Mariana de Moraes is heir to one of the most significant manifestations of Brazilian poetry

Born in Rio de Janeiro, a family of artists, Mariana de Moraes is heir to one of the most significant manifestations of Brazilian poetry. His grandfather Vinicius de Moraes was in partnership with the composer Tom Jobim, one of the creators of Bossa Nova. Influenced by João Gilberto, she stands out not only by his beautiful voice and rhythmic variety, but by enlarge art spaces. Through a repertoire that involves research and a rare sensitivity it involves us with elegant recreations of classic Brazilian music, samba of the 30 to 50, as well as incursions by the beautiful seas of contemporary song.

On stage, Mariana was alongside names such as Maria Bethania, Joao Donato, Paulo Jobim, Carlos Lyra, Luís Melodia, João Nogueira, Dominguinhos, Edu Lobo, Bebel Gilberto and others. Mariana recorded two CDs the first in the company of great singer-songwriter Elton Medeiros and Zé Renato, one of the most beautiful voices of Brazilian music. The CD is a live record of the show "A Alegria Continua" highly praised by critics and considered the best show of the 1998 season and remained in theaters two years. In his first solo album - "Mariana de Moraes" - recorded in Los Angeles in 2002 and produced by pianist William Vergueiro, she plays samba, bossa nova songs and classics of American music. With its gentle tone and incisive, Mariana seems to know what to grab old sambas starts to leave marks of a working smart, delicate and unmistakable.

It is therefore important to record and acknowledge your singing. Biography Singer. Actress. Granddaughter of Vinicius de Moraes. Daughter of photographer Pedro de Moraes and model and actress Vera Barreto Leite. Since a little girl, was already carrying out playing music, for which amassed a distinguished audience, formed by artists who frequented his house, as Gal Costa and Caetano Veloso, among others. At that time, was led by the singer from Bahia to watch his shows and learned from several Caetano sambas from earlier decades. In 1974, with only five years old, participated as an actress, the movie "José Anchieta in Brazil", by Paulo César Sarracenia.

From 1976 to 1980, lived in Paris, where he attended a performance of "Pastoral," the work of Brazilian folklore, and served at eight years old, in a concert at the Olympia by Vinicius de Moraes, who called her "parceirinha . The poet always urged to sing and presented him with a tape recorder to that recorded their songs. At 11 years old, already back in Brazil, began his musical studies and participated in the film "Luz del Fuego" (1980), David Neves, starring Lucélia Santos. In his teens he studied piano with Luiz Eça and vocal technique with singing and Vera Mello and Eduardo Alvarez. Composed with Ericsom and Marcio Menezes, the song "golden-mouthed", included on the soundtrack of the same name part of Nelson Rodrigues, staged at the Teatro Oficina (SP), directed by José Celso Martinez Corrêa.

In 1984, he began his professional career as an actress, starring alongside Claudio Marzo, the director David Neves "Fulaninha" in which she sang with Bebel Gilberto, the song "Smile" (Charles Chaplin). Geraldo Carneiro). That same year, he worked as an actor and singer, along with Janaina Diniz Guerra, the children's musical "Joana, a menina dos sinos" by Ligia Diniz, with a soundtrack of the partnership by Edu Lobo, João Donato and Novelli with the poet Cacaso. He served in the same year, the movie "The man in the black" by Sergio Resende, and in 1985, in the movies "Banana Split" by Paulo Sérgio de Almeida, and "Urban Assault" by Luiz Carlos Lacerda. Was considered by the media Musa summer of 1986. The following year, he served in the musical "Bacchae" by José Celso Martinez Corrêa, and the movie "Not everything is true", of Roger Sganzela. Also in 1987, presented a program on the Rio de Janeiro, recorded for the BBC in London. The following year, he joined the cast of the soap operas "Vale Tudo" (Rede Globo) and "Olho por Olho" (Manchete) and the "Juba e Lula" (Rede Globo). In 1989, he served in the movie "killed the family and went to the movies," Neville d'Almeida.

 That same year, he moved to Sao Paulo, where he studied for a year and a half, the School of Theater and son Ali, decided to become a singer, he joined the School of Miranda Leyva, where he studied for four years, guitar, piano and singing. He served in 1992 in the play "Kasper", by Rubens Rush in 1992 and 1993 in the play "Moonlight in black and white", by Sergio Mamberti, and in 1993 the play "Joyful Mysteries" by José Celso Martinez Corrêa, and the movie "Soul Privateer, soul mate, Carlos Reinchenba. In 1995, he returned to Rio de Janeiro, performing the same year, his first show, in which he sang, accompanied by Aldro Lages, the guitar music of Cartola, Lupicínio Rodrigues, Vinicius de Moraes ( "Kiss me") Edu Lobo, Caetano Veloso, among others, the project "Children of Fish" held at the Cultural Sérgio Porto (RJ). The following year, he performed alongside Nelson Piquet at the Teatro Bamerindus in Curitiba, following on concert tour in other cities of Paraná.

Also in 1998, shared the stage at the Centro Cultural Banco do Brazil (RJ) with John Nelson, the "Project Santa Rosa. Later that year, he performed several shows Zé Renato and was in New York, where he presented himself as a special guest on the show singer Bebel Gilberto. Also in 1998, held a concert in Livraria Argumento (RJ), at the launch of the "Complete Works of Vinicius de Moraes" (Editora Nova Aguilar). In 1998 and 1999 and achieved with Elton Medeiros e Zé Renato, the show "Joy continues," presented on stage in different locations such Mistura Fina Arena Theater and Teatro Rival, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and Tom in Sao Paulo, among others. The show, considered by the newspaper O Globo as the Best Show of 1998, was recorded live at the Teatro Rival, creating a special aired by TVE and a CD of the same name. In 1999, he sang songs from the repertoire of the muse of bossa nova in the project "Nara Leao," directed by Tulio Feliciano and presented in the SESC Pompeii (SP), and as guests Erasmo Carlos, Dominguinhos, Edu Lobo, João Donato, Carlos Lyra, Kleyton and Kledir, Zé Renato e Fernanda Abreu.

In 2002, its season of concerts in Vinícius Piano Bar (RJ). That same year, he recorded the track "Sonnet for four hands", music by Francis Hime on letter of Vinicius de Moraes and Paulo Mendes Campos, included as bonus track on the CD "Choro torn" by Francis Hime. Sang in the event that recorded the album's release, held at the Biscoito Fino. Also in 2002, presented in the mining towns of Tiradentes and Belo Horizonte, in the Oyster River (RJ), the Seed Bar, a stronghold of traditional samba and choro da Lapa (RJ), in a show honored Ciro Monteiro, and again season of concerts held in the Vinicius Piano Bar (RJ). In 2003, he made two trips to Europe. The first in January, Paris, Satellite Coffee in Italy and in several cities. He returned in the summer to several presentations at Jazz Festivals in Italy and France. Performed at CCBB Brasília with singer Zé Renato no show in honor of Lupcinio Rodrigues. Returns to New York to perform at Sorcery Mineiro accompanied by musician Daniel Santiago, a show in tribute to Vinicius de Moraes.

In 2008 he has performed in Porto Alegre, Ribeirao Preto, Campinas, Nice and the Morro da Urca. It has scheduled tour through Europe in November where he participated in the project to celebrate 50 years of Bossa Nova in Playel Salle in Paris. Currently aimed at creating a new work on stage and disc. Below, some of his contributions to cinema national / foreign and Brazilian TV - Vinicius (2005) - Documentary - A la recherche d'Orfeu Negro (2004) - Nachtsonne (2004) - "You Decide" The Great Man (1995 ) TV episode - Corsair Alma (1993) - Gypsy Passion (1991) - Killed the Family and Went to the Movies (1991) - Eye for an Eye (1988) Novel TV - Banana Split (1988) - Leila Diniz (1987) - Not all is Truth (1986) - The Black Caped Man (1986) - Fulaninha (1986) - Luz del Fuego (1982) - Tabu (1982) SOME VIEWS: ZÉ RENATO / / "I grew up with voice and Araci Today I am happy seeing Mariana swinging and following the same playbook. "/ / ALFREDO RIBEIRO" ... and as if by magic brought about the actress Mariana de Moraes a researcher of music and swing ropes. "(JB 25/6/97) GERALDO RAM / / "Mariana de Moraes embodies the marriage of the best samba carioca in the Golden Age with the current music after all. If you had known the poet William Shakespeare had dedicated her the trimming of one of his sonnets:" How sun, young and old each day, Mariana reduces what he said. "/ / Luiz Melodia" I particularly admire Mariana as a person and as an actress.

Nor would the poetics inherited genetic grandfather Vinicius de Moraes is the unusual character in Rio de Janeiro beginning of this era. She has something more. It's called it. Perhaps the scope of his artistic reunification, which led to photographers, filmmakers, writers and even models (in the early '60s, his mother, Vera Barreto Leite, dummy was celebrated in Europe), the professional track Mariana hardly be otherwise. But that is as singer Mariana de Moraes stands out more and more space for expanding arts through directories that involve research, daring and elegant resumption of classic Brazilian music. Before writing this first solo CD, she shared shows alongside Maria Bethania, João Donato, Elton Medeiros, Luiz Melodia, Roberto Menescal, Zé Renato, Jorge Mautner, Fernanda Abreu, Velha Guarda da Mangueira, Moreno Veloso, Edu Lobo, Jards Macalé, Bebel Gilberto, Ze Miguel Wisnik, Ná Ozzeti, Renato Braz and Arthur Nestrowsky and Europe with Lenine, Seu Jorge and Celso Fonseca, Bossa Cuca Nova and many others. And it's time for Mariana de Moraes display autonomy. In this solo disc becomes emblematic songs such as photography (Jobim) and Fear of Love (from wine Moraes), in rereading absolutely personal. The album is also the melodic power of samba as extraordinary now is Gray (Bide / Marçal) If you Sin and Sambar (Roberto Martins), two classics of the 50. The American jazz also get amazing performances in I Fall In Love Too Easily (Kahn / Styne) and There Will Be Another You (Gordon / Warren), both recorded by trumpeter Chet Baker - whose voice sounds as intimate a strong influence in this work Mariana.

"His last major studies were to participate in the assembly of the Drylands in Berlin in 2005 and the season in Sao Paulo with Theater Workshop in 2006, culminating in the 2007 recording of DVDS of five parts that make up the project Sertões. Alem Participation SESC Pompeii in the show John Donato in 2006 and "Orpheus, Niemeyer tribute to Tom Jobim and Vinicius de Moraes" by celebrating one year of the Ibirapuera Auditorium in October 2006 that success was due to reprise in March 2007 in season two weeks in the Auditorium of Ibirapuera.Também released his first solo album at SESC Pompeii in April and participated in two shows at Carnival multi cultural city of Recife in February 2007. In May 2007 goes to Spain for a series of concerts in honor of Vinicius in the company of guitarist Edson Alvez and poet Ferreira Gular, besides concerts in Paris and London.