RECORDING PROJECTS
6 CD Projects with Brazilian composer, poet and diplomat Marcio Catunda :
- 2010 – O JARDINEIRO DA VIDA (Life’s gardener )
Produced by Marcelo Miranda and Milton Batera in Lisbon, Portugal.
Singing tracks:#1 Na desventura de um desesperar, #8 Sinfonica.
- 2009 – AGUA DE FLORES ( Flowers’ water)
Produced by Pedro Moreno in Madrid, Spain.
Singing tracks: #6 Navio Perdido , #14 Viagem
- 2008 – ITINERARIO SENTIMENTAL ( Sentimental Itinerary)
Produced by Marcelo Miranda and Milton Batera in Lisbon, Portugal.
Singing track #15 – Idilio.
- 2003 – MISTICA BELEZA – double CD (Mystic Beauty)
Produced by Fernando Campos in Brasilia, Brazil.
Singing tracks #8 Um novo tempo,#9 Por toda a vida, #11 Crescente
- 2000 – CRESCENTE ( Crescent)
Produced by Christian Boyadjiev in Sofia, Bulgaria.
Singing all 14 tracks: #1 Vozes Unidas, #2 Madrugada em mim, #3 Claridade, #4 No quintal da esperanca, #5 Crescente, #6 Viajante do tempo, #7 No tempo claro de harmonia, #8 No segredo da noite, #9 Transcender, #10 Amor de salvacao, #11 Mares de Fortaleza, #12 Sobre as ondas, #13 Por toda a vida, #14 Luz, esperanca e amor.
- 1997 – ANIMA LIRICA ( Lyrical Soul)
Produced by Rubens Diniz in Geneva, Switzerland.
Singing all 13 tracks: #Na praia do meu futuro, #2 O sol, #Supremo Deus, #4 Ave, #5 Hino Matinal, #6 No ceu da certeza, #7 Nas alturas do azul, #8 Idilio, #9 Cantiga, #10 Um novo tempo, #11 Cancao andina, #12 O luar do teu olhar, #13 Teu sorriso atraente.
PREVIOUS PROJECTS
Ginga Brazil – Perth, Australia.
Brazilian singer Juliana Areias teams up with some of Perth’s most versatile musicians: guitarist Glenn Rogers, double bassist Adam Springhetti, percussionist Marcio Mendes and drummer Mike Boase, creating a new Ginga. Ginga is a Brazilian word that describes the signature element, the malleable bilateral motion and spirit that Brazilians present in the everyday life – always keeping in rhythm. Roll up for a stunning concert of classic and contemporary bossa, samba, fusions and improvisations, including original tunes that will be performed for the first time in Australia.
Listen to samples of their music also at Glenn Rogers’ website here
Jazz Brazil - Voice & Piano Duo
A fine selection of silky bossa nova, jazz and French tunes interpreted by Brazilian singer Juliana Areias and Aussie pianist Greg Howieson, also knonw as Greg Keys by his Sabroson band‘s fellows. Their music travels beyond frontiers and their only selection criteria is pure pleasure.
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So Brazil – Perth ,Australia
The groove and intimacy between singer Juliana Areias and guitarist Jose Henrique, ( a former member of the band Picassos Falsos - a band of the Brazilian Rock Movement in the 80’s) embrace several shades of the Brazilian music spectrum, resonating upon other International music styles. Juliana’s career, centered on traditional Brazilian popular music, includes a performane at the revered montreux Jazz Festival, while Jose Henrique evolved from a pivotal role in the Brazilian 80′s rock movement, to performing with Latin Jazz groups in US and Australia.
Listen to So Brazil music .
Watch So Brazil videos
See So Brazil photos
Visit SO BRAZIL’s website
Os Saltimbancos – Perth, Australia
As part of the Fremantle Festival 2010 and in partnership with Kulcha – The Multicultural Arts Centre of Western Australia - non profit organization; Zeroii Arts & Science and Juliana Areias Productions presented for the first time in Australia, OS SALTIMBANCOS – A KIDS MUSICAL by Chico Buarque ( Brazilian song writter icon).
A special thank to “Os Saltimbancos Flyer” designers: Illustrations by Evan Scott – 0406 303 725; Concept and artwork by Gilberto Carvalho - 040207 4911 . (Obrigadao, esta valendo Gibinha!).
Bel Bossa performs the best of Brazilian and a fine selection of world music with the bossa-nova accent. The trio features the enchanting voice of Juliana Areias from Brazil accompanied by a blend of a jazzy guitar sound by Martin Salim with an underlying fingerstyle bossa nova groove by Johannes Dimyadi.
Listen to Bel Bossa Trio music
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Bel Bossa was founded by Johannes Dimyadi and Juliana Areias on 2002. The Brazilian singer Juliana Areias was the first vocalist of the group until she moved from New Zealand on 2007, invinting Sue Burns to continuos her beloved Bel Bossa project journee. Bel Bossa is still performing in New Zealand. See current Bel Bossa Website featuring Sue Burns and Johannes Dimyadi.
Jazz Brasil Trio – Switzerland /Brazil
Jazz Brasil – Juliana Areias, Carlinhos Franco – guitar and Plinio de Oliveira -sax performance at Latitude – Geneva, 1997.
