Sakura (Valsa Menor)

Artist Profile

• Takeo Tsutsui

  Takeo Tsutsui : Bossa Nova guitarist and singer / songwriter. Since his short stay in Brazil in 2007, he has been interacting with local musicians. He has recorded in Rio de Janeiro, co-produced songs, and performed live in Japan. He also commented on Bossa Nova's 60th anniversary in a radio interview with Brazilian media Globo. In his country, his own song "Shimauma to Raion(Zebra and Lion)" was broadcast on NHK(Japan Broadcasting Corporation) "Minna no Uta" and has been widely well received.

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• Beatriz Malnic

  Beatriz Malnic is a Brazilian-American vocalist, vocal arranger, classical pianist, and Co-Director of Brazilian Voices. She arrived in the United States in 1996. Beatriz is a renowned interpreter of Bossa Nova and Samba and has performed and recorded with artists such as Al Di Meola, Nestor Torres, Toquinho, Chico Buarque, Roberto Menescal, Duduka da Fonseca, jazz pianists Mike Renzi and Mike Orta, saxophonist Harry Allen, and bassist and producer Don Wilner, among others. Beatriz was honored with the Brazilian Press Awards as the Best Brazilian Singer Living in the U.S. in 2009 and 2017. Her CDs, "Chico Buarque by Beatriz Malnic" and "Bossa and Blues", received awards for Best Brazilian CD released in the U.S. in 2012 and 2010, respectively. Her concert "Girl From Ipanema" at the Aventura Arts and Cultural Center was a sold-out success. Beatriz is the Co-Founder and Co-Director of Brazilian Voices, a 30-member all-female vocal group based in South Florida. The non-profit organization performs both locally and internationally, with Beatriz responsible for most of the vocal arrangements performed by the group.

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