Sofia Ribeiro

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Playful wings

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Released: Jan 1, 2010

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Playful wings
5:05
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Era um redondo vocábulo
5:51
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No ar
6:23
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Mayo
5:45
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Black coffee
6:03
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General Info

Genre: Jazz / Other
Location Porto, Po
Profile Views: 93953
Last Login: 11/1/2011
Member Since 11/11/2005
Website www.sofiaribeiro.com
Type of Label Unsigned
Bio
Sofia Ribeiro was born in Lisbon, Portugal in 1978. She has a diploma in jazz performance from "Escola Superior de Música e Artes do Espectáculo do Porto", where she studied with Maria João and Fay Claassen. During her studies she did a one year exchange program in Barcelona at "Escola Superior de Música de Catalunya" and another one at the famous Berklee College of Music (Boston), that offered her a scholarship. She was a student of Bob Stoloff and was awarded the "Oliver Wagmann Memorial Scholarship", for an "outstanding vocalist demonstrating academic excellence at the college". Later she received a master's degree in jazz performance with "great distinction" from the Royal Conservatory of Brussels, where she studied with David Linx. During her master's studies she went to study for one year at the prestigious "Conservatoire National Superieur de Paris" (CNSNDP) with an "Erasmus" scholarship. She received the second prize of the first "Brussels International Young Jazz Singers Competition", Belgium, the first prize at the "International Jazz Competition for Singing Musicians: Voicingers", Poland, and the first prize at the "Crest Jazz Vocal" competition, France (in duo with Marc Demuth). In March 2008 she participated in the prestigious Betty Carter Jazz Ahead program at the Kennedy Center (Washington, DC). She has performed in different venues in various countries, such as: Centro Cultural de Belém (Lisbon, Portugal), Sunset Jazz Club (Paris, France), Berklee Performance Center (Boston, U.S.A.), The National Theatre (London, U.K.), Philharmonie (Luxembourg City, Luxembourg), Brussels Jazz Marathon (Brussels, Belgium), Euro Jazz Gala (Trier, Germany), Kennedy Center (Washington, U.S.A.), Jazz au Chellah (Rabat, Morocco) and Easy Jazz Festival (Zory, Poland). She has recorded three CDs: "Dança da Solidão" (2006), in duo with Marc Demuth, "Orik" (2008) with the Marc Demuth 4tet and "Porto" (2010), in collaboration with Gui Duvignau.
Members
DANÇA DA SOLIDÃO SOFIA RIBEIRO & MARC DEMUTH DUO Sofia Ribeiro (vc) & Marc Demuth (db) ORIK MARC DEMUTH 4TET FEAT. SOFIA RIBEIRO Sofia Ribeiro (vc), Marc Demuth (db), Pascal Schumacher (vib), Joachim Badenhorst (cl), Yves Peeters (drms) PORTO SOFIA RIBEIRO - GUI DUVIGNAU Sofia Ribeiro (vc), Gui Duvignau (db), João Salcedo / Leonardo Montana (pno), Mathieu Gramoli / Thibault Perriard (drms) MYSPACE TRACKS Playful wings (Sofia Ribeiro/Gui Duvignau) Era um redondo vocábulo (Zeca Afonso) No ar (Sofia Ribeiro) Mayo (Sofia Ribeiro) Black coffee (P. F. Webster/S.Burke) You'd be so nice (C.Porter) Saudade (Sofia Ribeiro) Live in "THSC" (Porto), duo with Florian Weber
Influences
Ella Fitzgerald, Tom Jobim, Chet Baker, Elis Regina, Amália Rodrigues, Bobby McFerrin, Mário Laginha, Milton Nascimento, Rosa Passos, Fay Claassen, Gretchen Parlato, Norma Winstone, Kenny Wheeler, Guinga, Caetano Veloso, Cassandra Wilson, Carmen McRae, Hermeto Pascoal, Chico Buarque, Debussy, Maria Pia de Vito, Theo Bleckmann, Bill Evans, Maria João, Bjork, Dominique Eade, Stevie Wonder, David Linx, Pixinguinha, Ravel, Diederik Wissels, Ricky Lee Jones, Luciana Souza, Holly Cole, Lisa Bassenge, Erykah Badu, (...)
Sounds Like
"Sofia is an exceptionally talented musician who is stylistically diverse and technically proficient, with a remarkable ear and articulation technique. Her stylistic interpretation is seasoned, sophisticated and extremely expressive. She is one of the best scat singers that I have ever worked with!" Bob Stoloff "Sofia entered the talent-filled stage with both confidence and nobility. Her sound was wonderful. Her musical choices were simple and tasteful, managing to have presence without the usual vocal jazz clichés of over drama and imitation (…). This is clearly a case of true musical love and talent mixed sophisticatedly with lots of hard work." By Nomi Zysblat, about Rainbow Band Concert at B.P.C., (Boston, U.S.A.), December 2005 "Sofia seems to infuse the lyrics with emotion and soul and not simply sing the melodies, and this makes all the difference. An excellent debut record for a Portuguese jazz singer!" By Leonel Santos, about Sofia Ribeiro & Marc Demuth Duo CD "Dança da Solidão"