Rosalia de Souza | |
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Background information | |
Birth name | Rosalia de Souza |
Born | Nilópolis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil[1] | July 4, 1966
Genres | Bossa nova |
Occupation | Singer |
Instrument | Vocals |
Labels | Avatar, Schema, Phantom Sound & Vision |
Rosalia de Souza is a Brazilian bossa nova singer. She was born in Nilópolis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, an area famous for its samba school, Beija-Flor.
After travelling to Italy at the age of 21,[2] she began to study music theory, Cuban percussion, and jazz at the Scuola Popolare di Testaccio (Popular school of Testaccio) in Rome.[1][3][4][5]