{"id":5058935,"date":"2023-07-20T14:54:51","date_gmt":"2023-07-20T14:54:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/malatinonews.com\/?p=5058935"},"modified":"2023-07-20T14:54:51","modified_gmt":"2023-07-20T14:54:51","slug":"as-a-musician-nina-del-rio-does-not-want-to-be-boxed-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/latinonewsnetwork.com\/maln\/2023\/07\/20\/as-a-musician-nina-del-rio-does-not-want-to-be-boxed-in\/","title":{"rendered":"As a musician, Nina del R\u00edo does not want to be boxed in"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">BOSTON \u2014 The blue lights behind the Red Room\u2019s stage at Cafe 939 in Berklee College gave the space a velvety feel, matching the softness of tonight\u2019s singer: Nina  Del R\u00edo. Her musical introductions in English were fused with Spanish lyrics that came to life with the soulful melodies produced by her band.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is Del R\u00edo in her element.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Her music is a mix of R&amp;B and neo-soul, but she said she does not want to be boxed into a single genre.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cYou don&#8217;t have to choose where you&#8217;re from if you feel like you\u2019re from a lot of places,\u201d Del R\u00edo shared in an interview.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Del R\u00edo\u2019s musical exposure began with her dancing to The Beatles and attending concerts in Brooklyn\u2014many of which centered around jazz\u2014said the artist\u2019s mother, Bibi Calderaro, in a phone interview. Her parents also made frequent trips to Argentina, her cultural origin, with Del R\u00edo \u201cto give her the freedom to experience it on her own,\u201d said Calderaro.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vwbZInUM9WQ\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Del R\u00edo, currently 21 years old and living in Boston part-time, took the opportunity to experience Buenos Aires on her own when she took a gap year there during the first year of the pandemic.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This time in her life inspired her second studio project, \u201cWhat I Loved About You Es Lo Que Amo De Mi.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhen I wrote the last album, I was in a situation where my world was in Spanish because I was living in Argentina, but I was going through a breakup with someone [in the US],\u201d said Del R\u00edo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the album, the lyrics mirror what she describes as her \u201cstream of consciousness,\u201d in transitioning between English and Spanish.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;In that moment, it was the most natural way to explain how I was feeling because there are things that you can say in Spanish that you can&#8217;t say in English and vice versa.&#8221;<\/p>\n<cite>Nina Del R\u00edo<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">These two identities also mesh in her improvisational musical approach, influenced by the collective practice of practicing Argentinian folk music and being exposed to jazz artists in New York.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI got really used to environments where you could kind of just show up with chords and not much else and just play songs,\u201d said Del R\u00edo. She said she often heads into practice with the perspective of seeing where the music takes her, said Del R\u00edo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cShe had a very good way of letting the musicians add their own flavors to the music,\u201d said her partner Alejandro Vilarrasa-Corriero, who played in a band with Del R\u00edo during their high school years.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe always got to participate in some way,\u201d said Vilarrasa-Corriero.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe style=\"border-radius:12px\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/artist\/1wUSPdDC7yelxpg2mdnLGd?utm_source=generator\" width=\"100%\" height=\"352\" frameBorder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Music has been the common thread sewn throughout Del R\u00edo\u2019s life. When she was four, she declared that wanted to be a singer, Calderaro recalled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cNina has always wanted to sing,\u201d said Calderaro. \u201cIt might have been a fantasy at the beginning, but then she kept at it and we encouraged it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She sang in choirs and began playing the piano at a very young age. Through enrichment programs, she became exposed to the way music can hold a variety of meanings.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the traditional school setting, she learned musical theory, classical composition, and the distinctive elements that made up the genres she pulls from today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Del R\u00edo\u2019s musical history impacts the way she thinks of her current higher education institution, Berklee College of Music.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cMy goal is to make school feel like it&#8217;s just nourishing everything else that I\u2019m doing,\u201d said Del R\u00edo. \u201c[Berklee is] a space that gives you the structure to [make music] and also gives you feedback and guidance.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>This report was published in collaboration with the Boston University School of Communications School of Journalism. 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