Award-winning Brazilian singer-songwriter Juliana Areias invites you to party Brazilian-style, and experience the magical cultural diversity that gives Brazilian Music its constant abundance of creativity and excitement. Her colourful harmony concert embraces some of Brazil’s most evocative rhythms and Latin Jazz fusions – bossa nova, samba, carnaval, forro, maracatu, afro-samba, samba-reggae, pop, rock, funk fusion. Dubbed the Bossa Nova Baby she has performed at major stages in Europe, USA, Japan, Latin America and Australia including the Sydney Opera House and the Montreux Jazz Festival.Touring and Recording Artist – Original, Classic and Contemporary Brazilian Music – A fresh dialogue between Bossa Nova, Jazz, Samba, Funk, Pop, Choro, Tango and other styles. Perth Band for hire. International Brazilian Jazz Artist. Brzilian Music in Australia. Perth Jazz singer. Perth Latin Jazz singer. Bossa Nova singer. Brazilian Jazz singer. Bossa Fusion. Perth Latin Band. Perth Jazz Band. Perth Latin Jazz band. International Act. Private and Corporative events. Perth Band for New Year's eve Party, NYE Party, Music in the Park. Festivals, aged Care Centres, World Music Multicultural Culturally Diverse World Jazz Very Best of Brazil. Bringing Cultures together. Connection Dots, Cross Cultural Australia Multicultural Mixing cultures MPB Musica Brasileira na Australia Brazilian Night Perth Brazilian Night Australia Pop Chic, Experience gift Sophisticate Passion Music MAP Multicultural Australia Harmony Day Special performances in hospitals,aged care centers Harmony Day, NYE parties and celebrations, Carnival, samba dancers, forro dance, Latin Dance, Salsa, Afro Cuban Jazz Available worldwide for: Festivals Tours Public concerts Recording Publishing Sponsorship Workshops Interviews Exclusive experience gift Cultural, public, social, private or corporative events
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Brazilian singer based in Perth, with over a year of sold out concerts around Australia, launches album to the World.
“Ned Kelly & Maria Bonita” dancing together in our tableau vivant*… symbolising Australian and Brazilian cultures connecting and our statement of art rather than violence.
Maria Bonita has multiple and complex meanings to me. She embodies the paradigm of what it is to be a woman and the challenges faced only by women.
Like Ned, Maria Bonita was a bushranger captured and killed by the police. Her head was cut off and exhibited as trophy, along with the heads of her whole band, lead by her partner Virgulino Lampiao. But Maria Bonita’s body was the only one violated with a stick into her vagina. Why? Because she was a daring and powerful woman. Therefore, her dead body “deserved” extra humiliation and punishment.
I particularly thought about Maria Bonita this week for two very different reasons:
1. A male anaesthetist in Brazil was recently caught in the act of raping his patient, who was there to give birth to her baby by Caesarian. It shows that the potential for violence against women has no limit and that not much has changed since Maria Bonita’s time. A shocking reality all too close to Almodovar’s surreal film “Talk to her” – one that keeps happening every day.
2. This week is my mother’s birthday. She was initially cast to play the role of Maria Bonita in Globo TV’s first mini series in 1982, but ended up losing the role to Tania Alves – an already well known theatre actor-singer. Despite all the challenges and prejudices she faced, my mother – who has schizophrenia – has raised three kids with very little help. Thank you Mamae, happy birthday to you! Thanks to you here we are!
Every year during winter in Brazil we have our Folk Festival where we celebrate the culture, music and food of Brazil’s northeastern outback, where Maria Bonita came from. A version of this special Folk Festival will be happening in Perth this Sat 16 July at the Mess Hall – The BrazilWA July Fest. I will be there singing as a special guest and paying my respect as a woman and artist to Maria Bonita, my mother and to all women facing unique challenges every day.
Brazil WA – The Brazilian Association of Western Australia Inc, was founded on International Women’s day over 10 years ago, by four daring women: Eliane, Cema, Ester and myself. Thank you to all presidents and members for keeping it alive- Eliane, Wilson, Carlos, Cema and Raquel. Thank you also to Carina, Giba, Roberta, Patricia, Fred, Pinguim for being part of it since the very beginning and the Bamboo Production team for helping BrazilWA to keep producing the Brazilian Winter Festival every year – the main event of the association calendar since its foundation.
Thank you Brazil WA, Bamboo Productions and WTD band for making this event happen and for the invitation. More info at www.julianaareias.com and at the link below.
May we all keep learning how to dance together… More culture and art instead of violence always.
*”Ned Kelly and Maria Bonita” – Tableau Vivant by Geoffrey Drake-Brockman and Juliana Areias
I love the ocean, I love the trees I love the sky, because of him We go for walks and talks along the beach The sun sets into the sea, he goes for a dip It has been 9 years since we first kissed
In a solstice night, we planted our seeds At Grace Busssell’s chair I seat to read Henrietta’s words of the wide open road We hug in the mornings, we share our dreams We catch the waves, we open the windows
It has been 9 years since we first kissed
Happy anniversary Meu Amor… Te amo…
Juliana Areias for Geoffrey Drake-Brockman Perth, 21 June 2022.
Viva João Gilberto! 90 years since he was born. Without Joao, the song “Chega de Saudade”, could be a lost samba cancao that Jobim & Vinicius forgot in a drawer. We are glad they met, and it became the very first Bossa Nova song ever recorded in 1958! Here is our sweet tribute to João, who keeps influencing new generations around the globe with his voice and guitar.
Now that the pandemic is starting to be under control, we with our Bossa Nova Baby Band hope that we can start to tour again around Australia, Brazil, USA, New Zealand, Japan, Europe, Latin America, Asia, Africa… anywhere our music and tributes can be appreciated. If you would like to collaborate with us, send us a hello via management@julianaareias.com / http://www.julianaareias.com (link at bio)
This Week on Tuesday 30 May 2022, Juliana Areias Duo featuring Juliana Areias with 7 string guitarist-singer Joshua de Silva, performed at The Australia Awards 2022 Ceremony at the WA Maritime Museum, celebrating the award’s winners and nominees and sharing their music with the event’s distinguished guests including the Australia Awards scholars and alumni, members of the diplomatic corps, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade representatives and their invited guests.
And today, Friday 3 June 2022, it’s APRA DAY in Australia, when all radio stations are encouraged to play at least 25% of home made music!
Being Australia one of the most contemporary multicultural countries of the planet – where at least half of its current population is of 1st or 2nd immigrant generations – contemporary Australian music is represented by many colours, many styles and many languages!
Juliana Areias celebrates – “thank you my heart brother Fred Ramanzini and Bay FM 99.9 for acknowledging the contribution of the Brazilian music produced in Australia! Looking forward to listening to the show today featuring Forro style music. Here are 3 superb albums of Brazilian-Australian Original Music Artists for you to enjoy and follow:
@tiagodelucca – Tiago de Lucca – Abuka – based in Sydney – NSW
@eddiegazani – Eddie Gazani – Northwesterly Winds – based in Brisbane – QLD
and yours truly @julianaareiasbraziliansinger – Juliana Areias – Bossa Nova Baby based in Perth – WA
Fred will play some tracks of our albums today at his weekly show Lusofonia every Friday at 1pm aest, 11am awst one hour of Brazilian Music and Culture at Bay FM 99.9 Tune-in at https://www.bayfm.org/shows/“
PERTH – Sat 25 Jun – Juliana Areias – FESTA DO INTERIOR – The Bonfire of the Heart Concert @ The Ellington Jazz Club – 7pm – BOOK NOW
After Juliana Areias – Elis Star sold-out concert and her performance at the WA Maritime Museum, Fremantle – Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade – Australia Awards – exclusive event for Australia Awards scholars and alumni, members of the diplomatic corps, DFAT representatives and other invited guests – Juliana Areias prepares a new show for Saturday 25th June, her MPB way to celebrate “Festa Junina” – Brazil’s Traditional June Winter Folk Festivities. Award-winning Brazilian singer-songwriter – Juliana Areias, the “Bossa Nova Baby” – presents a blazing show to warm your winter and light a bonfire of the heart. Juliana invites you on a musical passage on the train of colours, precious gems, and songs from the Interior of Brazil. On this journey you’ll discover the beautiful horizons and sounds from the diverse inland of Brazil: its baroque mining cities in Minas Gerais State; the broad farmlands of Southern Brazil, rainforests of Pantanal, modern architecture in the capital Brasilia, the tropical expanse of the Amazon, and the folk bonfire festivals from the north-eastern dry areas where the rhythm of Baiao and the popular Quadrilha and Forro dance originate.
This eclectic concert will embrace some of South America’s most evocative rhythms – samba, baiao, carimbo, maracatu, guarania, folkpop – spanning traditional and contemporary composers and interpreters such as: Antonio Carlos Jobim (bossa-nova and beyond), Ary Barroso (composer of Brazil), Luiz Gonzaga (the king of Baiao), Joao Bosco, Djavan, Lenine, Joao Donato, Caetano Veloso, Milton Nascimento, Beto Guedes, Lo Borges, Fatima Guedes, Flavio Venturini, Roupa Nova, 14 Bis, Maria Rita, Maria Gadu, Diana Pequeno, Gal Costa, Toninho Horta, Wagner Tiso, Ronaldo Bastos, Fernando Brant, Dorival Caymmy,… as well as few songs from Juliana Areias’s award-winning album “Bossa Nova Baby”.
For this exceptionally colourful concert, Juliana Areias is honoured to share the stage with her sensational Bossa Nova Baby Band – showcasing the amazing talent and cultural diversity we are so lucky to have in Perth: Paul Millard – sax/flute, Joshua de Silva – seven string hybrid guitar, Bronton Ainsworth – drums, percussionist Rafael Medeiro de Souza and special guest singer Renata Garcia de Mello.
Juliana Areias has performed on major stages internationally including the Sydney Opera House, Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club in London, the Green Room in New York, the Montreux Jazz Festival in Switzerland, the Auckland Festival in New Zealand and the legendary Beco das Garrafas in Rio de Janeiro (made famous by Bossa Nova and Elis Regina herself). In Perth some of Juliana’s iconic performances include: Koort Boodja – Heartland 2022 at the Perth Concert Hall with West Coast Philharmonic Orquestra, Perth Festival, Kings Park Festival, Perth International Jazz Festival and at the Western Australian of the Year Ceremony 2021 with The Perth Symphony Orchestra.
Dubbed the “Bossa Nova Baby” by iconic Brazilian journalist Ruy Castro, Juliana’s original album “Bossa Nova Baby” won “Best Brazilian Album” at the US Focus Brazil Awards in 2019 and spent five weeks in the US Top 100 Jazz Charts. Voted one of the Top Five Brazilian Singers around the world at the Best of Brazil Global Awards 2021 in London, Juliana has also been nominated five times for Western Australian Music Awards including Best World Music Act and Best Song.
Now it is your turn to feel spellbound by the Bossa Nova Baby, Juliana Areias.
– “The toast of the Perth Jazz Scene. The release of Bossa Nova Baby has elevated her above a mere covers singer or bossa specialist. The singer excels in an elegant co-composed duet (Belas Artes) with Australia’s finest Brazilian-oriented 7-string guitarist, Doug de Vries”.– The Australian – Tony Hillier
– “It’s bossa that plays soccer with Jazz – as it has since the 60’s – and scoring a goal. Bossa Nova Baby” is a welcome surprise of great Brazilian music, made far away.” – O GLOBO– Brazil– Antonio Carlos Miguel – Music critic and judge member of the Latin Grammy Award.
– “The idea of mixing styles and cultures is reflected in Areias’ life and her music” – Daily Record, USA – Bill Nutt
Award-winning Brazilian singer Juliana Areias and her Bossa Nova Baby Band invites you to celebrate the music of Elis Regina – Brazil’s most loved voice.
Brazilian Popular Music (MPB) would not be the same if Elis Regina hadn’t discovered and given voice to so many new composers. She was among the first mainstream artist to champion the works of an up-and-coming generation of Brazilian songwriters, including many that had their songs censored by the Brazilian Military Dictatorship – Edu Lobo, Gilberto Gil, Caetano Veloso, Milton Nascimento, João Bosco, Ivan Lins, Joyce, Rita Lee. Elis’s rendition of João Bosco and Aldir Blanc’s “O Bêbado e o Equilibrista,” became the anthem of Brazil’s political amnesty movement, as the days of the junta drew to a close in 1984. At the same time, she was probably the finest-and most loyal interpreter of the music of Antonio Carlos Jobim, Bossa Nova’s most defining composer, immortalising many of his songs including “Waters of March”.
Elis Regina signed her first recording contract at the age of fifteen at her hometown of Porto Alegre, in South Brazil, and by 1965 had relocated to Rio and taken Brazil and the world by storm, with triumphant performances such as her Montreux Jazz Festival Concert 1979, TV shows and 30 albums released included the iconic “Elis & Tom”, with Antonio Calos Jobim.
It has been 40 years since Elis tragically died in 1982 of an overdose – mother of three and aged only 36. Yet the beauty of her work keeps inspiring the following generations, including her children; music producer João Marcello Boscolli and singers Pedro Mariano and Maria Rita.
To honour and celebrate Elis’ music and life, Juliana Areias is excited to share the stage with her Bossa Nova Baby Band, comprising the grooviest cats in town; Paul Millard – sax/flute, Joshua de Silva – seven string hybrid guitar, Bronton Ainsworth – drums, and percussionist Rafael Medeiro de Souza.
Juliana Areias has performed on major stages internationally including the Sydney Opera House, Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club in London, the Green Room in New York, the Montreux Jazz Festival in Switzerland, the Auckland Festival in New Zealand and the legendary Beco das Garrafas in Rio de Janeiro (made famous by Bossa Nova and Elis Regina herself). In Perth some of Juliana’s iconic performances include: Koort Boodja – Heartland 2022 at the Perth Concert Hall with West Coast Philharmonic Orquestra, Perth Festival, Kings Park Festival, Perth International Jazz Festival and at the Western Australian of the Year Ceremony 2021 with The Perth Symphony Orchestra.
Dubbed the “Bossa Nova Baby” by iconic Brazilian journalist Ruy Castro, Juliana’s original album “Bossa Nova Baby” won “Best Brazilian Album” at the US Focus Brazil Awards in 2019 and spent five weeks in the US Top 100 Jazz Charts. Voted one of the Top Five Brazilian Singers around the world at the Best of Brazil Global Awards 2021 in London, Juliana has also been nominated five times for Western Australian Music Awards including Best World Music Act and Best Song.
Now it is your turn to feel spellbound by the Bossa Nova Baby, Juliana Areias.
– “The toast of the Perth Jazz Scene. The release of Bossa Nova Baby has elevated her above a mere covers singer or bossa specialist. The singer excels in an elegant co-composed duet (Belas Artes) with Australia’s finest Brazilian-oriented 7-string guitarist, Doug de Vries”.– The Australian – Tony Hillier
– “It’s bossa that plays soccer with Jazz – as it has since the 60’s – and scoring a goal. Bossa Nova Baby” is a welcome surprise of great Brazilian music, made far away.” – O GLOBO– Brazil– Antonio Carlos Miguel – Music critic and judge member of the Latin Grammy Award.
– “The idea of mixing styles and cultures is reflected in Areias’ life and her music” – Daily Record, USA – Bill Nutt
PERTH – Juliana Areias – Samba-Jazz it Up Concert at The Ellington Jazz Club – Sat 2 April, 7pm. BOOK NOW
Roll-up for an entrancing night of rhythms and sultry songs from the country of bossa nova, samba and carnival with Perth’s own Brazilian singer-songwriter and best album released in the USA award winner – Juliana Areias, the “Bossa Nova Baby”.
Juliana Areias invites you to indulge your senses, savouring the perfect match between samba and jazz and celebrating some of the most iconic Brazilian songs, interpreters and composers of all time. From fresh arrangements of bossa and samba classic recordings such “One Note Samba” (by Jobim – Getz/Gilberto) and “Mas que Nada” (by Jorge Benjor – Sergio Mendes Brazil 66) – to new compositions Juliana’s band is preparing for her forthcoming album – the “Samba-Jazz It Up Concert” will also pay tribute to masters and divas of Brazilian Jazz, including Elis Regina, Leny Andrade, Rosa Passos, Tamba Trio, Simonal, Baden Powell, Joao Donato, Johnny Alf, Robero Menescal, Carlinhos Lyra and Antonio Adolfo – and the ways their music has inspired other artists including; Steve Wonder, Esperanza Spalding, Diana Krall, Herbie Hancock, George Benson, Sade, Sting, Ivan Lins, Joyce, Djavan, Joao Bosco, Gilberto Gil, Gozaguinha, Marisa Montes, Ceu, Maria Rita, Simoninha, Marvio Ciribelli and of course, Juliana Areias herself.
For this vibrant concert, Juliana Areias has assembled a blazing line-up of sensational musicians and special guests – showcasing the amazing talent and cultural diversity we are so lucky to have in Perth. Juliana is honoured to share the stage on this musical journey with the grooviest cats in town; Paul Millard – sax/flute, Joshua de Silva – seven string hybrid guitar and percussionist Rafael Medeiro de Souza.
Juliana Areias has performed on major stages internationally including the Sydney Opera House, Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club in London, the Green Room in New York, the Montreux Jazz Festival in Switzerland, the Auckland Festival in New Zealand and the legendary Beco das Garrafas in Rio de Janeiro. In Perth some of her iconic performances include: Koort Boodja – Heartland 2022 at the Perth Concert Hall with West Coast Philharmonic Orquestra, Perth Festival, Kings Park Festival, Perth International Jazz Festival and at the Western Australian of the Year Ceremony 2021 with The Perth Symphony Orchestra.
Dubbed the “Bossa Nova Baby” by iconic Brazilian journalist Ruy Castro, her original album “Bossa Nova Baby” won “Best Brazilian Album” at the US Focus Brazil Awards in 2019 and spent five weeks in the US Top 100 Jazz Charts. Voted in the Top 5 Brazilian Singers around the world at the Best of Brazil Global Awards 2021 in London, Juliana has also been nominated five times for Western Australian Music Awards including Best World Music Act and Best Song.
Now it is your turn to feel spellbound by the Bossa Nova Baby, Juliana Areias. – “The toast of the Perth Jazz Scene. The release of Bossa Nova Baby has elevated her above a mere covers singer or bossa specialist. The singer excels in an elegant co-composed duet (Belas Artes) with Australia’s finest Brazilian-oriented 7-string guitarist, Doug de Vries”.– The Australian – Tony Hillier
– “It’s bossa that plays soccer with Jazz – as it has since the 60’s – and scoring a goal. Bossa Nova Baby” is a welcome surprise of great Brazilian music, made far away.” – O GLOBO– Brazil– Antonio Carlos Miguel – Music critic and judge member of the Latin Grammy Award.
– “The idea of mixing styles and cultures is reflected in Areias’ life and her music” – Daily Record, USA – Bill Nutt
Happy Harmony Week! A celebration of the extraordinary cultural diversity of Western Australia! In this week, Juliana Areias is honoured to be one of the Arts nominees of the Western Australia Multicultural Awards 2022 and be among artists she admires!
Congratulation to all winners and nominees of the ten award categories. Special congrats to winners Sukhjit Kaur Khalsa (Arts Award) and City of Stirling (Local Government Award) to their pivotal work! Two thirds of the population of the City of Stirling comes from a diverse background and it is beautiful to see how much this is valued and celebrated by its local government! The culture and the arts are always very alive and well supported by The City of Stirling!
Last weekend, the true colours of generosity, femininity, plurality, friendship and the arts were present at the magical Brazilian Divas Concert – a celebration of International Women’s Day, at The Scarborough Amphitheatre last Saturday 12 March 2022. This free open air concert at the heart of Scarborough Beach (City of Stirling) featured Juliana Areias with her Bossa Nova Baby Band , plus over 20 female singers and performers as her special guests – celebrating the International Women’s Day as well as the extraordinary diversity and talent we have in Western Australia.
Juliana Areias sends all her love and gratitude to all involved on stage and behind the scenes and to everyone who came to celebrate the special occasion!
Thank you so much to Bamboo Production, Fyme, Sandpit Dancing Scarborough,Brazil WA, Rio 40 for the vision and opportunity. To all performers and production team for making this dream come true. The Bossa Nova Baby Band featured: Juliana Areias-lead singer, Joshua de Silva- seven string guitars and vocals, Paul Millard-sax and flute, Rafael Medeiros de Souza-percussion and Filipe Rimis-drums and backing vocals. Special guests singers in alphabetical order: Brenda Lee, Danielle de Silva, Lois Olney, Luciana Negroni, Mariah HLatywayo, Renata Garcia Mello, Victoria Newton and actors Mari Mazzio and Viviane Coentro. Female Drumming group Banda Ziriguidum , featuring over 10 nationalities and composed by: Aartee Vindetzis, Bianca Costa, Brigitte Underwood Legeron (Afro-dancer – Oxum Dance), Claire Hegarty, Denise Salomao, Emilie Miesch, Jimena Garcia Vega, Karen Hill, Laila Santos Oliveira, Miranda Wiltshire, Patricia Costa, Rikki Walsh and Sandrinha Barbosa. Production and support team featuring: Juliana Areias as artistic director, Alice de Freitas – graphic designer, Eduardo de Franca – stage support, Fábio Macarrao – drumming conductor and stage sound tech, Fábio Rosa – photographer, Geoffrey Drake-Brockman – presenter, John Roberts – venue manager, sound and film, Mari Mazzio general production, Raquel Ribeiro Louro -support and Wilsinho Torres – filmmaker.
Juliana Areias celebrates: “Thank you my dear samba de gafieira family and Perth Samba – Perth Forro, your beautiful dance moves while I am singing fill my heart with joy! Thank you dear friends and musos who came to support us and enjoy the show, including Annalisa Powell, Randa Khamis & James Vinciullo, Mike Burns, Matt Price and The Walker! It is always wonderful to see musos supporting musos! Thank you to all WA music lovers and the Brazilian Community for being there! We put a lot of love on what we do and all we do is always for you. Thank you Perth, this amazing city we all are so lucky to call home !”
Juliana Areias & The Bossa Nova Baby Band
Brazilian singer-songwriter Juliana Areias & her Bossa Nova Baby Band invite you to “Brazilian Divas” – free concert at Scarborough Amphitheatre, a celebration of International Women’s Day and WA extraordinary cultural diversity – this Saturday 12 March 2022, 6pm.
Juliana Areias – Bossa Nova Baby Band is composed by a blazing line-up of sensational musicians – showcasing the amazing talent and cultural diversity we are so lucky to have in Perth. Juliana is honoured to share the stage on this musical journey to the Feminine Universe with the grooviest cats in town: Paul Millard – sax/flute, Joshua de Silva – seven string hybrid guitars, Filipe Rimis – drums, and percussionist Rafael Medeiro de Souza. The band has been performing together for almost 4 years, although some of the members – Paul Millard and drummer Bronton Ainsworth – have been together with Juliana Areias already for 12 years. All together they have enchanted audiences with multiple sold-out performances at The Ellington Jazz Club, Perth Festival, Jazz by the Beach Festival, WAM Festival, Harmony Week, Fremantle Arts Centre, Mandurah Performing Arts Centre and 2022 New Year Event at Indigo Oscar (Indiana House – iconic Cottesloe landmark).
Based in Perth since 2007, Juliana Areias has performed on major stages internationally including the Sydney Opera House, Ronnie Scott’s in London, Green Room in New York, Montreux Jazz Festival in Switzerland, Fukiagi Hall in Japan, Auckland Festival in New Zealand and the legendary Beco das Garrafas in Rio de Janeiro. In Perth some of her iconic performances include: Koort Boodja – Heartland 2022 at the Perth Concert Hall with West Coast Philharmonic Orchestra, Perth Festival, Kings Park Festival, Perth International Jazz Festival and at the Western Australian of the Year Ceremony 2021 with The Perth Symphony Orchestra. Her first original album “Bossa Nova Baby” produced in Perth reached the top 100 USA Jazz Charts in 2019-2020. She has also been nominated five times for Western Australian Music Awards including Best World Music Act and Best Song.
At Brazilian Divas, they will present some of the most acclaimed Brazilian songs, female composers and interpreters of all times with an extraordinary lineup of WA special guest artists singing in Portuguese.
Juliana Areias ‘s special guests short bios:
Lois Olney
Perth Symphony Orchestra with Juliana Areias, Lois Olney and Steve Hersby and Spirit Ensemble at 2021 Western Australian of the Year Awards
Indigenous Australian Jazz legend Lois Olney is Juliana Areias’s special guest of honour at “Brazilian Divas” – free concert at Scarborough Amphitheatre a celebration of International Women’s Day – this Saturday 12 March 2022 6pm.
A singer with a distinctive, blues-bound style, she is a unique storyteller and a symbol of resilience having faced a number of personal challenges in her life.
Lois was born in her mother’s country at Roebourne, in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. Her father was a Yamatji man from Meekatharra. Her story is of the stolen generation and reconnection to family and culture. For Lois, healing the wounds of stolen generation is a life long journey, but as she shares in her story, “music helps heal the people that I love and the sorrow that we all have in common.”
Lois Olney and Juliana Areias performed together at the Western Australian of the Year 2021 Ceremony as soloists of The Perth Symphony Orchestra. At Brazilian Divas, Lois Olney will be accompanied by her guitarist Dave Johnson.
Victoria Newton
Western Australian Lady of Jazz and UK Pop Star Victoria Newton is Juliana Areias’s special guest at “Brazilian Divas” – free concert at Scarborough Amphitheatre a celebration of International Women’s Day – this Saturday 12 March 2022, 6pm.
Recognised as one of the most exciting and dynamic singers on the WA & London jazz scene, Victoria Newton has appeared at many festivals including The London International Jazz Festival, The Soho Jazz Festival and at The Perth Internacional Jazz Festival. However one of Victoria’s favorite gigs to date has been performing Brazilian music whilst cruising up the Amazon! Victoria also had a cheeky stint as a pop star in the mid 1990s with UK dance/pop group, Strike and their massive hit ‘U Sure Do’. The success of this single followed by 4 UK top 40 hits and the critically acclaimed album ‘I Saw the Future’ saw a whirlwind of TV appearances including MTV and BBC’s Top of the Pops, and touring to many countries around the world.
Victoria Newton and Juliana Areias have performed together at The Kings Park Festival and The Ellington Jazz Club. At Brazilian Divas, they will be together on stage again presenting a tribute to one of their favourite female Brazilian singer-composers.
Brenda Lee
Australian-Eurasian Lady of Jazz, Brenda Lee is Juliana Areias’s special guest at “Brazilian Divas” – free concert at Scarborough Amphitheatre a celebration of International Women’s Day – this Saturday 12 March 2022, 6pm.
A descend of Portuguese, Dutch, Chinese, and Irish ancestors, Brenda Lee was born in Kuala Lumpur and grew up in historical Portuguese speaking Malacca before relocating to Perth, Australia in her early teens. Trained as a jazz vocalist at the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts and the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, Brenda has traveled and performed in Sydney, Kuala Lumpur, New York and Canada with a diverse range of established jazz artists around the globe.
Brenda Lee and Juliana Areias have co-produced concerts including “ The Ladies of Latin Jazz at St George’s College Quad – UWA, and “Coraçao” at The Ellington Jazz Club and Fremantle Jazz Club. At Brazilian Divas, they will perform together one of their favourite Brazilian samba hits of all times.
Banda Ziriguidum
Female Drumming Group Banda Ziriguidum is Juliana Areias’s special guest at “Brazilian Divas” – free concert at Scarborough Amphitheatre a celebration of International Women’s Day – this Saturday 12 March 2022, 6pm.
Banda Ziriguidum was born in 2012 in Salvador, Bahia when its founders – Sandrinha Barbosa, Karen Hill, Miranda Wiltshire and Claire Hegarty visited Brazil during Carnaval.
Inspired by Brazilian most iconic female drumming group “Banda Dida”, Banda Ziriguidum deeply believes in the power of women and cultural diversity. The band is currently composed by women from 10 different countries: Brazil, England , Australia, Japan, Argentina, Mexico, Seychelles and France and Mauritius; and their youngest player Bianca Costa is 12 years old. Others members of the band are: Brigitte Underwood Legeron, Rikki Walsh, Aartee Vindetzis, Emilie Miesch, Denise Salomao, Laila Santos Oliveira, Jimena Garcia Vega, Patricia Costa, Bianca Costa.
Ziriguidum and Juliana Areias will perform for the very first time together at The Brazilian Divas concert, a dream about to come true. This presentation will also features their special guest and instructor Fabio Macarrao. They will present a tribute to Bahia and the Afro-Brazilian rhythms and Orixas.
Mariah HLatywayo
Extraordinary Gospel-Jazz singer-composer Mariah HLatywayo is Juliana Areias’s special guest at “Brazilian Divas” – free concert at Scarborough Amphitheatre a celebration of International Women’s Day – this Saturday 12 March 2022, 6pm.
Mariah Hlatywayo is a singer songwriter and drummer from Perth, WA. Inspired by her upbringing in a musical family and studies as a jazz vocalist at The Western Australia Academy of Performing Arts, her songs are a mix of jazz and gospel harmonies with infectious Latin American rhythms that are sure to get you dancing and singing along. Mariah’s debut single ‘My One and Only One Jesus’ was released on the 18th of November, 2021. It draws on her own life experiences and Christian faith to uplift and encourage people from all walks of life.
Mariah Hlatywayo and Juliana Areias have previously performed together at The Ellington Jazz Club. At Brazilian Divas, they will present a tribute to Bossa Nova also featuring Mariah’s brother Joshua de Silva on vocals and seven string guitar.
Danielle de Silva
One of Perth’s greatest new talents Australian-Sri-Lankan singer-songwriter Danielle de Silva is Juliana Areias’s special guest at “Brazilian Divas” – free concert at Scarborough Amphitheatre a celebration of International Women’s Day – this Saturday 12 March 2022, 6pm.
Danielle de Silva’s melodic voice and heartfelt songs are inspired by human expression, personal experience and faith. This 21 years old full artist has recently graduated from the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA) with a Diploma in Contemporary Performance(2020) and released her debut single titled, ‘The Player,’ in March 2021. She performed for the WAM festival 2021 and she presents regular concerts at The Lyrics Underground, The Bird and other music venues around WA.
Danielle de Silva and Juliana Areias have previously performed together at The Ellington Jazz Club. At Brazilian Divas, they will present a beautiful samba by Arlindo Cruz called “Meu Lugar” (My Place).
Luciana Negroni
Brazilian-Australian soulful gospel singer Luciana Negroni is Juliana Areias’s special guest at “Brazilian Divas” – free concert at Scarborough Amphitheatre a celebration of International Women’s Day – this Saturday 12 March 2022, 6pm.
Luciana Negroni formed her Pop Gospel Duo with guitarist Jonas Viana in Perth in 2008, when she arrived from Brazil. After living in Adelaide for many years where she performed with award-winning “Gospo Collective” (Australia’s leading Vocal Powerhouse Gospel Choir) and with “Sounds of Brazil” at Adelaide Fringe Festival and other festivals and events, Luciana Negroni, is finally back in WA.
Luciana Negroni and Juliana Areias have performed together at The Ellington Jazz Club and at Juliana Areias very first concert in Australia in 2009. At Brazilian Divas, they will present a tribute to Brazilian Female singer-songwriter Adriana Calcanhoto.
Renata Garcia de Melo
Brazilian singer, guitar & ukulele player Renata Garcia de Melo is Juliana Areias’s special guest at “Brazilian Divas” – free concert at Scarborough Amphitheatre a celebration of International Women’s Day – this Saturday 12 March 2022, 6pm.
Renata Garcia de Melo has been dedicating her multiple talents as an artist and teacher to inspire waves of kids in Australia to experience and learn Brazilian music, culture and Portuguese language at Projeto Cabana and at her weekly Roda de Musica” at Kings Park Project. She has also performed at major events of the Brazilian Community including Brazil WA “Festa Junina” Winter Festival and at the 2nd and 3th productions of “Saltimbancos” – Brazilian’s most loved kids play.
Renata Garcia de Melo and Juliana Areias have previously performed together at Juliana Areias – Sunset Songs at North Cottesloe Series. At Brazilian Divas, they will present a tribute to Marisa Montes – one of the most important contemporary Brazilian artists.
Viviane Coentro & Mari Mazzio
Exuberant Brazilian actors Viviane Coentro & Mari Mazzio are Juliana Areias’s special guests at “Brazilian Divas” – free concert at Scarborough Amphitheatre a celebration of International Women’s Day – this Saturday 12 March 2022, 6pm.
Known in the WA Brazilian Community and beyond as our super doula Vivi & super event producer Mari, these two super cat women can transform themselves in anything they like. They have over two decades of experience in storytelling and acting as a circus-street-stage-television-videoclip-film performers in Brazil, Europe and Australia.
In 2020 they staged together in Perth “As Saltimbancas”, directed by Eduardo de Franca, bringing a new female perspective and metalanguage (theatre inside the theatre) to the iconic kids play “Os Saltimbancos” which was already produced 3 times in Perth, with Juliana Areias, Viviane Coentro and Mari Mazzio playing the cat character respectively in each production.
Viviane Coentro, Mari Mazzio and Juliana Areias performed together at Chico Brasileiro Concert at The Ellington Jazz Club in 2021. At Brazilian Divas, they will present one of the most iconic songs of “The Saltimbancos” Play.
A night to remember forever! Standing ovation for the sensational KOORT BOODJA (Heartland) Concert at The Perth Concert Hall last Saturday 19 Feb 2022 – featuring over 170 members of the amazing West Coast Philharmonic Orchestra, Chorus and special guest soloists singing in 14 languages: Noongar, English, Swahili, Japonese, Mandarin, Portuguese, French, Latin, Irish, Polish, Hebrew, Farsi, Sanskrit and Maori. All of us, guided by the beautifully colourful vision and extraordinary talent of maestro Sam Parry and his WACO team who’s mission statement is to change lives through music! Bravissimo!!! Mission tremendously accomplished with art, heart, soul, beauty, symbolism, joy, respect, diversity, creativity, talent, devotion, long planning , attention, great spirit, humour and propose!!!
Thank you for this wonderful opportunity of being part of it! It was an incredible honour and privilege to perform and to share the stage with all of you!
“Whatever Comes, Let it Come” says the title of the song I performed “ Se e pra vir que venha” ( a song in Portuguese composed by Christopher Tin & Patricia Magalhães) about courage, honesty, humanity and joie de vivre – even when facing life’s greatest risks. What could be more relevant, inspiring and insightful?
Whatever comes, this moment will stay with me forever… Thank you WACO, West Coast Philharmonic Orchestra and all involved, for transforming the lives of all present there on Saturday – a full house concert celebrating fantastic composers and WA amazing talent and diversity! Ancore! Ancore! Ancore!
Let’s keep creating, collaborating, supporting each other, celebrating and contributing to this phenomenal place we love to call home!
Gratitude! Muito Obrigada (Thank you so much in Portuguese)!
Vou soltar meu gado Vou deitar no pasto Vou roubar a cena Vou sorrir sem pena Sem puxar as rédeas Sem seguir as regras Sem pesar ou ânsia Sem errar a dança Se é pra vir, que venha
Tudo é colorido Mesmo o preto e branco Quando eu pinto é lindo E o que traço é franco Seja reta ou curva Seja esfera ou linha Vida é sempre certa E eu não temo a minha Se é pra vir, que venha
Seja preto ou branco Eu não temo a vida Nem seu contraponto Se é pra vir, que venha
Whatever comes, let it come
(Lyrics translation)
I will unleash the horses I will rest in the grass I will steal the show I will smile broadly No reins to pull No rules to follow No pain or sorrow With no error in my dance Whatever comes, let it come
All is colorful Even black and white When I paint, it’s beautiful And what I draw is honest Be it straight or curved Be it a sphere or a line Life is always right And I do not fear mine Whatever comes, let it come
Whether black or white I do not fear life Nor its counterpoint Whatever comes, let it come
By Juliana Areias – Brazilian singer-songwritter based in Perth, Western Australia.
Part of a handmade collage poster made by Juliana Areias in 1998 in Geneva.
“Tupi or not Tupi? That is the question” that was made by Brazilian modernist author Oswald de Andrade at his “Antropophagite Manifest” in 1928. This week marks the centenary of the 1922 “Modern Art Week of São Paulo”, when artists with “vanguard aspirations” such as Oswald de Andrade and composer Heitor Villas-Lobos got together to think and discuss how Brazilian culture and the arts should not only value European Aesthetics but should reflect its own unique mixture of elements. This capacity of absorbing outside influences and at the same time mixing it with its own strong roots giving back to the world something new, is still what for me makes Brazilian Culture and Arts extraordinary. (In fact, I believe the mixture is what makes any culture richer, this is what we are also creating in Australia).
The Centenary of the Modernist Week of São Paulo, has been provoking a huge discussion and opportunity for Brazil to review these ideas and think about its cultural identity again. A lot of criticisms have been made about how relevant and at the vanguard the week truly was in its own time. Although it is great to try to review its history and context, it is clear that it is still very relevant 100 years on, otherwise nobody would be writing about it now.
In my art practice particularly, modernist ideas have been always pivotal as you can see by some of the projects I was already involved with in Switzerland in late 1998 and how these values are still present in my projects in Australia including my concert at the Western Australia Art Gallery in 2013 and my most recent collaborations with the Perth Symphony Oschestra in 2021 and this weekend with the West Coast Philharmonic Orchestra celebrating First Nation and all immigrants contributions to this place we love to call home. Tupi or not Tupi, that is still the question.
*Tupi Guarani was the main spoken indigenous language in Brazil before the arrival of the Portuguese colonisers.
Original Poster of Modern Art Week 1922, Antropophadite Manisfest 1928 and Avenida Paulista – Sao Paulo in the 1920’s
Antropophadite Manifest by modest author Oswald de Andrade. Image by modern visual artist Tarsila Amaral
Brazilian music & history Concert-Conference Series presented by Juliana Areias accompagned by guitarist Carlos Franco at “La Maison de la Culture Bresilienne Paulo Freire” (Paulo Freire Brazilian Culture Centre founded by his daughter Cristina Freire. event produced by Sonara Oliveira) in Geneva, 1999. Paulo Freire is Brazil greatest educator, who used to have his “Veredas Room” at Juliana Areias’s primary and secundary school IMACO (Instituto de Ensino Imaculada Conceição) in São Paulo. Posters and presentations of Juliana Areias and Virginia Pedrazzani and their collaboration on the”Tupi or not Tupi” project in Switzerland 1996-2000. Including their performances at The Montreux Jazz Festival 1998, at Fete de Geneve – Bains de Paquis 1998 and at Au Pigmee – The Artamis – Geneva 1998, and Juliana Areias & Jazz Brasil at L’Ethno – Geneva in 2000.
Jazz Brasil Trio – singer Juliana Areias, guitarist Carlos Franco and saxophonist Plinio de Oliveira performing for the Consulate of Brazil at Latitude Brasil and at Casting Cafe – support charity causes – 1997
Juliana Areias’s poem “Flor de Genebra” ( Geneva’s flower) – winner of the 1s Prize of the Associacion des Acacias Literary Competition – Portuguese Cathegory 1999
Juliana Areias’s interview about her performance at The Art Gallery of Western Australia during the New York Exbition “Van Gogh, Dali and Beyong”, where she talks about the “Modern Art Week of Sao Paulo” and her admiration for Frida Kahlo’s surreal work. Perth Symphony Orchestra with Juliana Areias, Lois Olney and Steve Hersby and Spirit Ensemble at 2021 Western Australian of the Year Awards
Upcoming Multicultural Concert Koort Boodja (Heartland) at The Perth Concert Hall on this Saturday 19 February 2022, featuring Juliana Areias as one of the soloists of the West Coast Philharmonic Orchestra, perfoming the Grammy winning “Calling All Dawns” by Christopher Tin featuring 14 different languages present in Perth, Western Australia. From top left: Thierryno Gangou, vocalist (French) Magda Lisek, vocalist (Polish) Alexandra Allan, oboe Julie Yeh, vocalist (Mandarin) Gabrielle Scheggia, vocalist (Irish) Jayden Boundry, didgeridoo Natasha Eldridge, vocalist (Noongar & English) Emma Kasher, vocalist (Hebrew) Haka for Life, Kapa haka & vocalists (Māori) Saraswati Mahavidhyalaya, vocalists (Sanskrit) Jocelyn Campbell, vocalist (Farsi) Akiko Miyazawa, vocalist (Japanese) Dylan Atkins-Walters, vocalist (Latin) Madoc Plane, vocalist (Swahili) Juliana Areias vocalist (Portuguese) 7:00PM SATURDAY 19th FEBRUARY 2022 PERTH CONCERT HALL
Ruy Castro special article “A vanguarda oficial” about the Centenary of the 1922 Modern Arts Week of Sao Paulo published at the Sao Paulo Newspaper “Folha de São Paulo” on 7 February 2022, Juliana Areias’s birthday.
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