Nina Becker
She has a sweet voice. Step daughter of the maestro Roberto Gnatali, she started very young in music, singing jingles for advertisement and accompanying samba star, Zeca Pagodinho, as a baking vocal. Then she went to study art design and started working as art director in advertising films.
In 2002, after becoming one of the crooners at Orquestra Imperial – a big band from Rio which has reached a relative popularity in Brazil- Nina started seriously thinking about her own career.
She released two informal singles and became more and more committed with the music. She also started a carreer as costume designer. The first show, named “Volte Sempre” (and expression which means literaly “Always Come Back”), was also her first collection. The show brought back old successes of Jorge Mautner and Dalva de Oliveira works by new composers of the local scene, like Renato Martins, Moreno Veloso and Quito Ribeiro. Looking at old things with a contemporary eye was the tonic of both of her works.
Now she is recording her first solo album, produced by Miranda and Mauricio Tagliari. It will bring her firsts compositions, partnerships with friends, and, as always, some revivals of old classics which are already part of her life and career.
