Biography
Marlui Miranda has built an international reputation through extensive research into the musical traditions of Northern Brazil’s indigenous communities. Since joining Pau Brasil in 1996, she has seen her own songs interpreted by Sá é Guarabyra, Ney Matogrosso, and additional performers. In addition, she has served as a consultant on indigenous music for various endeavors, among them Hector Babenco’s motion picture Brincando Nos Campos do Senhor, and she oversaw production of the Sonoton release Amazon Rainforest Music.
After relocating to Rio de Janeiro in 1971, Miranda pursued classical-guitar studies under Turíbio Santos and other distinguished musicians. Before long she was performing as an accompanist alongside Milton Nascimento, Jards Macalé, and Egberto Gismonti, the last of whom produced her debut album Olho d'Água in 1979. Throughout the 1970s she intensified her investigations into indigenous music, an influence that remains prominent in her output. On the ethnomusicological front she assembled the album Patter Merewa, comprising thirteen Suruí Indian songs from Rondônia (Acre), and she obtained multiple grants, among them awards from both the Guggenheim Foundation and the Rockefeller Foundation.
Following the 1995 appearance of IHU - Todos Os Sons, the recording was issued in the United States, Austria, Switzerland, and Germany, where it earned the German Phono Academy Award. Miranda subsequently documented the accompanying stage production for television, after which TV Cultura broadcast it across Brazil.
After relocating to Rio de Janeiro in 1971, Miranda pursued classical-guitar studies under Turíbio Santos and other distinguished musicians. Before long she was performing as an accompanist alongside Milton Nascimento, Jards Macalé, and Egberto Gismonti, the last of whom produced her debut album Olho d'Água in 1979. Throughout the 1970s she intensified her investigations into indigenous music, an influence that remains prominent in her output. On the ethnomusicological front she assembled the album Patter Merewa, comprising thirteen Suruí Indian songs from Rondônia (Acre), and she obtained multiple grants, among them awards from both the Guggenheim Foundation and the Rockefeller Foundation.
Following the 1995 appearance of IHU - Todos Os Sons, the recording was issued in the United States, Austria, Switzerland, and Germany, where it earned the German Phono Academy Award. Miranda subsequently documented the accompanying stage production for television, after which TV Cultura broadcast it across Brazil.
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