Brenda Hopkins Miranda is a Puerto Rican musician born in San Juan to an American father and Puerto Rican mother. She began playing piano at age five and is inspired by world music genres like Caribbean, Latin American, and Spanish music. Hopkins Miranda has degrees in classical piano, contemporary improvisation, and musicology. She has performed extensively both as a solo artist and with other Latin musicians. Hopkins Miranda strives to create cultural bridges through her adventurous blending of musical styles.

1. BRENDA HOPKINS BIOGRAPHY
Music artist Brenda Hopkins Miranda, daughter of an American father and
Puerto Rican mother, was born and raised in San Juan, Puerto Rico. She
began her musical path at the tender age of five when she started taking
piano lessons. From a very early age Brenda’s profound sensibilities led her
to intuitively reject stylistic boundaries and consciously work to continually
expand her musical palette.
Hopkins Miranda is inspired by the musics of the world. Having grown up with
the magical blend of rhythms and melodies, which encompasses Puerto
Rican music, she developed her innate talent and expanded her repertoire to
include Caribbean, Latin American, Spanish and world music influences as
well. Her musical path has led her to performances of Puerto Rican traditional
folk music, Afro-Caribbean, Flamenco, Classical, Rock, Pop, Brazilian, Jazz,
Latin, and all sorts of multicultural fusions.
Brenda is the consummate musician, having excelled as pianist, composer,
arranger, improviser, bandleader, and producer. Because of her remarkable
talent she was admitted to the Conservatorio de Música de Puerto Rico while
still attending high school to begin undergraduate studies in Classical Piano.
She holds a Bachelors degree (Magna cum Laude) in Classical Piano from
the Conservatorio de Música de Puerto Rico, a Masters degree with honors in
Contemporary Improvisation from New England Conservatory in Boston, and
completed Doctoral Studies in Musicology from the Universidad de Granada
in Spain.
Throughout her professional career Hopkins Miranda has been active as a
first call pianist on international tours and recording dates for a host of Latin
American artists Ricardo Montaner, Gilberto Santa Rosa, Marco Antonio
Muñiz, Pandora, Glenn Monroig, Ednita Nazario among many others, and is a
recognized composer and artist on soundtracks for several short films.
Brenda has performed with Puerto Rican traditional folk music groups Tambó
Tropical, Los Pleneros del Coco, Plena Libre and Tambores Calientes. She
has also shared the stage with many internationally known musicians Bob
Moses, George Russel, Oskar Cartaya, William Cepeda, Henry Cole, Paoli
Mejías and others. During her four years as the keyboard player for the #1 TV
show in Puerto Rico, “Marcano el Show” she performed with musical guests
Tito Puente, Sheila E., Franco de Vita, Dave Valentín, Néstor Torres, El Gran
Combo and others.
As a bandleader Hopkins Miranda has released four recordings of original
music on her BHM Music and Zona Boricua Records labels: “Boricua on
Board,” (1998) “Bohemia,” (1999) “Recuerdos de Granada/Memoirs from
Granada”, (2009) and her latest “Simple” (2012). Her album “Recuerdos de
Granada” chosen by the Fundación Nacional para la Cultura Popular as the
#16 album of 2009 and “Simple” was elected #9 of 2012. Also as a
bandleader Brenda has performed in Puerto Rico, the Caribbean, Central and
South America, United States and Spain.

2. Hopkins Miranda is a natural born music pioneer. She is a fearless musical
adventurer in both her composing and playing. Led by an ongoing pursuit for
new sounds and directions this adventurous artist consciously conceives
cultural bridges that promote diversity and inclusiveness. Brenda’s music
blends her soulful sensibilities with a modern, seductive contemporary vibe.
With a masterful control of her own expressiveness, she is capable of using
musical artifacts as guideposts to a unique musical world.
Her sound is lush, deep, emotional, spiritual, rich, melancholic, vibrant,
passionate, compelling, beautiful, uplifting, reflective, wistful, hopeful, lyrical,
curious, atmospheric, incisive, languid, meditative, romantic, thoughtful, and
brimming with beauty, wit and feeling. Her style is revered for a
melodiousness organized by a thoughtful, expressive sensibility that inspires
others to listen, and to share as well.
The result of her lifelong work and far-reaching adventures is a pan-stylistic
musical feast that includes a beautiful and balanced hybrid of melodies,
rhythms and harmonies featuring both a mysterious and beautifully universal
quality. As she continues to turn musical corners her compositions become
more and more the product of ceaseless sound travels. Brenda is truly the
consummate instrumental storyteller.
She lives in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Contact:
management@brendahopkinsmusic.com
booking@brendahopkinsmusic.com