Olga Román
Position
Program Director
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Career Highlights
- Recipient of a Berklee scholarship and a Fulbright grant
- Released four albums under her name with her own compositions: Vueltas y Vueltas (2001), Olga Román 2 (2005), Seguir Caminando (2011), and De Agua y Laurel (2012)
- Collaborated with many great musicians and top singers in live concerts and/or recordings including Danilo Pérez, Oscar Award–winner Jorge Drexler, renowned Spanish pop-rock singer-songwriter Joaquín Sabina, Luis Eduardo Aute, and Argentinian singer Juan Carlos Baglietto, among many others
- Composed and/or sang many songs for films, and her song “Again,” from Vueltas y Vueltas, was the main theme for the movie The Open Sky (Miguel Albaladejo)
- "Quero" was the main theme for the Spanish Goya Film Award–winner Nothing to Lose (Rafa Russo)
- Tours throughout Spain, Latin America, and Puerto Rico
- Currently teaching at Berklee Valencia; Escuela de Música Creativa; and Universidad Alfonso X El Sabio, Madrid
- Conducts and hosts “Madrid a Otro Ritmo,” a small section of the program Hoy por Hoy Madrid at Cadena SER
- Works on a project called Growing Harmonically with business coach and advisor Fernando Botella (CEO at Think & Action), and collaborates with Fundación Theodora.
Awards
- Nominated for Best Original Song at the Spanish Goya Film Awards 2002 in the Best Original Song category for "Again"
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