Mônica Salmaso is a Música Popular Brasileira

Música Popular Brasileira

Música Popular Brasileira or MPB designates a trend in post-Bossa Nova urban popular music. It is not a discrete genre but rather a constellation that combines original songwriting and updated versions of traditional Brazilian urban music styles like samba and samba-canção with contemporary...

 singer.

Career

Mônica Salmaso started her career in the play "O Concílio do Amor", directed by Gabriel Villela in 1989.

In 1995 she recorded her first solo CD Afro-sambas, accompanied by classical guitar

Classical guitar

The classical guitar is a 6-stringed plucked string instrument from the family of instruments called chordophones...

ist Paulo Bellinati

Paulo Bellinati

Paulo Bellinati is a classical guitarist from Brazil. He studied classical guitar with Isais Savio and graduated from the Conservatório Dramático e Musical de São Paulo...

, who also made the arrangements and produced the CD. It was a re-recording of the homonymous disc composed in the 1960s by Baden Powell and Vinícius de Moraes

Vinicius de Moraes

Marcus Vinicius de Moraes , known as Vinicius de Moraes and nicknamed O Poetinho , was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Son of Lydia Cruz de Moraes and Clodoaldo Pereira da Silva Moraes, he was a seminal figure in contemporary Brazilian music...

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In 1996, recorded with Paulo Bellinati the song "Felicidade" (Happiness) by Tom Jobim and Vinícius de Moraes

Vinicius de Moraes

Marcus Vinicius de Moraes , known as Vinicius de Moraes and nicknamed O Poetinho , was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Son of Lydia Cruz de Moraes and Clodoaldo Pereira da Silva Moraes, he was a seminal figure in contemporary Brazilian music...

 for the CD Tom Jobim Songbook, by Lumiar Records.

She was nominated for the Prêmio Sharp – 1997 as Revelation singer in the category Música Popular Brasileira.

Salmaso released in 1998 her second CD, Trampolim, produced by Rodolfo Stroeter e with guest participations of Naná Vasconcelos

Naná Vasconcelos

Naná Vasconcelos is a Brazilian Latin jazz percussionist, vocalist and berimbau player, most notable for his works with Pat Metheny, Don Cherry, Egberto Gismonti, and Gato Barbieri....

, Toninho Ferragutti and Paulo Bellinati, among others.

In 1999 she was the winner of the second Prêmio Visa MPB – Vocal Edition, in a unanimous decision both by the jury and by popular acclaim.

In the same year she recorded her third CD, Voadeira, also produced by Rodolfo Stroeter. Guest participants in the CD were, among others, Marcos Suzano

Marcos Suzano

Marcos Suzano is a Brazilian percussionist, famous for playing with many Brazilian and international musicians, such as Nando Reis and Titãs. He was born in Rio de Janeiro. Originally a rock fan, he experienced a carnaval bloco and became passionate about percussion thereafter...

, Benjamin Taubkin, Toninho Ferragutti, Paulo Bellinati and Nailor Azevedo

Nailor Azevedo

Nailor Azevedo is a Brazilian clarinetist and saxophonist. Azevedo is a member of Banda Mantiqueira, which was nominated for a Grammy in 1998. He has performed with Benny Carter and Anita O'Day. He plays Brazilian choro and samba as well as traditional jazz.-References:...

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Discography

• Noites de Gala, ao vivo - 2009 (recorded 2008)
• Noites de Gala, Samba na Rua (DVD) - 2008
• Nem 1 ai - 2008 (recorded 2000)
• Noites de Gala, Samba na Rua - 2007
• Iaiá - 2004
• Voadeira - 1999
• Trampolim - 1998
• Afro-sambas - 1995

Besides these works, she also participated in more than 60 CDs by other artists.

External links

• Official website
• The Lyrical Soul of Brazil - article at culturebase.net