Isolina Carrillo

Isolina Carrillo (December 9, 1907 – February 21, 1996) was a Cuban composer, singer and pianist. She was a member of the vocal group Conjunto Siboney.^[1]

Isolina Carrillo
Born	(1907-12-09)December 9, 1907 Havana, Cuba
Died	February 21, 1996(1996-02-21) (aged 88) Havana, Cuba
Occupation(s)	Composer, musician, singer

At the age of eleven she made her musical debut replacing a pianist that called in sick in her father’s orchestra. She came from a very musical family; her brothers and father were musicians. She studied in the Municipal Conservatory of Havana.

In the 1940s, she achieved her greatest recognition as a composer of boleros, guarachas and sones. Her songs included "Fiesta de besos", "Canción sin amor", "Increíble" and the most famous of all her works, "Dos gardenias", composed in 1945.^[2] This last composition has been covered by many singers such as Daniel Santos, Antonio Machin, Pedro Vargas, Maria Rita, Ibrahim Ferrer, among others.