Traditional Music and Experiences from Venezuela with Bianny Diaz

On Sunday, April 19, at 1pm, join us at the West Tisbury Library for an afternoon of Traditional Music and Experiences from Venezuela with musician Bianny Diaz. Enjoy traditional music from Venezuela and Colombia, and be immersed in culture as Bianny recounts memories of her youth and explores her Colombo-Venezuelan identity, while sharing her original artwork and fashion design. Joined by island musicians Colin Newcomer, Eric T Johnson, and Taurus Biskis. Free and open to the public.

Bianny Díaz is a Colombo-Venezuelan artist, musician, and designer. Her journey began with the clarinet through Venezuela’s renowned Sistema Nacional de Orquestas, later evolving into an exploration of jazz on the saxophone with the Simón Bolívar Big Band Jazz.

She studied Fashion Design at the Universidad Nacional Experimental de las Artes (UNEARTE) in Caracas. This partnership between sound and image marks her creative process, with visual flowing into musical.

In Medellín, Colombia, she performed at the International Poetry Festival and many other cultural events. Her paintings have been exhibited at the National Palace of Art and Fashion, where she played saxophone with Colin Newcomer for several years on their special “Gallery Nights.”