Izaline Calister
(Curaçao, 1969) is a singer-songwriter as well as a composer. In her compositions she intertwines the traditional music of her island of birth, Curaçao, with jazz. A speciality of Calister is that she is recognized internationally, while singing jazz in a minority language, Papiamento. On Curaçao she scored two number one hits with it. Calister came to the Netherlands when she was eighteen and studied singing at a conservatory. She performs with her own band, but frequently works with other groups and theatrical companies. Commissioned by Winternachten, she collected stories on the Dutch Antilles, Aruba, in South Africa, Indonesia, Suriname and the Netherlands, adapting them to music. Thus giving rise to a repertoire of sung stories about the spider Anansi, the legend of Borobudur and The Saleswoman of Stavoren, among others.
Past events
Music: Izaline Calister sings stories for a Winternacht
Commissioned by Winternachten, the Curaçaon diva collected stories on the Dutch Antilles, Aruba, South Africa, Indonesia, Surinam and the Netherlands. With Ed Verhoeff, Sven Happel and Roël Calister.
Izaline Calister - sung stories
Jazz star Izaline Calister sings stories from her island Curaçao.
