| Paula Grande | |
| Era: | Contemporary |
Paula Grande (born 1986) is a Catalan-Spanish composer and singer. She debuted in 2016 with the music album Catalan; Valencian: Viatge interestel·lar. She is known to perform jazz fusion with flamenco and hip-hop influences.
Paula Grande was born into a Spanish speaking family in Girona; her father came from the Canary Islands and her mother from Extremadura.[1] She grew up in Costa Brava, between Empordà and Maresme, but has also resided in Venezuela.[2]
In the early 2010s, Grande decided to step up her interest in music. She took part in jazz festivals in Montreux and Lithuania between 2013 and 2014.[3] Between 2014 and 2015, she studied jazz in France.[4]
After that, in 2016, she completed her work for her first music album Catalan; Valencian: Viatge interestel·lar.[5] The ten songs on the album are a mixture of Catalan, English and Spanish, having both jazz and flamenco influences.[6]
During 2017, she toured in Colombia and Cuba with her music.[4] In 2018, she released her second music album called Catalan; Valencian: Sóc, in this album she featured more hip-hop.[7]