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Musica y aparte: Cynthia Nilson

• Miami
• 08/19/2010
• 08:00 PM – 10:00 PM

Cynthia Nilson began singing professionally with her father Carlos Nilson (composer and producer of TV music) in various songs for Argentinian television shows like Ritmo De La Noche with Marcelo Tinelli, and Jugate Conmigo with Cris Morena. In the 1990s she began performing with her own rock bands, such as Asociación Ilícita, Pony Express, and Apurados. In 1995 the Argentinian pop group The Sacados hired Cynthia Nilson to sing and play keyboards during their Colombian tour with Shakira.

She also sang in Verano Del '98, a hit song from a famous soap opera. Today she lives in Miami, and has collaborated in many records as writer and/or singer with Azucar Moreno, Alexandre Pires, Kelly Clarkson, Shaila Durcal, Noelia, Patricia Manterola, Montaner, Aracely Arambula, Tierra Cero, Ninel Conde, Twiggy, Machito Ponce, Cynthia, Kika, Edgar, Pilar Montegro, and Don Omar. She also wrote music for other Mexican soap operas, including La Jaula De Oro and El Amor No Tiene Precio. She is an ASCAP award winner and has been nominated for several Grammies.

Venue: CCEMiami. Admission is free. Part of Música y aparte, a program for the promotion of local creativity.

Phone: 305-338-9677

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