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Biography
Amira Iriz's father's ancestors settled in San German, Puerto Rico, with his maternal grandmother being from Sevilla, Spain. Amira's actual surname, Irizarry, is Basque. Her mother's family settled in Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico. Her grandmother was also the child of a Sevillana. Her mother's paternal grandfather was also born in Sevilla. Both her parents were born in Cabo Rojo. Amira was born in Manhattan and lived on West 64th Street where Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts now stands. Throughout her life she has also been an avid ice skater, dancing and gliding since the age of 11 with accomplished ISIA levels in Free Style. Growing up Amira loved classical music and took up the clarinet at age 13 playing in orchestras as a teen at Lincoln Center, The Waldorf Astoria, Avery Fisher Hall and on local radio stations. In addition, she also played guitar and "dabbled" in piano and oboe. Amira does not play clarinet anymore but still enjoys classical music. Some of her musician friends in the middle eastern dance industry still try to get her to try to play since she would be a great asset to the Egyptian sound of today.
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