“This bilingual aria showcases Gizelxanath Rodriguez’s silky operatic voice as well as a nuanced command.” - I Care if You Listen
“An almost hypnotic…soaring operatic voice.” People’s World
“Rodríguez sings with fluidity and charm.” Chalked Up
Tranforming the world, one sound, one concert, one lesson at a time.
Gizelxanath Rodriguez is an internationally renowned vocalist, cellist, guitarist and educator. Named “Pittsburgh’s best jazz band” in 2019 and the winner of a Latin Ace award in 2014, her work has been hailed as “magnificently realized “ (The Vermont Standard.)
Gizelxanath has developed several bands, including the Afro Yaqui Music Collective, Insurrealistas, and Latin Sway.
She has been presented by the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C., by the ASCAP Jazz awards in Los Angeles, and many other leading national venues.
Gizelxanath has produced three solo albums and continues her life as an educator.
She has been an artist-in-residence at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2020, where she taught “Artivism: Decolonizing Performance through Intercultural Solidarity,” and has taught music throughout various private and public schools in the Pittsburgh and upstate NY areas for a period of ten years. Currently, she teaches at Bucknell University in Lewisburg, PA.
