Izaline Calister, a highly talented singer, composer and lyricist with a distinctive personal musical style. A charismatic performer, she can be at times warm and intimate, then again expressive and extroverted, masterfully weaving together the traditional music of her native island, Curaçao (Dutch Caribbean), with Jazz. Izaline possesses the exceptional gift that makes all the difference for a soloist, as she sings in her mother tongue, Papiamentu, with feeling and grace. She has this ability to remain true to her roots and successfully reach out and conquer audiences around the world singing in an unfamiliar language, while melding seamlessly the pulsating rhythms of Afro-Antilles music with Jazz.
2005 Duo Conversations - Series of concerts with Randal Corsen, piano.
Krioyo theatre-tour - Touring some 40 theatres in The Netherlands with the 8-piece IC-band. ‘Sharing the joy of Antillean music.’
2004 Celebration-concerts for the ‘Statuut’ - Invited by the departments of Culture and Home Affairs to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the ‘Statuut van de Nederlandse Antillen en Aruba’, Izaline performed on Aruba, Curaçao and in a TV-show in the ‘Ridderzaal’, The Hague.
Singing for the queen - At the televised presentation of the new Dutch bible-translation, singing the Lord’s Prayer in Papiamentu (‘Nos Tata’), attended by Her Majesty Queen Beatrix.
Antillean tour - Concerts with own band on the Dutch Antilles. Fi.....
