Award-winning Italian jazz vocalist and composer Chiara Izzi will perform at the Carrollwood Cultural Center on Saturday, March 4, at 8 p.m. Based in New York City since 2014, Izzi received first place in the 2011 Montreux Jazz Festival Vocal Competition from Quincy Jones. In 2020, she won one Independent Music Award for Best Jazz Song with Vocals with her composition “Circles of the Mind.”

Izzi is known for blending traditional Italian music with jazz, Mediterranean, and pop sounds to create a dynamic and heartwarming show, singing and telling stories in four languages (Italian, English, Portuguese, and Spanish).