Vitoria Maldonado
Vitoria Maldonado is a brasilian pianist, singer, composer and arranger.
Her music transpire the typical romanticism, thus making her art capture the soul of her songs with passion besides the influence of Bossa Nova as well as a jazzy education,
As a good inhabitant of the State of São Paulo, with a fine and elegant taste for music, she has always been a big fan of “Bossa Nova” in which figures such as Tom Jobim, João Gilberto, Vinicius de Moraes, and Elis Regina among many others like Milton Nascimento, provided one of the most creative moments of the Brazilian Pop Music. During the same period, she became a student of Amilson Godoy and subsequently of Gogô. Both awakened her senses to harmonize the songs she composed when she was a young girl of 10 years old.
During her youth, this experience arouse her interest for jazz, leading her to get in touch with the American music through artists such as Sarah Vaughan, Ella Fitzgerald, Frank Sinatra, Ray Charles, Oscar Peterson, Ron Carter, Chick Corea, Herbie Hancock, Keith Jarret, Pat Metheny, and so many others.
In São Paulo she attended the Music College - FAAM - “Faculdade de Artes Alcântara Machado” where she had lessons with Regina Martins. She studied composition with Oswaldo Lacerda and piano with Marina Brandão.
Vitoria´s first recording was held at the Eldorado Studios for the program “Um piano ao cair da tarde”.
All these experiences led her to continue her musical training in the United States. In 1986 she graduated from Berklee College of Music in Boston where she studied composition, arrangement and conducting. Returning to Brazil, back home in the city of Rio de Janeiro, she formed a duet with Marisa Monte accompanying at the piano and being the back vocal on several performances held at the pub Double Dose, a cozy little bar with the perfect ideal environment for good music.
BRASIL LIKE
The idea behind this masterpiece was recording American and Brazilian standards mixing jazz with bossa nova. The great bassist Ron Carter, a jazz legend, joined forces with the heart -warming vocals of Vitoria Maldonado.
With two tracks of her own, one being a partnership with Ron Carter, Vitoria show herself a talented composer and pianist.
Besides Ron's quartet the album future artists like Randy Brecker, Roberto Menescal, Proveta and Toninho Ferragutti among others.
Previously released in United States, BRASIL LIKE, which means Love, Inspiration, Knowledge, Energy, became the 32 most played album in this country.
It was considerd one of the 15 best Vocal Jazz CDs of the year by the 38Th Annual Jazz Station / The best of 2016.
Vitoria Maldonado was considered the 5th best singer.
In 2006, Medi released a first album "Medi and The Medicine Show", produced by Dave Stewart and entirely recorded in the London studios of the former Eurythmics.
Between 2007 and 2010, he was guitarist for the electro queen Émilie Simon, drummer and arranger for Charlie Winston, with whom he toured stages around the world following the immense success of their album "Hobo"
In 2011, it is in chief of rank of a spirit "soul", "rock and roll"
and "feel gold" that Medi is releasing "You Got Me (Moving)" a first solo album recorded in Los Angeles and whose flagship single "How Would You Do It" is an international success. A second opus entitled "One Is Not Enough" was released in 2014 and it was during this same year that the artist from Nice joined his hometown and became a producer by founding the label Dime On Records with which he launched his career. artists such as critically acclaimed UK songwriter David Zincke.
A true entertainer who never leaves the stage, a tireless songwriter and producer who never stops creating for himself or for others, Medi likes to unite in order to sing better. It is even said that many albums are currently underway in Dime On Studios in the capital of the Riviera.
Stay tuned, 2016 will be here to write the continuation of an already busy career.
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