERA MUSICAL TOCANDO LA FLAUTA Y CANTANDO EN EL CORO DE LA IGLESIA, DESCUBRIENDO ASI SU TALENTO PARA CANTAR. I ASI OBTUVO UNA BECA PARA ESTUDIAR MUSICA. PARA SUS PADRES NO ERA SORPRESA YA QUE LA FAMILIA NIEVES ES UNA MUY DESTACADA EN EL AMBIENTE ARTISTICO, SU TIO MODESTO NIEVES CUATRISTA Y COMPOSITOR RECONOCIDO INTERNACIONAL. A EL SE UNE SU HIJA MONICA NIEVES GUITARISTA Y CANTAUTORA, Y SU HERMANO CHRISTIAN NIEVES CUATRISTA RECONOCIDO INTERNACIONAL TRES GRANDES INTERPRES DE LA MUCICA PUERTORIQUEÑA). IZIS ES EMPRESARIA DE L0S SOMBREROS COCOLA WEAR PAARA LAS SALSERAS Y SALSEROS DEL MUNDO. IZIS HA SIDO INVITADA A CANTAR EN VARIOS EVENTOS IMPORTANTES TALES COMO: FESTIVAL DE LA CALLE EN MIAMI, AFRO LATIN FEST HOUSTON, LATIN JAZZ & SALSA FEST VIRGINIA, DIA DE SAN JUAN FEST LONG BEACH, CA, ORANGE STREET FESTIVAL ORLANDO, FL Y UNA JIRA EN PANAMA, ENTRE OTROS… TAMBIEN HA COMPARTIDO ESCENARIOS CON ARTISTAS COMO: CITA RODRIGUEZ, MAELO RUIZ, PAQUITO GUZMAN, PAQUITO ACOSTA, MARLON FERNANDEZ, DOMINGO QUIÑONES, Y SONORA PONCEÑA. ENTRE OTRA PRESENTACIONES A SIDO ENCARGADA DE ABRIR ESPECTACULOS PARA ARTISTAS COMO: EL MAESTRO LARRY HARLOW, VICTOR MANUEL Y GILBERTO SANTA ROSA. TAMBIEN HA PARTICIPADO CON GRANDES DIRECTORES DE LA MUSICA TROPICAL PIANISTA AREGLISTA Y DIRECTOR EL MAESTRO CARLITO GARCIA, PERCUCIONISTA CHINO NUNEZ Y AREGLISTA, PERCUCIONISTA DAVID LUCCA, DIRECTOR Y PERCUCIONISTA TITO PUENTE JR, PERCUCIONISTA DIRECTOR AREGLISTA EL MAESTRO GEORGIE PADILLA, DIRECTOR Y PERCUCIONISTA VICTOR TRINIDAD, DIRECTOR BAJISTA MARTIN SANTIAGO, MAESTRO,DIRECTOR Y PRODUCTOR TROMPETISTA MARIO ORTIZ JR. Y FAUSTO CUEVAS; PERCUSIONISTA INTERNACIONAL QUE HA COMPAÑADO A ESTRELLAS COMO: MARC ANTHONY, JENNIFER LOPEZ Y STEVIE WONDER ENTRE OTROS.) SUS PRODUCIONES AN SIDO AREGLADAS POR MIKE RIVERA, CARLOS GARCIA, CHINO PABLO NUNEZ, PEDRO JESUS, ENMANUEL CEREBRO ROMERO Y COMPUESTAS POR GIL FRANCISCO DE PUERTO RICO, PEDRO JESUS DE CUBA, CARLOS ALONSO DE VENEZUELA, SINGER “MENIQUE” DE PANAMA Y EDGARDO IRIZARRY DE PUERTO RICO
ACTUALMENTE:
IZIS SE ENCUENTRA TRABAJANDO LO QUE SERA SUS PROCIMAS PRODUCCIÓNES DESPUES DE UNIR SU VOZ CON El MAESTRO NINO SEGARRA CON SU SENCILLO ‘TRATANDO’, ESTARA UNIENDO SU VOZ CON OTROS GRANDES MAESTROS DE LA MUSICA TROPICAL Y UNA NUEVA PRODUCION DEDICADA A LAS DIVAS DE LA MUSICA LATINA DE DIFERENTES GENEROS Y PAICES; CANTANDO SUS EXITOS EN SALSA.
BIOGRAPHY:
IZIS LA ENFERMERA DE LA SALSA
IZIS "LA ENFERMERA DE LA SALSA" IS SINGER HAS MADE HER MARK THROUGH HER LATIN AND ENGLISH MUSIC. ABLE TO SING A WIDE RANGE OF MUSICAL GENRES FROM DISCO, R&B, BLUES TO COUNTRY AND OF COURSE LATIN MUSIC SALSA, MERENGUE, BACHATA, SPANISH ROCK, AND CUMBIA SHE TOUCHES ALL AUDIENCES. IZIS IS OF PUERTO RICAN DESCENT, AN ARMY BRAT, A REGISTERED NURSE SERVING IN THE US ARMY, AN ENTREPRENEUR/CEO OF COCOLAWEAR.COM, MUSICIAN, SONGWRITER, AND VOCALIST.
SYNOPSIS:
BORN IN PUERTO RICO AND RAISED THROUGHOUT THE WORLD DUE TO HER FATHER’S MILITARY CAREER. SHE BEGAN HER MUSICAL ENDEAVOR BY PLAYING THE FLUTE AND THEN STUMBLED UPON HER VOCAL ABILITIES. HER MUSICAL ROOTS ARE ONES THAT CAN BE SEEN CURRENTLY IN PUERTO RICO THROUGH HER VARIOUS FAMILY MEMBERS INCLUDING, HER UNCLE, MODESTO NIEVES, COUSIN MONIKA NIEVES AND TALENTED, INTERNATIONALLY KNOWN COUSIN, CHRISTIAN NIEVES WHO HAS MADE HIS OWN MARK IN MUSIC.
EARLY CAREER:
GETTING HER START AS A PERFORMER BY SINGING IN CHURCH, THEN LOCAL SALSA BANDS, NATIONAL ANTHEMS AT DISTINGUISHED MILITARY CEREMONIES, INCLUDING ONE FOR THE SURGEON GENERAL OF THE US ARMY. IZIS TOURED WITH THE US ARMY RHYTHM AND BLUES BAND TO NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED ESSENCE FESTIVAL IN NEW ORLEANS, LA. WHERE SHE PERFORMED SONGS LIKE "RESPECT" BY RECORDING ARTIST ARETHA FRANKLIN, “TEENAGE LOVE AFFAIR” BY VOCALIST AND PIANO PLAYER ALICIA KEYS AMONGST OTHER WELL-KNOWN SONGS. IZIS HAS SHARED STAGES WITH LEGENDS LIKE RICO WALKER, CITA RODRIGUEZ, MARIO ORTIZ JR. TITO PUENTE JR. MAELO RUIZ, DOMINGO QUIÑONES, AND SONORA PONCEÑA. OPENED FOR GILBERTO SANTA ROSA, VICTOR MANUELLE, PAQUITO GUZMAN AND SALSA LEGEND LARRY HARLOW. IZIS HAS ALSO SANG WITH SEVERAL LATIN BANDS DIRECTED BY DON PÉRIGNON, GEORGIE PADILLA, A PERCUSSION MASTER WHO HAS PLAYED AND RECORDED WITH FRANKIE RUIZ AND SONORA PONCEÑA, AND CHINO NUÑEZ. LAST, BUT NOT LEAST, SHE HAS ALSO SHARED STAGES WITH FAUSTO CUEVAS INTERNATIONAL PERCUSSION TOURING PLAYER FOR JENIFER LOPEZ AND STEVIE WONDER.HER FIRST SINGLE RELEASE WAS IN 2016 AND CONTINUES TO RELEASE NEW ORIGINAL WORKS AND COLLABORATIONS. HER RECORDINGS HAVE BEEN COMPOSED BY LEGENDARY COMPOSERS SUCH AS, GIL FRANCISCO FROM PUERTO RICO, PEDRO JESUS FROM CUBA, CARLOS ALONSO FROM VENEZUELA, SINGER “MENIQUE” FROM PANAMA AND EDGARDO IRIZARRY FROM PUERTO RICO AMONGST OTHERS. HER ARRANGERS AND PRODUCERS INCLUDE MIKE RIVERA, CARLOS GARCIA, CHINO PABLO NUNEZ, PEDRO JESUS, ENMANUEL CEREBRO ROMERO AMONGST OTHERS.
AT PRESENT:
IZIS HAS RELEASED MORE THAN 9 SINGLES THAT CAN BE FOUND ON ALL DIGITAL MUSICAL PLATFORMS AND YOUTUBE. AFTER HER COLLABORATION WITH ROMANTIC SALSA COMPOSER AND SINGER NINO SEGARRA SHE IS READY TO LAUNCH A FULL ALBUM AND BEGIN WORK ON A NEW PRODUCTION DEDICATED TO LEGENDARY FEMALE ARTISTS FROM MANY DIFFERENT GENRES AND COUNTRIES.