Folk Bands and Artists
Gabriela Kozyra
London
https://gabrielakozyra.wordpress.com
For more than 10 years Gabriela Kozyra has performed on the stages of European jazz festivals and jazz houses in London, where she lives. Gabriela graduated in jazz singing from The Royal Conservatoire of the Hague and holds a Master’s in Brazilian music from the Codarts Conservatoire in Rotterdam. In 2010, she had the opportunity to immerse herself in the vast universe of Brazilian music when she lived in Rio de Janeiro and studied samba at the Escola Portatil de Música. It is there she met many of the musicians and composers of the songs of her first album: Marcelo de Macedo Noronha, Miguel Rabello Bastos, João Camarero, Luis Barcelos, Eduardo Neves, João Sholl, Guinga, Anna Paes and the lyricists Paulo César Pinheiro, Vidal Assis, Mauro Aguiar and Renata Macedo. In 2019 she released her first album, Noites Brasileiras, an exquisite collection of unpublished Samba, Valsa, Choro and Marcha Rancho treasures from the new Brazilian songbook. “A Brazilian trip of the highest quality“ to quote renowned Brazilian singer Monica Salmaso.
Genre: World
