Donella

I want to bring to the world my passion, its music. I'll tell you the story...... I inherited it , My uncle JUAN is a violinist, and all of my brothers and sisters are related to art, actors, dancers, D J's and musicians, even our kids ( Victor,15 and Bethsy, 10)are artistic they would spontaneously dance in a meeting or family reunions and they are constantly singing or humming a tune! My grandmother MARIA, was a piano teacher, and she would be brewing the coffee, early in the morning and listening classical music to Frank Liszt, or Mozart or Beethoven depending on her mood that day, i personally felt in love with Chopin. I just discovered the magic of moving at the same time with the rhythm and that it was a fulfilling action and it felt great. I was only 6 years old at the moment. Take it from me, its so relaxing....... haven't you noticed music have influence on your mood? Well, going back to my roots, the Dominican Republic or La Hispaniola is an island in the middle of the Caribbean , that gained in richness as the mixing in it's races , we had the Indies and the Africans and later on the spanish. All of that mixed together and created a delicious blend called Merengue, is as sensual as waltz and as aggressive as Tango and as happy as Rock and Roll, it makes you go crazy, it's very difficult not to fall in love with Merengue once you've heard it and more difficult not to dance at the contagious rhythm. After some time my mother, PALMIRA, (who is an angel (diseased in 1995), didnt know what to do with three kids sitting at home after school, so guess what she did?, she enrolled the three of us in music lessons. We used to imagine a whole orquestra right in our living room, and would perform for others like the nanny or any relative, oh by the way we got better and it was seriously taken, like we knew that we were going to be doing that for a long time ( at least me ), anyways we also took other classes, and i stayed in ballet for 11 years, i wasn't so good at it , but it teacher me how to move on stage , i never thought it was going to be so useful. At the moment i felt frustration because i wasn't that tall or skinny like the rest and i never was put in the front, but i kept learning as much as i could!! He used to take me to T V studios with him and later on my father had his own T V show, Musica y Aplausos (music and cheering) every Sunday, and most Sundays he took me there and i got to meet important and popular artists at that moment or they would simply be seating in our table, dinning , so i got used to see the big stars , isnt that wonderful? The whole world was different now and couldn't believe that I was making four times my mom's salary just for doing what I love the most: SINGIN!! And i've been happily doing that until now. I've gone a long way, rock bands ( Top 40 and Siglas), big musical reviews (Tropicalissimo y Fabuloso Caribe), the most important T V shows in my country, i even performed in Berlin, Germany representing my island! And i have performed for two of our presidents, i feel very gratefull!! I love all kinds of music Pop, Rock, R&B, Jazz, Instrumental, African, Reggae, requeton..... well you name i listen to it , but i have my favorites like: Sade, Sting , Alicia Keys , Joss Stone, Steve Wonder, Frank Sinatra, Barbra Straisand, Juan Luis Guerra AND MY GREAT MUSICAL LOVE: ALEJANDRO SANZ , he usually makes my day, every day, with his music, just can't live without it!! I was born an Artist! Thanks God!!!

Ive played in big reviews, bands,tracks,movies,commercials,jingles,tv,private shows and more....YES!!! I LOVE PERFORMING!!!!!!!!