Piano for the soul | groove inventor | magic generator | bridge builder “Hopkins is one of those exceptional artists who have the capacity to capture the listener's attention and express infinite emotions with just one note." LATIN JAZZ NETWORK Brenda Hopkins Miranda is a Puerto Rican pianist, composer, improviser, arranger, producer, author, podcaster, and educator. She is characterized by her virtuosistic piano playing, as well as her ability to create emotional depth and nuance in her music. Her sound is percussive, lush, melancholic, vibrant, energetic, compelling and uplifting. Brenda’s childhood home was filled with sounds from all over the world. This led her to intuitively reject stylistic boundaries. Overall her music is a unique combination of her Puerto Rican heritage and her mastery of the jazz and classical idioms. She continues to expand by adding all sorts of multicultural influences. A consummate traveler and beneficiary of a bilingual and bicultural environment, her sense of purpose is to exploit the piano as a personal extension and to convey melodious concepts with deft imagery and drama. Her compositions are a musical autobiography or self-portrait. The combination of wonder and isolation triggered by island living has inspired her to view music as a bridge building method. Her mission is to create and share honest, unique, magical and liberating experiences that can bring people together.