Biography:

Born in Belém - Pará (Northern part of Brazil) and raised in Rio de Janeiro
1984 - Started singing career
1988 - Moved to NY
1998 - Started performing professionally in NYC

Notable Engagements:

Journal Square Brown Bag Lunch Series – Summer 2004/2005/2006/2007/2008
Journal Square Holiday Series – Winter 2006/2007
The Digital Café Tour 2006 – Summer Concert Series video taped at Luna Stage, Montclair, NJ
New Jersey Theatre Alliance’s eighth annual Family Week at the Theatre – March 2005
"A Midwinter Jazz Soiree" at The Castle-on-the-Hudson – February 2005
Show Nightclub – October 2004
The Icla da Silva Foundation Annual Fundraising – September 2004
Journal Square Brown Bag Lunch Series – Summer 2004
Clearwater Festival – June 2004
"Balloons over Montclair" – celebrating the 10 year anniversary of Luna Stage
               with special guest Julianne Moore – November 2003
Luna Stage Concert – March 2003
Jazz Forum All-Stars Quartet – March 2003
Jazz Vesper at South Church in Dobbs Ferry – The Berkshire Jazz Festival - August 2002
New Year's Eve Gala at Shadowbrook (Stan Getz's Mansion) - Monica Getz's Benefit Dinner
Kennedy Family Wedding Reception (Woodstock, NY)
Good Day New York, Fox Channel - Performed set for news segment
"The Thomas Crown Affair" private party release at Plataforma
Peekskill Festival 2000 Summer Celebration (NY) - Jazz Forum Arts - "Pé-de-Boi" Band
Special guest WKCR, 89.9 FM for the "Celebration of for the 500 Years of Brazil"
Food Network - Brazilian Food Special Segment filmed at Plataforma
REDE GLOBO's release party - Brazilian TV - Satellite in NY
Rich Forum, Center for Performing Arts (Stanford, CT) - Jazz Forum Arts - "Pé-de-Boi" Band
46th Street Brazilian Festival (NY) - Brazilian Independence Day Celebration
Dobbs Ferry Summer Music Series (NY) - Jazz Forum Arts - "Pé-de-Boi" Band
Kingland Point Park (Sleepy Hollow, North Tarrytown, NY) - Jazz Forum Arts - "Pé-de-Boi" Band
Kensico Dam Music Fest - July 4th Celebration - Jazz Forum Arts - "Pé-de-Boi" Band
S.O.B.'S (NYC) - Jazz Forum Arts - "Pé-de-Boi" Band
Hartley Park (Mt. Vernon, NY) - Jazz Forum Arts - "Pé-de-Boi" Band

Venues:

Churrascaria Plataforma, The Zinc Bar, S.O.B’s, Café Wha, Village Underground, The Coffee Shop, Metronome, Sweet Basil Jules Bistro, Luna Stage and The Green Room

Collaborators:

Portinho
Paulo Braga
Jose Pienasola
Nilson Matta
Lincoln Goines
David Finck
Alain Mallet

Discography:

"ZumZumZum" to be released in 2008 - new album with original compositions
"Influência do Jazz" - 1999 - Airtime at WKCR, 89.9 FM (Jazz Station in NYC)
"Summer with Juliet" - 2003 by David Goldman – sang 2nd lead vocal on "É Nossa Canção"

Film:

A Pillar of Salt – The Angry Woman Syndrome - 2003 documentary by writer/director Hafiz Farid

Articles:

All about Jazz - Berkshire Jazz Review (www.jazzlives.org)
On the Web:
www.Stakhanov.com, www.aldeiadigital.net, www.berkshireweek.com, www.Brazilinnewyork.com, www.laritmo.com, www.rogovoy.com, www.berkshires.com, www.berkshireweek.com
Newspapers:
"The Brazilians", "The Montclair Times", "Brazilian Press", "The Immigrant", "Hudson Reporter", "The Record"