Patricia Vlieg, singer, composer and arranger, is, as well, a guitar and keyboard player.
Her work is a combination of a variety of rhythms and styles rooted in the Latin American musical tradition, and elements of jazz and other genres. She began her musical studies in Panama, her country of origin, and continued them in Berklee College of Music where she was awarded the degree of Bachelor of Music with a concentration in arrangement and performance. She also studied vocal performance in the New England Conservatory of Music. In 2005, Patricia released Origen, in which she blended various Latin American rhythms and elements of jazz in an homage to her cultural heritage, again revealing her versatility as a composer, arranger and vocalist. In 2011 she released her album “A una Cantora”, a tribute to Mercedes Sosa and produced in collaboration with Argentinian pianist Lilián Saba and her quartet and in 2015 her latest work, Cabanga, a thematic 14 song-album which explores and elaborates on Panamanian folk and art songs. Patricia Vlieg, gracefully combines elements of the Panamanian music with those of jazz, classical, and other Latin American musical traditions.  This album is a collaboration with Popi Spatocco, former pianist and musical director of Mercedes Sosa.

Internationally acclaimed soloist, she has performed in several countries: Argentina, Brasil, Mexico, Guatemala, Colombia, United States, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, Japan among others.

Patricia Vlieg is the host and creator of a weekly series “Puentes y Diálogos” where she conducts interviews as well as artistic collaborations, seeking to generate knowledge exchange that enhances human, interdisciplinary and intercultural connection.

Guest Artist:

  • Closing Perceptual Art Show “Diálogos entre Sentidos”, Interoceanic Canal Museum, Panama, July 2019.
  • Cabanga Japan Tour 2019, Tokyo, Kobe, Imabari, Gifu, Nagoya, Hamamatsu – May-June 2019
  • Opening of the 16th edition of the Congress of RedPOP (Network for the Popularization of Science and Technology in Latin America and the Caribbean) Conference-Concert “Cruce de Caminos”, Teatro Ateneo, City of Knowledge, Panama – April 2019
  • Concert “Divas del Mundo”, Teatro Anayansi, Panama – March 2019
  • Vaishnav Jan to audiovisual production, commissioned by the Government of India, on behalf of Panama, for the global project in commemoration of the 150th anniversary of the birth of Mahatma Gandhi. Panama – November 2018
  • TRAMA, Ateneo, City of Knowledge, Charla Cabanga, Contemporary Folklore, Panama – May 2018
    Arranger, producer and performer of the project Palabra Vital (20 Inspirational Songs by Ana Lucía Vlieg), Panama – November 2017.
  • Festival de las Almas, Michoacán, Mexico – October 2017
  • Takayama Concert, Gifu, Japan – July 2017
  • City Official Concert, Nagoya, Japan – July 2017
  • Guataca Nights, Puentes Concert, Panama – June 2017
  • Berklee Latino Program, REC Música, Mexico City, Mexico – May 2017
  • Berklee Latino Program, Tecnológico de Monterrey, Mexico City campus, Mexico – May, 2016,
  • Terrenos de la Feria de David, Cabanga, August Panama – August 2015.
  • Anayansi Theater, Cabanga, Panama – August 2015
    Congress of the Catholic Biblical Federation, Rome, Italy – June 2015
  • International Jazz Day, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic – April 2014
  • Eduardo Britto National Theater, Singer-songwriters and the art of making songs, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic – May 2014
  • Santo Domingo Jazz Festival, Casa de Teatro, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic – June 2014
  • Un Pueblo en su voz, Tribute to Mercedes Sosa, Caseros, Buenos Aires, Argentina – October 2014
  • Presentation with the orchestra “Juan de Dios Filiberto” under the direction of Popi Spatocco, at Teatro del Globo, Buenos Aires, Argentina – October 2014
  • Angel Musical Academy, Bogota, Colombia – August 2013
  • Ao Vivo Bar, Sao Paolo, Brazil – April 2012
  • VI Meeting of Women in Folklore, Teatro del Viejo Mercado, September 2012.
  • Concert Series of the IX Encounter of Popular Musicians “Argentina in Rosario”, Centro Cultural Lavardén, Rosario, Argentina – August 2012
  • ILBS Benefit Evening, Hotel Okura, Tokyo, Japan – September 2011′
  • Café Vinilo, Buenos Aires, Argentina – December 2011
  • Fourth Chinto Mendoza Festival – Baja California, Mexico – April 2010
  • Celebration of Latino Culture – Berklee College of Music, Boston Massachusetts – November 2009
  • Catholic Biblical Federation Congress, Dar es Salaam,Tanzania, Africa – June 2008.

Discography:

  • Tus Promesas
  • Origen
  • A una Cantora
  • Cabanga from the series Panama en el corazón.

Artistic collaborations:

Pedro Aznar, Juan Quintero, Luna Monti, Liza Thorson, Lito Vitale, Paquito D ́Rivera, Berta Rojas, Monica Salmaso, Maridalia Hernández, Lila Downs, Lilián Saba, Manuel Miranda, Aquiles Baez, Oscar Stagnaro, Mark Walker, Alex Brown, the latter members of the Paquito D ́Rivera Quintet.

 

Acknowledgements:

Professional Achievement Award, Berklee College of Music.

Quincy Jones Award, Berklee College of Music.

Solo and Ensemble Award, Berklee College of Music.

Best Album of 2015 by Zachary-Jones portal.

Five video clips of CABANGA’s visual production chosen as “Best Videos of 2015” by the Zachary-Jones portal.

Videoclip “Historia de un amor”, special recognition at the Hayah – Panama International Film Festival 2016.

Songs from the album “Cabanga”, included in the soundtracks of:

Film “DONAIRE Y ESPLENDOR” by director Arturo Montenegro.
Video Alterities of CINE ANIMAL
Documentary Rutas y Colores, an ARTICRUZ production.