Brazilian Contemporary MARISA MONTE Marisa Monte is recognised as the greatest Brazilian singer of her generation. She has won four Latin Grammy Awards and has sold millions of albums worldwide. Her music blends her early love of samba and Brazilian pop with jazz, funk, soul, and more. Her expressive, operatically trained voice, combined with her songwriting mastery, lends her a distinctive signature style that is impossible to imitate. However, it all begins and ends with her extraordinary mezzo-soprano voice. As The Washington Post observed, “Monte‘s voice remains transcendent as ever. Next to it, nearly all other instrumentation seems superfluous.” Her idols include opera icon Maria Callas, Brazilian vocalists Caetano Veloso and Elis Regina, and American jazz legends such as Ella Fitzgerald and Billie Holiday. In a series of special performances for CenturionLiving, she will showcase why her voice is so unforgettable. For an artist who has been centre stage since she was 18 years old, this is a rare opportunity to see her in a more intimate setting. PHOTO LEO AVERSA 35
