Isolina Carrillo (December 9, 1907 – February 21, 1996) was a Cuban composer, singer and pianist.
[1] At the age of eleven she made her musical debut replacing a pianist that called in sick in her father’s orchestra.
In the 1940s, she achieved her greatest recognition as a composer of boleros, guarachas and sones.
Her songs included "Fiesta de besos", "Canción sin amor", "Increíble" and the most famous of all her works, "Dos gardenias", composed in 1945.
[2] This last composition has been covered by many singers such as Daniel Santos, Antonio Machin, Pedro Vargas, Maria Rita, Ibrahim Ferrer, among others.