MÔNICA SALMASO













Born in São Paulo in 1971, Mônica Salmaso is the one of the best young voices in Brazil.
She recorded with many important musicians like Edu Lobo, Eduardo Gudin, José Miguel Wisnik, Marlui Miranda, Guinga, Nelson Ayres and the Jazz Symphonic Orchestra of São Paulo.
She recorded, with Paulo Bellinati, in 1995 the Afro-sambas of Baden Powell and Vinícius de Moraes. This is a wonderful Cd, very delicate and with beautiful arrangements. With this Afro-sambas CD she was nominated for Prêmio Sharp - 97 as Best New Singer in Brazilian Popular Music.

In 1999 Mônica Salmaso won the Visa-Mastercard-Eldorado Prize for best singer in Brazil. After this prize Mônica’s talent started to receive more attention.
Her first solo CD (Trampolim) was recorded in 1998 .










In 2004, she released her fourth CD “IAIÁ”. That is in my opinion the best CD, because the songs have an amazing simplicity despite the complexity of the arrangements. There is in this album an economy of instruments that results, in my opinion, in a Cd with excellent arrangements and wonderful delicacy.

I would point out the songs Vingança (Francisco Mattoso / José Maria de Abreu ), Menina Amanhã de Manhã (Tom Zé / Perna) and É Doce Morrer no Mar ( Dorival Caymmi), because they are in my opinion the most beautiful songs in this CD and I think that everybody should listen to them once in life.
I’ ll finish this report with Edu Lobo’s comment about Mônica’s voice "...she has the best voice I have ever heard in recent years."


Project from
Gabriela Kaufmann Sacchetto
Advanced 3
Teacher Nilce

Centro Britânico
Pompéia Branch