BIO:
Paula Santoro is one of the greatest singers of her generation. She was born in Belo Horizonte (Minas Gerais) and has been living in Rio de Janeiro for many years. With several works on stage, recording studios and television, she has steadily gained more recognition from 2002 on, when she was one of the winners of the Visa Music Prize. She won the Trophy Faísca twice as best singer in Minas Gerais, and was nominated for Best Singer in the Rival Petrobrás de Música Award.
In 2017, Paula was nominated for the Profissionais da Música Award for Best Singer and for the US Press Awards in four categories: Best Singer, Best Album, Best Brazilian Artist and Best Show. She has five solo albums, the last three being distributed in Europe, USA, Japan, Argentina and Brazil: "Paula Santoro" (Biscoito Fino), "Mar do meu Mundo" (Borandá) and "Metal na Madeira" (Ridgeway Records).
Her discography includes dozens of collaborations on albums of artists including Guinga, Arthur Verocai, Mário Adnet, Nivaldo Ornelas, Bianca Gismonti, Eduardo Neves, amongst many others. One of these collaborations was on the album "Um olhar sobre Villa-Lobos" by Mario Adnet, which was nominated for a Latin Grammy. She has sung alongside Chico Buarque, Milton Nascimento, Yamandú Costa, Edu Lobo, Guinga, Toninho Horta, Lô Borges, Alcione, Flávio Venturini, Nelson Angelo, Tavinho Moura, Eduardo Gudin, Juarez Moreira, Monica Salmaso, Criolo, Arthur Verocai, and many others.
She has toured Europe, USA and Asia. She is one of the few Brazilian artists who performed on the BBC's "Later with Jools Holland" TV show, sharing the show alongside Amy Winehouse.
On television, she dubbed the vocals of the actress Maria Fernanda Cândido in the miniseries "Aquarela do Brasil" (TV Globo), presented herself in the Som Brasil program in honor of Ivan Lins, and performed in Domingão do Faustão (also TV Globo). She also participated in the series "No Compasso da História", invited by Joyce Moreno.
At this moment, she is releasing a new album with Duo Taufic (guitar and piano - Roberto Taufic and Eduardo Taufic) celebrating Milton Nascimento and Clube da Esquina.
ALBUM COVER
"Mar do meu Mundo"
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