Fernanda Cunha is well established singer on today’s Brazilian jazz scene. She started to sing in 1997 in Rio de janeiro,Brazil. Her debut album “O tempo e o lugar” was recorded in USA in 2002. On her CD “Dois Coracoes “(2004), she’s in distinguished company, performing with esteemed Brazilian composers Johnny Alf and Sueli Costa. On her third Cd “Zingaro “(2007) she performs songs by Tom Jobim & Chico Buarque.
Fernanda has toured in Brazil, Portugal, Spain and at important jazz festivals in Austria(Wien Jazz fest), Denmark (Aarhus jazz festival), France(Jazz a juan), Malaysia(Borneo jazz festival) ,Argentina (Ushuaia and Buenos Aires), and in several festivals in Canada..
Cunha has performed in Canada several times since 2005.
She has performed coast-to-coast-to-coast: from Vancouver Island and the Vancouver International Jazz Festival (several years), to the Alianait Arts Festival in Nunavut and Jazz Yukon series; from the Edmonton International Jazz Festival to the University of Toronto, The Jazz room in Kitchener, and other venues.
Regular appearances at jazz festivals in Canada have helped to carve out a whole new fan base for Cunha’s post-bossa groove, and in 2009, she explored the musical affinities between Canada and her homeland with her album, appropriately entitled “Brasil Canada”
It’s no secret that, although Brazil is Fernanda’s homeland and she performs at jazz festivals all over the world, Canada is her heart´s country.
In september 2015 she released her 6th album “Olhos de mar”, the first one featuring only previously unreleased songs written by great songwriters that are still making music in Brazil such as Antonio Adolfo, Cristóvão Bastos, Carlinhos Vergueiro, Daniel Gonzaga, Denilson Santos, Filó Machado, and 2 songs composed by Toronto jazz guitarist Reg Schwager (Born in Netherlands, living in Toronto-Canada) with lyrics by Fernanda. The CD brings Bossa nova, sambas, upbeat songs,and Brazilian blues and jazz.
In January 2017 she is releasing a special project featuring songs of Antonio Carlos Jobim in celebration of his 90th year of birth. The project is entitled JOBIM 90.
In 2017 Fernanda will tour worldwide singing repertoire of JOBIM 90
Fernanda is a member of Latin Grammy awards since 2007
All Fernanda´s CDs are available at CDBaby.com , Itunes, Amazon, Spotufy, Deezer, and all digital stores around the world
Website: www.fernandacunha.com Contact information:
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