About Me.
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Hello! My name is Ena and I am songwriter from Spain. I moved to India in 2017 and since then I have been performing, composing and producing my music in the city of delhi.
Since early age I play and study piano Western classical music, but I felt pretty soon the necessity to sing and narrate different stories about my life to the people around me. Graze of that I received an scolarship from Berklee College of Music, something that allowed me to learn Jazz, improvisation and production in a professional manner and allowed me to understand the international Industry and music world.
I have a large catalog of music created. My last album called ¨Magic Jazz Masalas¨is a jazz/folk/swing album but since I have studied classical Western piano there is always a certain remaining in my music towards that direction. I like the theatrical aspect of music as well as the humoristic one, you will see this in tracks like " Where is the money?" or " Me quieren joder la primavera".
At the same time I have other songs which are pretty melancholic and nostalgic as "Pompas de Jabón" or my cover of the song "Ojalá". I hope you enjoy my music and that we can see each other in person soon!
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Almudena Díaz-LLanos Longares is a pianist, singer- songwriter from Madrid, Spain based in Delhi, India. She holds an undergraduate on classical piano performance (Madrid - Valencia) and a Master's degree in Contemporary Western performance and global music production in Berklee College of Music. She plays piano, sings, and has notions of violin.
During her graduation in classical Western piano in the Royal Conservatory of Valencia and Madrid, She had the opportunity to learn classical piano technique in the USA, Utah with Dr. Hatch (awarded as best piano teacher of USA), in Paris, France with Simona Glavan (alumni of Dmitri Bashkirov) and Eleonora Elvov, in Madrid with Clara Romero, Ricardo Requejo, Albert Atenelle, and in Valencia, Spain with Luca Chiantore , Carlos Apellaniz or Rita Wagner between others.
After the compilation of her undergraduation she was awarded with a scholarship (85%) to study on Berklee and developed her project as songwriter. She complemented her studies in composition and production with the composer Alberto Iglesias (SGAE fundation course), Music production with Daniel Trim, and Music for Videogames with Oscar Araujo, between others.
Developing a personality and professional path as music producer and arranger. She made her official internship in the movie ¨Kadakh¨ of the filmmaker ¨Rajat Kapoor in Mumbai, India, creating additional background music as well as Assisting the direction. After that, she has collaborated with many other musicians and composers in the country as TVF, T-Series, SonyLiv, Svf music between others, and with independent Songwriters and producers.
She performs her original compositions under the name of Ena Marley or with her band under "Ena Marley and the Buccaneers" exploring creative songwriting, jazz, gypsy jazz and contemporary styles mixed with her own personality and voice.
She works as faculty for the prestigious institute GMI in the department of Ear training and piano and is artist in residence for the Venue, " Home" in Delhi. Where she performs every weekend. She is co-founder of Silk Road Studios -space of music production, recording, mix, and master placed in Greater Noida, Delhi, India.
Ena Marley & the Buccaneers
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Ena Marley and the Buccaneers is a Collective of Musicians based in Delhi who experiment with Gypsy jazz, Jazz Bebop, and original-creative songwriting.
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The Band is led by Almudena Longares (Ena Marley) a Berklee Alumni from Madrid, Spain who is based in Mumbai/Delhi since 2017.
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Their uplifting tempos and original songs with elaborated arrangements that includes usually a wind section and a mixture of cultural backgrounds,, with the “naif” tone of Ena and her creative lyrics, make this band an original combination of flavors that won’t let you indifferent.
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The upcoming Album “Magic Jazz Masalas” combines stories that happen to Ena in India, such as “A foggy day in Delhi Town” with classic jazz tunes such as “Cheek to Cheek” or “ There will never be another you”
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