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Biography
Infobox musical artist|name = Maria Rita|image = Maria Rita @ Virada Cultural 2009 07.jpg|caption = Maria Rita performing at Virada Cultural in 2009.|background = solo_singer|birth_name = Maria Rita Camargo Mariano|alias =|Born = Birth date and age|1977|9|19|mf=y São Paulo , Brazil |death_date =|genre = Música Popular Brasileira|MPB , Jazz , Samba |years_active = 2001& ndash;present|label = Warner Music Group|Warner Latina Wea International| origin = São Paulo , Brazil | instrument = Vocal music|Voice | occupation =| associated_acts =| website = http://www.maria-rita.com/blog/ www.maria-rita.com Maria Rita Camargo Mariano (IPA-pt|ma'?i? '?it?; born September 19, 1977, in São Paulo (city)|São Paulo , Brazil ) is the performance name of Maria Rita Mariano, a Brazil ian singer . She is the daughter of famed pianist/arranger César Camargo Mariano and the late Brazilian singing legend Elis Regina and sister to Pedro Mariano and music producer João Marcelo Bôscoli . Her namesake is family friend and famed Brazilian rock legend Rita Lee . Maria Rita majored in Latin American studies and Communication studies|communications at New York University , and worked as a journalist at a magazine for adolescents. "Rita" is pronounced "Hee-ta".
Maria Rita began singing professionally at the age of 24, although she had wanted to sing since she was 14. Her first CD, Maria Rita , launched her career symbolically, with the first cut on her first album, A Festa (The Party), being written by Milton Nascimento , a Brazilian singer-songwriter whose career was launched by Maria Rita's mother, Elis Regina . The CD went platinum and was a hit worldwide, making her an international star. Her mother's reputation as one of Brazil's greatest female singers has been a major influence in Maria Rita's life although she respectfully avoids the songs identified with her mother; she has said that she was always conscious of being the only daughter of a great singer. Despite having her mother's vocal DNA, she has developed her own jazzy vocal style, with singers like Ella Fitzgerald as her model.
She won the 2004 Latin Grammy Awards for Best New Artist in the General Field , Best Song in Portuguese (“A festa”) and her debut album Maria Rita won the Best MPB ( Musica Popular Brasileira ) Album award for that year. The world hit that “Segundo” turned out to be, granted her in 2006, two additional Grammys Latinos – Best MPB Album and Best Brazilian Song with “Caminho das Águas” authored by Rodrigo Maranhão – and over 50 shows abroad, with full public and reviews acceptance in the Montreux Jazz Festival, North Sea Jazz Festival, Irving Plaza (NY), San Francisco Jazz Festival, among others.
Maria Rita was nominated for the BBC Radio 3 Awards for World Music in 2008. On 28 June 2008, Maria Rita performed in London for the first time, with a production by Tuba Productions and JungleDrums Magazine.
Discography
2003 - Maria Rita (album)|Maria Rita (Warner Latina) (750,000 sold in Brazil), with follow-on "Maria Rita" DVD, recorded live in São Paulo at Bourbon Street
2005 - Segundo (Maria Rita album)|Segundo (Warner Latina) (250,000 sold in Brazil), with follow-on "Segundo" DVD, recorded live in 3 venues.
2007 - Samba Meu (Wea International) (190,000 sold in Brazil), with follow-on "Maria Rita: Samba Meu" DVD, recorded live in Rio de Janeiro.
2011 - Elo (Maria Rita album)| Elo (Maria Rita album) (Wea International)
Rita also appeared with Milton Nascimento on his CD "Pieta" singing a duet on "Tristesse", which also won a Latin Grammy in 2003. She recently appeared with Uruguayan 2004 Grammy Award Winner Jorge Drexler on his CD "12 Segundos de Oscuridad" singing a duet on "Soledad". She is a big fan of and has appeared live in cameo with the Brazilian rap/hip-hop group O Rappa.
References
This article incorporates material translated from the :pt:Maria Rita|Maria Rita article on the Portuguese language Wikipedia.
http://www.maria-rita.com Maria Rita - Official Website
http://www.grammy.com/latin/winners_search/Results.aspx Report on 2004 Latin Grammy awards - enter Maria Rita for search
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php? storyId=3882651 National Public Radio Interview
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php? storyId=3885265 NPR report on 2004 Latin Grammy winners
http://www.musiquebresilienne.ca A french site about brazilian music
Persondata | NAME = Rita, Maria | ALTERNATIVE NAMES = | SHORT DESCRIPTION = | DATE OF BIRTH = September 19, 1977 | PLACE OF BIRTH = | DATE OF DEATH = | PLACE OF DEATH = DEFAULTSORT:Rita, Maria Category:1977 births Category:Living people Category:Brazilian people of Portuguese descent Category:Brazilian female singers Category:Brazilian singers Category:Latin Grammy Award for Best New Artist Category:Música Popular Brasileira singers Category:People from São Paulo (city)
