Rosalia de Souza

Rosalia de Souza
Circolo degli Artisti, Rome, 16 April 2009
Circolo degli Artisti, Rome, 16 April 2009
Background information
Birth nameRosalia de Souza
Born (1966-07-04) July 4, 1966 (age 58)
Nilópolis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil[1]
GenresBossa nova
OccupationSinger
InstrumentVocals
LabelsAvatar, Schema, Phantom Sound & Vision
Rosalia de Souza (2020) in Aarhus, Denmark
Poto Hreinn Gudlaugsson

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]

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  2. ^ "Intervista a Rosalia De Souza". 8 March 2006.
  3. ^ "rosalia de souza - garota moderna". Archived from the original on 2008-02-19.
  4. ^ "EDIZIONI ISHTAR - Milano / Milan - Publishing - Italy: Welcome". www.ishtar.it. Archived from the original on 2002-11-19.
  5. ^ "Rosalia De Souza". family-affair.it.