Brazil’s Melting Pot Diversity

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Brazil’s Melting Pot Diversity

Brazil boasts one of the world’s most diverse cultures. It’s a Melting Pot nation, just like ours.

Brazil’s Melting Pot Diversity: Many countries welcome immigrants. But few embrace migrating peoples and their cultural contributions quite like Brazil.

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In celebration of Brazil’s Bicentennial year, 1822 – 2022

This week’s Brazilian Minute: Brazil’s Melting Pot Diversity

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Brazil boasts one of the world’s most diverse cultures. It’s a Melting Pot nation, just like ours. Now that we’re celebrating Brazil’s Bicentennial, it’s fair to ask: Where do all these Brazilians come from?

Brazil has the world’s largest population of Portuguese origin, greater than Portugal itself.  Brazil has the most people of Italian descent living outside of Italy. That’s true for the Japanese, and for Lebanese, too.

After the USA, Brazil has the second-largest population of German descent  outside of Germany, and here’s a surprising fact:

Even though Brazilians speak Portuguese, Brazil has become home to the largest number of Spanish settlers outside of Spain. More Spaniards have emigrated to Brazil than all of Spain’s former colonies combined!

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A graph showing Brazil's Melting Pot diversity since 1990
The story of Brazil’s Melting Pot diversity goes all the way back to its days as a colony of Portugal. Here’s contemporary look at the largest immigrant groups arriving in Brazil since 1990. (image: Innoath Data | YouTube)

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Overview: Stirring Brazil’s Diversity Pot

A stroll along Rio de Janeiro’s shoreline sidewalks in the mid-1800s would have provided a curious sight. Gentlemen sported long-tail coats, with top hats and walking canes. Ladies wore full-length dresses with open necklines and long sleeves, with matching parasols.

The fashions of the day came from Lisbon and Paris, courtesy of migrating merchants from the Old World. Not well-suited for daily life near the Tropic of Capricorn.

Today, Cariocas dress more comfortably for a day at the beach. They’ll head for one of  Copacabana’s kiosks (a Turkish word) to enjoy a cold chope from German-Brazilian brewmasters. Maybe an order of Japanese sushi. Or perhaps deep-fried kibe, tasty croquettes of beef and mint brought to Brazil by Lebanese immigrants.

Many countries welcome immigrants. But few embrace migrating peoples and their cultural contributions quite like Brazil and its Melting Pot diversity.

Early Melting Pot History

From its earliest days as a colony of the Portuguese Empire, Brazil has attracted migrants from all points on the map.

The history of proper immigration began in 1808. This was the year that Brazil opened its southern ports to accept migrants.

By 1820, a small but steady flow of European immigrants arrived on Brazilian shores. They were ready to begin new lives in the newly-created nation.

Migrants averaged about 6,000 per year, with 45% arriving from Portugal. Germans were the second-largest group, accounting for 13%. They settled in the southern regions of Brazil, centered around Rio Grande do Sul.

The Great European Wave

Fifty years later, Brazil’s annual immigration rose to about 71,000 per year. It was the beginning of a new period of growth for Brazil.

Many Central Europeans were looking for new opportunities and better lives for their families. They wanted to be free from high taxes and restrictive government control over their lives.  

Migration to Brazil swelled to 2-3 million arrivals annually between 1872 and 1930. Italian migrants numbered the strongest in the last part of the 19th century. Portuguese settlers led the diaspora through most of the 20th century.

Brazilian Abolition occurred in 1888 with Princess Isabel signing the Lei Áurea, the ‘Golden Law’. This decree provided job-based opportunities for its newly-arrived citizens.

Japan

Brazil has the unique distinction of having the most people of Japanese descent anywhere in the world outside of Japan. Many came largely to São Paulo as farmers and agriculturalists.

Japanese migrants first began to arrive in Brazil in 1907. Many became owners of coffee plantations. Their numbers increased through the mid-1930s, with a second surge in the late 1950s.

Today, Japanese-Brazilians enjoy a measure of social recognition for their contributions through various endeavors. These include business and entrepreneurship, the Arts, urban planning, land development, politics, resource management, and sports.

Brazil's Melting Pot diversity: A group of Ukrainian refugees arrives in Sao Paulo.
Brazil’s Melting Pot Diversity: A group of Ukrainian refugees arrives in Sao Paulo. Brazil’s humanitarian visa is valid for 180 days. (Photo: uncredited, courtesy of MercoPress)

Humanitarian Visas

Since the early 2000s, Brazil’s Humanitarian programs have welcomed hundreds of thousands of affected people from around the world, just as it did during World War II. 

For instance, the crisis in Haiti after the 2010 earthquake was met with swift action by Brazil. It offered humanitarian visas or permanent residency to nearly 100,000 displaced Haitians.

Brazil’s ‘Declaration and Plan of Action’ was so effective that it has been adopted by 28 Latin American countries as a blueprint for future needs. Brazil’s innovation includes the creation of new visa categories for refugees and displaced people.

Subsequently, Brazil has become a leader in the Western Hemisphere for addressing humanitarian concerns.

With funding from the United Nations, Brazil aided the relocation of 1,500 Syrian refugees in 2016. A similar program was designed for Venezuelans that same year.

Then, In March 2022 Brazil once again extended a welcoming hand to Ukrainian nationals and those affected by displacement due to Ukraine’s conflict with Russia. Brazil is issuing temporary humanitarian visas and residency permits.

According to the Associated Press and Scripps International, Brazil is home to the largest population of Ukrainians (and their descendants) in Latin America. According to the Ukrainian Embassy, the population estimates are between 500,000 and 600,000.

On Monday, March 28th, 2022, 47 more Ukrainians were welcomed to Brazil at São Paulo’s Guarulhos Airport.

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Brazil’s Melting Pot Diversity

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Brazil’s Leading Role With Renewable Energy

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Brazil’s Leading Role With Renewable Energy

Blessed with sea, sun, and wind, Brazil has become a global leader in renewable energy.

Brazil’s leading role with renewable energy may come as a surprise to some but its policies are highly regarded concerning the world’s most pressing energy needs.

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In celebration of Brazil’s Bicentennial year, 1822 – 2022

This week’s Brazilian Minute: Brazil’s Leading Role With Renewable Energy

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When we think of ‘energy’, words like ‘renewable’ and ‘sustainable’ are on everyone’s mind. Let’s add one more word. ‘Brazil’!

A world leader in Renewable Energy for more than 50 years, Brazil’s energy policies are highly regarded concerning the world’s most urgent energy challenges, including solar and wind power development.

Brazil leads all of Latin America in Energy production, more than the combined power produced by all other South American nations. 

Renewable energy creates about 45% of Brazil’s energy demand. Brazil’s energy profile is one of the world’s least carbon-intensive.

Sugarcane is Brazil’s leading source for Renewable Energy. Hydroelectric power provides 65% of Brazil’s electricity.

Here’s a fun fact: The Itaipu Dam is the second-largest power station on Earth, and one of the Seven Engineering Wonders of the Modern World!

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Brazil’s leading role with renewable energy includes one of the world's largest hydroelectric power stations.
The massive Itaipu Dam lights up the night. Brazil’s leading role with renewable energy includes one of the world’s largest hydroelectric power stations. (image: 11102090 © Alexandre Fagundes De Fagundes | Dreamstime.com)

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The internationally-respected International Energy Agency (IEA) reports that Brazil’s energy policies compare favorably with other countries around the world. This is especially true when our most urgent energy challenges are considered.

Brazil is one of the least carbon-intensive countries in the world. Its energy sector comfortably serves the electrical needs of the nation. Currently, an array of renewable energy sources meet approximately 45% of energy demand.

Brazil’s role as a key player in renewable energy began in the 1970s. That’s when it started the construction of large hydroelectric plants throughout the country. Brazil’s abundant sugarcane crops have helped it to become a pioneer in the production of ethanol.

Fun Fact about Brazil’s Renewable Energy

Consequently, Brazil’s energy matrix is much more renewable than the rest of the world.  45% of Brazil’s energy matrix is renewable.

The Brazilian Energy Planning Agency (EPE) targets renewable sources as an ongoing priority. The IEA’s Global Energy Review from 2020 reports that Brazil is currently targeting 48% of its energy matrix.

Worldwide the percentage share of renewable energy makes up 28% of the world’s energy profile. Current events in Europe illustrate how important sustainable and renewable energy independence is for any country.

Breaking Down Brazil’s Renewable Energy Resources

When it comes to Brazil’s renewable energy resources, Sugarcane leads the way. Energy from sugarcane and its byproducts provides 39.1% of Brazil’s renewable energy profile.

Hydroelectric power plants run a close second. They provide 27.6%, while vegetal coal and firewood supply 18.8%. Emerging renewables including solar, wind, and biomass contribute 14.5% of Brazil’s renewable energy use.

Ultimately, Brazil’s electricity profile is considered to be one of the cleanest in the world.

Brazil’s commitment to its role as a world leader in renewable energy projects continues. Advanced application of wind power, solar power, and expanded hydropower capacity is ongoing.

Let’s see how Brazil does it. 

Hydroelectric Power

Fully 65% of Brazil’s electricity comes from hydroelectric power stations. Brazil has the third-highest projected expansion for hydroelectricity, following Russia and China.

The Itaipu Dam is the world’s second-largest hydroelectric power station in the world. The American Society of Civil Engineers named Itaipu one of the seven engineering wonders of the Modern World.

Here’s a fun fact: In 1989, avant-garde composer Philip Glass created a symphonic cantata titled Itaipu as a musical tribute. He presented it with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra.

The US Trade Department has determined that Brazil is the largest electricity market in Latin America.

Here’s an impressive stat. Brazil generates and distributes electricity to more than 85 million consumers. Its electrical output serves residential, commercial, and industrial needs.

Brazil’s electrical service is greater than all the power generated by the rest of South America, combined. Looking to the future, Brazil anticipates that investment in its energy sector will grow to $94 billion by 2029.

Wind Power

Brazil’s advancements in wind power is has accelerated in recent years. Currently, Brazilian winds can generate up to 500 gigawatts of electrical energy.

According to the International Renewable Agency (IRENA), Brazil is the fastest-growing wind power market in South America. Globally, Brazil is ranked 7th by the Global Wind Energy Council, and in 2016, it was considered the 5th best wind market in the world.

What part of Brazil is the largest producer of wind energy? Look no further than Rio Grande do Norte. The Hustle reports, that “according to Bloomberg Tech, breezes from the Northeast of Brazil are “so perfect” for these windmills that Brazil is capable of spinning more wind energy than any other region on the planet.”

Fun fact: Brazil debuted its first wind energy turbine in 1992. It was installed in the Fernando de Noronha Archipelago, 340 miles off the coast of Pernambuco.

Solar Power

For decades, we’ve known that the Brazilian sun powers the nightlife in Rio de Janeiro. But because Brazil is one of the world’s sunniest countries, it also has one of the highest rates of solar incidence, anywhere.

Brazil’s sheer size helps it to be a leading nation in the conversion of sunlight into usable energy, too.

Looking for Brazil’s largest solar facilities? They are located in Ituverava and Nova Olinda. They are hundreds of miles inland from Belo Horizonte and Recife, respectively.

Biofuels

Brazil is the second-largest producer of ethanol in the world and is the largest exporter of ethanol. Brazil’s biofuel industry dates to 1975 and the ProAlcool program.

Brazil’s National Energy Plan 2030 (PNE) established annual production goals of 66 billion liters for bioethanol and 18.5 billion liters for biodiesel. The plan’s target date is 2030. It is intended to provide biofuel security for domestic use while meeting the challenges of international competitiveness.

All Brazilian gasoline contains ethanol. When it comes to renewable energy for cars, trucks, and motorbikes in Brazil, ethanol is the answer.

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The strong and steady winds of the Brazilian northeast form a natural partnership for Brazil’s renewable energy goals.

A Centennial Celebration for Sao Paulo’s Week of Modern Art

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A Centennial Celebration for Sao Paulo’s Week of Modern Art

Brazil’s Centennial in 1922 found the nation on the cusp of a new, International era: One defined by its emerging presence in the full spectrum of the arts.

A Centennial Celebration for Sao Paulo’s Week of Modern Art has captured the interest and imagination of Brazilians everywhere. Let’s explore!

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In celebration of Brazil’s Bicentennial year, 1822 – 2022

This week’s Brazilian Minute: A Centennial Celebration for Sao Paulo’s Week of Modern Art

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Welcome to Brazilian Minute, brought to you by the Consulate-General of Brazil in Chicago and the Brazilian Foreign Ministry’s Cultural Department.

Brazil’s Bicentennial includes a centennial celebration for Sao Paulo’s Week of Modern Art in 1922.

Events were held at the landmark Municipal Theater, inviting poets, painters, musicians, writers, sculptors, architects, and philosophers to re-define Brazil’s cultural profile by combining Brazilian culture with American, Indigenous, and European influence.

Among these were the famed Brazilian composer, Heitor Villa Lobos, abstract artist Emiliano Di Cavalcanti, and poet Oswald de Andrade, who believed that Brazil should assimilate international influences to develop its own artistic identity. A sort of cultural cannibalism.

Although controversial, Sao Paulo’s revolutionary Week of Modern Art initiated an intensely productive period in the Brazilian arts, bringing a new generation of Brazilian creativity to the nation and the rest of the world.

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Emiliano Di Cavalcanti’s Women With Fruit, 1932. Although not a strict modernist, Di Cavalcanti advocated for the creation of a purely Brazilian artistic style.

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Entering The World Stage

1922. At 100 years, Brazil had shaken off its adolescence and was ready to make its mark in the world. Politically, the country had weaned itself away from Portugal’s Monarchal rule.  Brazil was poised to develop a distinctive identity for itself.

Culture played a defining role in this transition. From colony to center of the Portuguese Empire, to the Democratic Republic of Brazil and its first Constitution.

Europe was the source of much of Brazil’s international influences. Never mind how unsuited Parisian fashion was for a tropical country, it was the trend in Rio and São Paulo.

The Arts – from paintings to literature, poetry, music, and sculpture – took many cues from the Motherland of Europe.

This included Modernist art, which reflected the broader philosophy of Modernism. A basic tenet was the desire to move away from tradition with purposeful – and thought-provoking – abstract creation.

Brazil’s Artistic Youth Movement of 1922

Many of Brazil’s young early-20th century artists, poets, and authors picked up on this emerging trend. Several studied Modernism in Europe and brought these teaching home with them. São Paulo’s Week of Modern Art was created by this group and perhaps influenced by 1913’s International Exhibition of Modern Art which took place in New York City.

The primary Organizers of the event were Emiliano Di Cavalcanti, Mário de Andrade, Manuel Bandeira, and Oswald de Andrade.

The guiding idea for this Modern Art Week was to illustrate a newfound sense of Brazilian individuality. Further, to ensure a place for Brazilian artists of all kinds to explore a cultural identity for their country.

São Paulo’s Week of Modern Art was met with predictable mainstream criticism, and in truth, the participants who launched the movement disbanded into separate groups.

Four Takeaways from São Paulo’s Week of Modern Art

Disliked From The Start

São Paulo’s most prestigious scribe disliked the idea, five years before it happened. The city’s #1 newspaper O Estado de S. Paulo, published Monteiro Lobato’s article titled ‘Paranoia or Mystification” in December of 1917. Boldly, the author defended the principles of classical art.2. Controversy Creates Movement

Controversy Creates Momentum

Both Mario and Oswald de Andrade (not related), were also writers and they pushed back against Lobato’s article, drawing funding contributions and support from São Paulo’s Elite. Many of this Oligarchy were wealthy owners of coffee plantations, and parents of many of the young artists to be included in São Paulo’s Week of Modern Art exhibition.

Short-Term Setbacks and Long-term Successes

Although Brazil’s Modern Art Week was not a public success, it proved to be a seminal moment for Brazilian culture. Oswald de Andrade proposed that Brazil take inspiration from other countries and cultures, then recreate what it takes into something uniquely Brazilian.

This simple statement has come to be a guiding force in many aspects of Brazilian popular culture today. Especially in poetry, literature, and music.

Sao Paulo’s Week of Modern Art: Brazil’s Music

Of these, perhaps Brazilian music is the best mainstream example. The first example came seven years after São Paulo’s Week of Modern Art concluded. It came in the form of a foreigner. She was an immigrant from Portugal named Carmen Miranda. She would go on to become Brazil’s first superstar on stage, in film, and at the microphone.

By the 1950s, Oswald de Andrade’s guiding principle was ready to redefine popular music in Brazil. Part slowed-down Samba, part West Coast jazz, Bossa Nova was the stepchild of his theory. Antonio Carlos Jobim and Joao Gilberto borrowed what they needed from each to create something uniquely Brazilian. And aren’t we thankful for that?

1967

But perhaps the greatest example of de Andrade’s contemporary “cultural cannibalism” isn’t a person or a thing. It is a specific period of time. 365 days, beginning on January 1, 1967.

1967 was the year that saw the birth of Tropicália and its desire to recreate the energy of 1922 in art and music. It marked the beginning of careers for Caetano Veloso, Gilberto Gil, Gal Costa, and Brazilian American Rita Lee. 1967 brought a pivotal moment to Milton Nascimento with his first recording deal for his new approach to Brazilian pop music.

Today and Tomorrow

Today, the vibrations created in mid-February 1922 are still felt throughout Brazilian culture. They expand outward to every corner of the world.

Just as intended.

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Explore the Centennial Celebration for Sao Paulo’s Week of Modern Art with this presentation in Portuguese.

The Waters of March Is Brazil’s Most Popular Song

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The Waters of March Is Brazil’s Most Popular Song

Antonio Carlos Jobim’s song about the joys and challenges of life celebrates its 53rd anniversary this year.

The Waters of March Is Brazil’s Most Popular Song, according to newspapers, journalists, scholars, and Brazilian music fans everywhere.

This week’s Brazilian Minute: The Waters of March Is Brazil’s Most Popular Song

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2025 marks the 53rd anniversary of Brazil’s most popular song. Antonio Carlos Jobim’s ‘Águas de Março’, ‘The Waters of March’.

It happened on a rainy day in March 1972 when Jobim was frustrated with the stormy weather. Things were not going his way. So, he sat down and began to write.

‘Águas de Março’ tells the story of the cycle of life. The song’s simplicity is also what makes it popular worldwide. There’s meaning in each phrase.

There are thousands of versions for ‘The Waters of March’ in more than a dozen languages, but Jobim’s duet with the legendary Elis Regina is the most famous, and the one that makes it Brazil’s most popular song!

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This is the inside gatefold from the original 1974 Brazilian release of the Elis & Tom album. The Portuguese inscription by Elis Regina reads: “In my ten years with the label, I got a meeting with Tom as a gift. These were moments lived by two very tense people, who can only relax through music. happier people.”
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The Debut

It wasn’t a good one. The song’s initial release hinged on a music entrepreneur with a good idea and bad timing. Amazingly, it worked out very well for MPB singer and songwriter João Bosco. Why? Tap or click here to read about it on this page.

Weeks later, Elis Regina recorded her version on her self-titled album ‘Elis’. Meanwhile, Antonio Carlos Jobim was headed to a New York studio to begin work on his self-titled album Jobim. In Brazil, the album was titled Matita Perê and both releases contained a newly-recorded version of ‘Águas de Março’.

The US release also contained the English version of ‘The Waters of March’.

  • Less than two years later, these two Brazilian superstars would meet in Los Angeles to record Brazil’s most popular song. Tap or click to read this unlikely story.
  • March 17th is Elis Regina’s birthday. You can read the book-length biography of her life, translated to English here.

The Lyrics

Fans, critics, and music historians alike marvel at the lyrics of this song in English or Portuguese. Many note that there is not really a story being told, as much as a poetic stream of thought.

The meter of the phrasing in ‘Águas de Março’ is slightly different when compared to the English version, ‘The Waters of March’.

However, Jobim – who authored both sets of lyrics – set the phrasing with purpose. He also made allowances for the differences between the two languages.

With the Portuguese version, nearly every line begins with “É..” (It is).

“É pau, é pedra, é o fim do caminho. é um resto de toco, é um pouco sozinho.”

This simple choice amplifies the importance of the noun or the action of each phrase. The idea works well with the English version, too.

“A stick, a stone, it’s the end of the road. It’s the rest of the stump, it’s a little alone.”

50 years on, the relevance and wisdom of Jobim’s observations about life remain unmatched in the lyrics of a song.

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The Commercials

Within months of those early releases, both ‘Águas de Março’ and ‘The Waters of March’ found their way onto new recordings by Sergio Mendes, Stan Getz, and João Gilberto.

And it wasn’t just musicians who were taking notice.

In 1985, Coke used the song with rewritten lyrics on a summer “Coke Is It” TV campaign. The ad made its US debut on ABC-TV, on January 20th, during the Super Bowl XIX live broadcast. Unique versions in Portuguese for “Coca-Cola é Isso Aí” also aired on Brazilian TV for several years, with lyrics written by Nelson Wellington.

The Philippine shopping mall chain, Ayala Malls created their own ad version of ‘The Waters of March’, and even an ‘unauthorized’ bootleg commercial for Trader Joe’s has racked up more than a million views on YouTube in the past few years.

The Documentary

There are many hidden stories connected to Antonio Carlos Jobim’s ‘Águas de Março’ and we’ve taken great care to research fact from fiction.

No, the lyrics are not haiku. No, it is not a song about climate change.

‘The Waters of March’ is Brazil’s most popular song because of a duet recorded for an album (Elis & Tom) in Los Angeles, in 1974. It united two of Brazilian music’s biggest names, Antonio Carlos Jobim and Elis Regina.

The backstory of how this fateful meeting occurred is here, and it should not be missed.

A few days after Elis Regina arrived in Los Angeles to meet with Jobim, Cinematographer Roberto de Oliveira packed up his cameras and flew to L.A. He was there to film a documentary on the making of Elis & Tom for TV Bandeirantes in Brazil.

For many years, this historic documentary was unavailable to the public. However, we have unearthed the complete 46-minute TV show, as originally produced for broadcast.

You’ll find it directly below. Enjoy!

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This historic documentary on the making of Elis & Tom was unavailable for public viewing until just a few months ago. Enjoy!

The Musical Life of Heitor Villa-Lobos

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The Musical Life of Heitor Villa-Lobos

Largely self-taught, Villa-Lobos embraced the spectrum of Brazil, from its flora and fauna to its peoples and culture.

The musical life of Heitor Villa-Lobos is once again on display, with Rio’s Villa-Lobos Museum reopening its doors this week.

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This week’s Brazilian Minute: The Musical Life of Heitor Villa-Lobos

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Welcome to Brazilian Minute, brought to you by the Consulate-General of Brazil in Chicago and the Brazilian Foreign Ministry’s Cultural Department.

If I say “Brazilian Music” you might think Bossa Nova, Samba, MPB, or Brazilian Jazz.  But one of Brazil’s most famous musicians is known for his classical music. Composer Heitor Villa-Lobos.

Born in Rio de Janeiro on March 5th, 1887, Villa-Lobos moved to Paris in 1923. There, he met many of the top composers and artists of the day, including Prokofiev, Stravinsky, and Picasso.

Villa-Lobos wrote about 2000 works – from guitar inventions to symphonies and chamber music. Often drawing on the ethnic variety of Brazil itself.

He’s best known for his ‘Bachianas Brasileiras’, nine compositions that combine the spirit of Johann Sebastian Bach with the powerful rhythms and folk styles of Brazil.

Each year, Brazil’s National Classical Music Day is celebrated in his honor.

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The Villa-Lobos Museum

Composer Heitor Villa-Lobos carried the influence of 1922’s Week of Modern Art forward to the music of Antonio Carlos Jobim, and many of the great names of MPB, including Chico Buarque, Uakti, and Caetano Veloso.

Plan a visit to the Villa-Lobos Museum (Museu Villa-Lobos) in Rio de Janeiro. You’ll gain a better understanding of his contributions to Brazilian music.

Organic creativity

Spacious gardens surround this colonial-era mansion in Botafogo. It’s an idyllic setting for preserving the musical life of Heitor Villa-Lobos. Founded in 1960 by Villa-Lobos’s second wife, it is home to thousands of original documents, manuscripts, and personal letters.

This is an impressive collection. For example, there are 1,600 photographs, programs, and posters of his concerts, in addition to sound and audiovisual files. In 2019, the museum digitized much of the collection to ensure a lasting legacy.

In 2020 Museu Villa-Lobos presented its first virtual exhibition, “Native Brazilian Music”. Most importantly, more than 50 images and recordings of Brazilian songs were included. Plus, the museum also presents a variety of cultural and educational activities. This includes music concerts and performance art.

Reopening

Closed to the public during the COVID-19 shutdown, The Villa-Lobos Museum will reopen this week, on March 7, 2022. Hours of operation are from 10 am to 5 pm.

Importantly, the museum’s website states “ The exhibition “Memories of Arminda”, since June 2021 available on the Google Arts & Culture platform, makes its “in-person” debut, and will be open from Monday to Friday, from 10 am to 5 pm.

“Memories of Arminda” deals with the trajectory of Arminda Villa-Lobos (1907-1985), the “Mindinha de Villa-Lobos”, second companion of the composer and first director of the Villa-Lobos Museum (1960-1985).

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The Villa-Lobos Museum

R. Sorocaba, 200

Botafogo, Rio de Janeiro – RJ, Brazil

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Phone: +55 21 2226-9020

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The complete works of Heitor Villa-Lobos’s Bachianas Brasileiras, recorded in 2004 by the Nashville Symphony Orchestra. Enjoy!

The History of Italians In Brazil

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The History of Italians In Brazil

From Grammy winners to World Cup and Formula One Champions, here’s a Latin connection like no other

The history of Italians in Brazil dates to the late 1800s when the young nation opened its doors to the world.

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This week’s Brazilian Minute: The History of Italians In Brazil

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Just like the United States, Brazil is a melting pot nation for immigrants. Especially for Italians, who began flocking to Brazil in the late 1800s. They came to grow coffee but were successful in business, the arts, and politics, too.

Today about 25 million Brazilians of Italian descent influence daily life everywhere. Like Brazilian pizza and wine. Sao Paulo’s famed soccer club ‘Palmeiras’ was founded by Italian-Brazilians. And even that traditional Brazilian ‘goodbye’ tchao has that Italian flair.

Famous Brazilians like singer Marisa Monte, Brazilian American actress Morena Baccarin (The Endgame, NBC), and Chicago Bears field goal kicker Cairo Santos all have Italian roots.

More Italian descendants live in Brazil than in any other county outside of Italy. That’s why Sao Paulo’s ‘Italian Immigrants Day’ on February 21st is always a special occasion. 

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Italian meats in display case at Eataly, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
If you’ve ever been to Eataly in Chicago, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Boston, or New York, you’ll feel right at home in Sao Paulo. (Photo © Napior | Dreamstime.com)

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The Brazilian Italian Connection

When it comes to Brazil’s Arts and culture, Brazilians of Italian descent are found in every field. From poetry and literature to acting and performance art and sports on the global stage.

The Sciences

Crossing science and the humanities, we will list physicist Ennio Candotti, sociologist and writer Raymundo Faoro, medical scientist Marco Antonio Zago, novelist Cristóvão Tezza, and painter-poet Pedro Paulo Bruno.

Sports

Brazilians of Italian descent from the sporting world are too numerous to list here. But notable names include soccer (futebol) stars Cacá, 1994 World Cup-winning manager Dunga, Diego, and Rafael. Motorsport racers include Emerson and Cristian Fittipaldi, Reubens Barrichello, Felipe Massa and Ayrton Senna.

Performing Arts

From the performing arts: Screenwriter and playwright Marcos Caruso, filmmaker-director Antonio Campos, and fashion designer Carlos Miele. Fashion model Izabel Goulart, actress and poet Bruna Lombardi, and Globo’s Roberto Marinho. Ballet dancer Clara Ricciolini and TV presenter, actress, and singer Xuxa.

For a more inclusive list of Italian Brazilians click or tap here.

Music

This influence is heard in Brazilian music, too. Here’s a short list of Brazilian musicians with Italian roots.

Songwriters Joao Bosco, Dorival Caymmi, Radamés Gnattali, Nara Leao, and Toquinho. Vocalists Adriana Calcanhotto, Rita Lee, Daniela Mercury, and Luiza Pozzi. Guitarists Paulo Bellinati, Ronaldo Folegatti, and Victor Biglione. Piano and keyboardists Eumir Deodato and Egberto Gismonti.

Here are a pair of articles to help you appreciate two different aspects of Italy’s close relationship with Brazil. Enjoy!

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The Jazz Samba Giveaway

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The Jazz Samba Giveaway

This iconic Bossa Nova and Brazilian jazz album celebrates its 60th anniversary on February 13, 2022. Enter our Giveaway today!

The Connect Brazil Giveaway for Jazz Samba! February 13, 1962: The All Souls Unitarian Church in Washington DC was the chosen setting for guitarist Charlie Byrd and saxophonist Stan Getz, who prepared to record the seminal Brazilian jazz album of all time.

Here’s your chance to add this completely re-mastered album from the original recording session to your collection!

Win one of five copies of this album from Connect Brazil. Enter today, below.

The Charlie Byrd Trio, with bassist Keter Betts and drummer Eddie Phyfe. (image courtesy of Alan Waite Advertising/TWP Archives with our thanks.)

“One afternoon. Two hours. Six American musicians. Seven songs. A history-making album that set the tone for Brazilian jazz and Bossa Nova worldwide.”

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Rhythm and romance? That’s February! Don’t miss your chance to win this outstanding landmark Brazilian jazz album.

One afternoon. Two hours. Six American musicians. Seven songs. A history-making album that set the tone for Brazilian jazz and Bossa Nova worldwide.

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Wednesday, October 17, 1962: Stan Getz and Charlie Byrd play ‘Desafinado’ on NBC’s The Perry Como Show. Remember Don Adams (Maxwell Smart)? He did a hilarious comedy routine as a Bossa Nova teacher during this show.

Brazilian Valentines ’22: Connect Brazil This Week

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Brazilian Valentines ’22: Connect Brazil This Week

Connect Brazil’s weekly digest keeps you informed and up to date with the best of Brazil. What will you discover?

What’s Happening at Connectbrazil.com February 13-20, 2022

Connect Brazil’s Rhythm and Romance Showcase ’22

Brazilian Valentines ’22!

Connect Brazil’s Rhythm and Romance Showcase ’22 includes our video list of a half-dozen of Brazil’s best love songs. Each one is a perfect match with your personal playlist. Listen and view here.

Our week of rhythm and romance covers all the bases: dreamy destinations, dine-in taste tempters that you can whip up yourself, plus (of course) our musical hot tips for your personal ‘Brazilian Valentines’ playlist.

Topical stories, songs and recipes waiting on the homepage at Connect Brazil.

Listen Live This Friday

Plan to join me for Brazil Back2Back this Friday when I’ll play pair of fan-voted Brazilian love songs on our live streaming station (02/18). Top of the hour, at 11 am, 2 pm, and 5 pm CT for two in a row.

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The Brazilian Minute: Jazz Samba’s 60th Anniversary

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The iconic Bossa Nova and jazz album Jazz Samba celbrated its 60th anniversary in 2022.
The Brazilian Minute is presented by the Consulate-General of Brazil in Chicago and the Brazilian Foreign Ministry’s Cultural Department.

Welcome to The Brazilian Minute!

Brazil’s Bicentennial year of 2022 gives us the opportunity to tell Brazil’s greatest stories. We’re thrilled that this new weekly audio feature will introduce you to interesting people, places, and events in Brazilian history and culture.

This week’s episode:

This week, let’s catch up with the story behind the iconic Jazz Samba album, recorded on February 13, 1962, by an all-American band. Tap or click here to listen now.

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TOP STORIES

From May 5th, 2020: Zona Sul: Beautiful Botafogo is the name of the expansive bay that Portuguese sailors thought was the mouth of a great river. Their mistake led to the name Rio de Janeiro, ‘River of January’. Photo: Rosana McPhee

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This Week’s Spotlight Song: Stan Getz & Charlie Byrd | Desafinado

Wednesday, October 17, 1962: Stan Getz and Charlie Byrd play ‘Desafinado’ on NBC’s The Perry Como Show. Remember Don Adams (Maxwell Smart)? He did a hilarious comedy routine as a Bossa Nova teacher during this show.

Listen for this song on our streaming channels, including Bossa Nova Love Affair, Brazilian Jazz, and The Sunday Brazilian Brunch.

STREAMING MUSIC NEWS

Celebrating Stan Getz’s birthday on The Sounds of Brazil weekly show.

Here’s a special show you won’t want to miss! Relive the music and the stories behind Jazz Samba on its 60th anniversary! The quick success of Jazz Samba ignited the Bossa Nova craze in the US and in 13 months, Getz went on to record four more Bossa Nova albums, cementing his status as Bossa Nova’s American icon. It all started with this album.

You can listen 4 X daily and on-demand through February 13th. The playlist and Producer’s Notes are here.

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ON OUR STREAMING STATION

Taking you away from your part of the world, to ours. That’s The Sounds of Brazil’s streaming station at Connect Brazil!

Take our listening challenge: Spend an hour with our jazzy blend of breezy Bossas and crossover hits from both sides of the equator for five days. That’s all we ask!

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Daily Programming Guide

Tune in weekdays for The Midday Show with Scott Adams and relax every evening with our jazzy Quiet Nights program. Saturdays are reserved for Bossa Nova Breeze – all day, all night – and there’s always a place at the table waiting for you with The Sunday Brazilian Brunch!

The right song at the right time can make your spirits soar. Explore our newest video list, The Best of Brazilian Music ’21 Showcase. Then tune in for a trio of tunes that fit the bill. Listen for them on our streaming station this week:

  • ‘Let Me Say’ – Tiago Iorc
  • ‘Love Dance’ – Mike Metheny (Instrumental)
  • ‘Vambora’ – Adriana Calcanhotto

Listen for these songs on our always-live streaming station, and click here for all 12 of our streaming music channels.

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Brazil Back2Back

Always two-of-a-kind and always two in a row when you listen at the top of the hour, at 11 am, 2 pm, and 5 pm (US Central) Monday, Wednesday & Friday.

Here’s this week’s lineup:

  • Monday, February 14 – Love Dance
  • Wednesday, February 16 – New Music: Sergio Mendes Featuring Sheléa & Gilsons
  • Friday, February 18 – Brazilian Romance – fan voted!

Next week on Brazil Back2Back:

  • Monday, February 21 – The Brazilian Sax
  • Wednesday, February 23 – New Music: Lee Hutchinson & Matheus Fonseca, Lawson Rollins
  • Friday, February 25 – Roberta Sa

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New Music Spotlight: Marisa Monte | Portas

Less than a month away, Marisa Monte’s US tour will be here before you know it!

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Stan Getz and Charlie Byrd’s Jazz Samba Album at 60

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Stan Getz and Charlie Byrd’s Jazz Samba Album at 60

An album birthed from the excitement of a one-in-a-lifetime adventure in Rio de Janeiro reaches a musical milestone.

Stan Getz and Charlie Byrd’s Jazz Samba album at 60? You know the album, here’s the story behind it.

by Scott Adams

It’s amazing how musical milestones like this one can sneak up on us.

On February 13, 1962, six American jazz musicians walked through the doors of the All Souls Unitarian Church in Washington, DC. Two hours later, they had unknowingly rewritten the gospel according to Bossa Nova.

2022 celebrated the 60th Anniversary of Jazz Samba, the iconic album that forever changed how we embraced Bossa Nova and Brazilian jazz.

Rounding out the band were members of Charlie Byrd’s trio, bassist Keter Betts and drummer Buddy Deppenschmidt. Byrd’s brother Joe (listed as ‘Gene’) played guitar and bass. Drummer Bill Reichenbach was invited to be the percussionist.

Producer Creed Taylor had picked up Getz at the airport from the morning flight in from New York City, then made the half-hour drive with time to spare. The schedule was simple and there was plenty of time.

Arrangements had been made in advance.

Not your typical venue

Fifty dollars. That’s all it took to rent Pierce Hall at the All Souls Unitarian Church at 16th and Harvard streets NW for one day.

Byrd and Taylor had scouted locations, favoring Pierce Hall over Byrd’s first choice, the nearby Morris Cafritz Center. Taylor agreed that the acoustics were better but had concerns about traffic noise that might interfere with the recording.

Although the name sounded grand, Pierce Hall was actually a sparse auditorium with a one-step stage. The musicians arrived at around 11 am, ready to play at noon. Buddy Deppenschmidt recalls that two hours later, the drummers were packing up.

Only one of the seven songs required a second take.

Setting the stage for Stan Getz and Charlie Byrd’s Jazz Samba Album

If Jazz Samba had a two-word headline, it would have to be ‘Stan Getz’. The saxophonist cut his teeth with Woody Herman’s big band in the late 40s. He made a name for himself as a soloist in Herman’s legendary sax section, ‘The Four Brothers’.

Then Getz left the band to start his solo career in the early 50s and he soon became a top-ranked jazz star. But tax problems and serious substance abuse with heroin found him relocating to Copenhagen, Demark in 1958.

Meanwhile, guitarist Charlie Byrd was building an impressive resume of his own. His reputation grew when he began to partner with bass player Keter Betts in Washington DC. This led to an opportunity for them to tour with The US State Department, first in Europe in 1959 and again to Latin America in 1961.

By the time Byrd and Betts returned home, Getz had moved back, too. He was ready to have his US studio work pick up where he had left off.

His 1960 album Cool Velvet was produced for Verve Records by genius jazz producer Creed Taylor. But it left critics unimpressed and his club dates were not drawing well. Not surprisingly, new names were making news while Getz was away. John Coltrane was among them.

Stan Getz needed to revive his career.

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The stage at Pierce Hall, The All Souls Unitarian Church in Washington, DC on February 13, 1962. Stan Getz, Joe Byrd, and Charlie Byrd. Photo from the Buddy Deppenschmidt collection, with our thanks for its use here.

Bossa Nova’s birth of Cool

Listen to three songs that might have influenced Jazz Samba’s style and sound.

So, what inspired Stan Getz to record Jazz Samba?

Byrd met up with Getz at the Showboat Lounge in Washington DC in early 1962. Byrd invited the saxophonist to listen to the Bossa Nova albums he had discovered on his trip through Brazil.

We know they listened to albums by Antonio Carlos Jobim and João Gilberto. But understanding the music scene in Rio de Janeiro will give you context to how Jazz Samba was conceived.

I’ve selected a trio of songs that might have been in Charlie Byrd’s stack of records that turned Stan Getz onto the Bossa beat.

Listen to them all above, as featured on my weekly program The Sounds of Brazil!

The first is ‘Tristeza De Nos Dois’ from Dance Moderno, the 1961 debut album by Sergio Mendes. The second song is Maysa’s debut recording of Roberto Menescal and Ronaldo Boscolli’s ‘O Barquinho’ (The Little Boat) from the same year.

The final – and most revealing song – is ‘Inquietação’ from guitarist Laurindo Almeida and Bud Shank’s sax. Amazingly this was recorded in 1955, three years before Bossa Nova’s birth.

It’s difficult to imagine that Getz was not influenced by that song. It is very close to and the same sound he would bring to Jazz Samba in 1962.

Regardless, Stan Getz liked what he heard that day and he soon convinced Creed Taylor to sign the project to Verve Records.

  • Keep reading for the story about how an inside joke created by Antonio Carlos Jobim about the poor quality of Rio’s lounge singers was transformed on Jazz Samba. And it only took 5 minutes and 51 seconds.

More than slightly out of tune

Jazz Samba was released on April 20, 1962, and soon a ‘single’ debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. It was a samba written by Antonio Carlos Jobim three years earlier.

The story goes that Jobim was inspired by Rio’s lounge singers who couldn’t carry a tune. In fact, while the lyrics defended them, the song was written to be so complicated and with so many musical traps, it would leave a less-talented singer in complete distress. 

But it became Bossa Nova’s first big hit for João Gilberto. And no one, not Jobim, Gilberto, or even those ‘out of tune’ lounge singers could have imaged how a group of American jazz musicians would forever transform ‘Desafinado’. 

Fun fact. Byrd’s version of ‘O Pato’ with Stan Getz on Jazz Samba was the first recorded version of that song by American musicians. Amazingly, less than six months later, ‘O Pato’ was heard everywhere.

Among those jazz stars who recorded the song were Coleman Hawkins, Leroy Holmes, John Hendricks, and the Ramsey Lewis Trio.

It’s interesting that Jazz Samba stayed on the Billboard charts for 70 consecutive weeks. It sold half a million copies in 18 months.

Jazz Samba is the only jazz album to ever reach #1 on Billboard’s pop chart.

One afternoon. Two hours. Six American musicians. Seven songs. Jazz Samba is a history-making album that set the tone for Brazilian jazz and Bossa Nova worldwide.

Stan Getz and Charlie Byrd’s Jazz Samba Album at 60: Additions and Editions

The original LP pressing of Jazz Samba was released in both mono and stereo gatefold editions by Verve Records on April 20, 1962. International markets released either in mono or stereo and sometimes both. Sometimes these initial releases did not include a gatefold album cover.

Other initial formats for Jazz Samba included reel-to-reel, cine-reel, and four-track cartridges. Later, ‘Club’ editions included a variety of contemporary formats including cassette and eight-track.

Remastered editions for both vinyl, CD, and digital have occurred throughout the years.

Thirty-three years after its original release, Jazz Samba was remastered on an all vacuum-tube cutting system on August 21, 22, 1995 with a limited edition, numbered LP release in 180g vinyl.

Perhaps the most usual editions of Jazz Samba are the 12” double 200g vinyl album 45 rpm release in 2013, and the limited edition 180g colored vinyl pressing of Jazz Samba in yellow/gold.

In all, 152 versions of Jazz Samba have been officially released since 1962. No special editions of this album were released for Jazz Samba’s 25th, 30th, or 50th anniversary.

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Jazz Samba

Side One

  1. Desafinado (Antônio Carlos Jobim, Newton Mendonça) — 5:51
  2. Samba Dees Days (Charlie Byrd) — 3:34
  3. O Pato (Jayme Silva, Neuza Teixeira) — 2:31
  4. Samba Triste (Baden Powell, Billy Blanco) — 4:47

Side Two

  1. Samba de Uma Nota Só (Antônio Carlos Jobim, Newton Mendonça) — 6:11
  2. É Luxo Só (Ary Barroso) — 3:40
  3. Bahia (aka ‘Baia’) (Ary Barroso) — 6:38

Bonus track on CD reissue
Desafinado (Antônio Carlos Jobim, Newton Mendonça) 45 rpm issue — 2:00

Personnel

Stan Getz – tenor saxophone
Charlie Byrd – guitar
Gene Byrd – guitar, bass
Keter Betts – double bass
Buddy Deppenschmidt – drums, percussion
Bill Reichenbach Sr. – drums, percussion

Producer – Creed Taylor

Wednesday, October 17, 1962: Stan Getz and Charlie Byrd play ‘Desafinado’ on NBC’s The Perry Como Show. Remember Don Adams (Maxwell Smart)? He did a hilarious comedy routine as a Bossa Nova teacher during this show.

Brazil and The Olympic Games

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Brazil and The Olympic Games

Brazil entered Olympic competition with the 1920 Summer Games in Antwerp, Belgium, winning its first Olympic medals.

Now, Brazil and the Olympic Games are set to make history again, in pursuit of Brazil’s first podium appearances in the Winter Olympics.

This series was presented by the Consulate-General of Brazil in Chicago and the Brazilian Foreign Ministry’s Cultural Department.

In celebration of Brazil’s Bicentennial year, 1822 – 2022

This week’s Brazilian Minute: Brazil and The Olympic Games

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From Brazil’s five World Cup championships to racing champions like Helio Castroneves and Ayrton Senna, Brazil’s place in world sport is expanding.

This includes the Olympic games where Brazil has competed since 1920, earning 150 medals.

For this year’s 24th Winter Olympic Games, Brazil’s 11 Olympic-rated athletes will compete in Alpine, Cross-country, and Free-style skiing. Plus Bob Sled and Skeleton runs.

Brazil became the first South American nation to host the Olympics when Rio de Janeiro was home to the 2016 games.

This year, Brazilian American skier Sabrina Cass marks Brazil’s debut in the Freestyle competition. And cross-country skier Jaqueline Mouaro is the first Brazilian to compete in eight Olympic Games. Summer and Winter.

2022’s Team Brasil. Ready to earn Brazil’s first-ever medals in the Winter Olympic Games.

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Cross-Country skier Jaqueline Mourao and Bobsledder Edson Bindilatti carry the Brazilian flag at the opening ceremony of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics.

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Brazil and The Olympic Games: Introduction from The Brazilian Olympic Committee

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Passport stamped! The 11 athletes summoned to represent Brazil at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics are defined. The classified modalities and their representatives were announced in a live stream on Instagram of the Brazil Olympic Committee (COB). 

Sport by Sport

Most of Brazil’s 2022 athletes represent bobsled. The team will be formed by Edson Bindillati, Edson Martins, Erick Vianna, and Rafael Souza. Jefferson Sabino will act as a backup. 

Manex Silva, for men, and Jaqueline Mourão and Bruna Moura, for women, were summoned in cross-country skiing. The spot in alpine skiing went to Michel Macedo. Sabrina Cass, in freestyle skiing moguls, and Nicole Silveira, in skeleton, fulfilled the requirements for the spots. They have confirmed their participation in the next Games.

“It was a very intense period of searching for spots and preparation. Confirming the classification so close to the start of the competition required greater effort from the team behind the scenes. This works with two or even three different scenarios, also allows athletes to know what they will face during the Olympic Games. I feel that the team will arrive at Beijing 2022 well prepared to evolve in relation to PyeongChang 2018”, said Anders Pettersson. She is the head of the Brazilian Mission at the Games.

The Pioneering Spirit of Team Brazil

The live stream was attended by Isabel Clark. She is the owner of the best Brazilian result in the Winter Olympic Games. A 9th place in the snowboard cross in Turin 2006. Edson Bindilatti is confirmed for Brazil’s bobsled team. He will be in his fifth participation in the competition. The Bahian, who started in athletics, became a symbol of the ice modality. She has more than 20 years dedicated to descents with the sled.

“When we started, we didn’t know much what to do. We had a lot of support from other teams, from foreign coaches. Today, we are much more mature. We hope to reach the final. There are 28 teams in the 4-man and 30 teams in the 2-man. We want to be in the top 20”, said Bindilatti, who announced his retirement from the national team after Beijing.

“It will be my last edition of the Olympic Games as an athlete. But I want to continue working off the ice to give opportunities to other athletes,” added Bindilatti. He is also part of the COB Athletes’ Commission.

Team Brazil’s Timeline

The first COB operational team leaves Brazil on the 20th. They will get everything ready in the two Olympic villages with Brazilians. In Yanqing will be bobsled, alpine skiing, and skeleton. And in Zhangjiakou, cross-country skiing and freestyle skiing. From cross country skiing and freestyle skiing, the first athletes are expected to arrive in China on the 27th. In ice sports, both bobsled and skeleton must land in Beijing on the 29th.

Brazil’s participation in the Chinese Games will begin even before the Opening Ceremony on 02/04. Held at the legendary Bird’s Nest, on the same stage as the opening ceremony of the 2008 Olympic Games. Young Sabrina Cass was junior world champion when she was still competing under the United States flag. She will compete in the first classification event on 02/03. It starts at 6 pm, Beijing time.

“The team is strong. It was very good to see young athletes who are going to Beijing. They will still evolve in their competitive capacity, which is the case of Manex and Sabrina. And others like Eduarda Ribera and Augustinho Teixeira, who sought classification until the end and failed. We have a very strong team for the upcoming Milan-Cortina Winter Games. Also, I think it was nice to have very fierce competition for spots. Especially in cross-country skiing, and it’s very good for the country’s sport to have more athletes with chances of qualifying”, said Isabel Clark.

“I really hope that my result is surpassed in Beijing 2022”, she added.

Nine Times

Beijing 2022 will be the ninth Brazilian participation in the Winter Games, which began in Albertville 1992. The country’s record was in Sochi 2014, with 13 athletes in seven modalities. 

In total, 35 Brazilian athletes, inlcuding ten women, will compete in eight sports. They are alpine skiing, bobsled, cross-country skiing, luge, snowboarding, biathlon, freestyle skiing, and figure skating) participated in the competition. This means that we will have several athlete debuts. Manex, Bruna, Sabrina, and Nicole participate in the Olympic Games for the first time. Watch for them in modalities (skeleton), and events – moguls in freestyle skiing and women’s team sprint in cross-country skiing.

“Brazil has already started the campaign in Beijing 2022 with good news, with unprecedented participation in both modalities and events. We also expect to break records in the number of starts in some events. For this, we had to stay ahead of some traditional countries. This shows that the athletes are seeing the work developed by COB and the Confederations of Ice and Snow and believe in the career project,” added Anders.

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