Rosalia de Souza | |
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Circolo degli Artisti, Rome 16 April 2009 |
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Birth name | Rosalia de Souza |
Born | July 4, 1966 Nilópolis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil[1] |
Genres | Bossa Nova |
Instruments | Singing |
Labels | Avatar Records Schema Records Phantom Sound & Vision |
Associated acts | Nicola Conte |
Rosalia de Souza is a Brazilian bossa nova singer. She was born in Nilópolis in the state of Rio de Janeiro, an area famous for Beija Flor Samba. After travelling to Italy at the age of 21,[2] in 1989 she began studying musical theory, Cuban percussions, jazz and jazz history at the 'Scuola Popolare di Testaccio' (Popular school of Testaccio) in Rome.[1][3][4][5]
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