ANA FERNANDEZ, BRAZILIAN SINGER AND COMPOSER

 

 AFFILIATED WITH THE FEDERATION OF MUSICIANS OF THE UNITED STATES

AND CANADA (Associated Musicians of Greater New York)

 

SHE WAS BORN IN AUGUST 13, 1962 IN ARACAJU, STATE OF SERGIPE,

NORTHEAST OF BRAZI, AND GREW UP IN SAO PAULO, SP. INFLUENCED BY

AMERICAN BLACK MUSIC AND SAMBA ROCK MOVEMENT, SHE SPENT A BIG

PART OF THE YOUTH LISTENING TO THE SINGERS JORGE BEN JOR, SANDRA

DE SA, TIM MAIA, BEBETO, FRANCO AND MANY OTHERS. ON THE OTHER HAND

SHE ALSO GREW UP LISTENING TO OTHER SINGERS WHO ARE UNTIL TODAY CONSIDERED

MONSTERS OF THE BOSSA NOVA, SUCH AS ELIS REGINA, CAETANO VELOSO, GAL COSTA, MARIA

BETANIA, JOAO GILBERTO, AND SAMBA SINGERS LIKE ORIGINAIS DO SAMBA, MONARCO, NOITE

ILUSTRADA, AND OTHERS.

 

WITH ALL OF IT, STRONG VOICE AND BRAZILIAN SWING, ANA FERNANDEZ NOT ONLY BUILT A

REPUTATION OF A GREAT SINGER, BUT A COMPOSER AS WELL.

ANA FERNANDEZ IS AN AUTHENTIC SAMBA SINGER WHO SPREADS HER ENERGY THAT

ENCHANTS EVERYONE WHO HAS A CHANCE TO WATCH HER CONCERTS, THAT ARE A MIXTURE

OF AFRICAN AND SOUTH AMERICAN MUSIC, PLUS NORTH AMERICAN BLUES AND JAZZ.

SHE HAS BEEN LIVING IN NEW YORK FOR 6 YEARS AND HAS ALREADY SANG IN SEVERAL NIGHT

CLUBS SUCH AS ZINC BAR, CAFÉ WHA, IGUANA CLUB, SOB'S, COPACABANA, BESIDES THE

PELHAN GOLF CLUB, AND THE UNITED NATIONS ORGANIZATION. ANA FERNANDES HAS ALSO

PARTICIPATED OF THE LAVAGEM DA RUA 46 (46 TH STREET WASH CERIMONY} FOR MANY YEARS).

 

"IT WAS ALWAYS VERY EASY FOR ME TO SHOW MY FANS THE PASSION I HAVE FOR MUSIC,

BECAUSE I SING WITH ALL MY HEART", SAYS ANA, WHO IS GRADUATED IN MARKETING AND

COMMUNICATION AT THE UNIVERSITY UNICSUL, SAO PAULO, BRAZIL. SHE IS DEARLY CALLED

"THE BRAZILIAN TINA TURNER" BY HER AMERICAN PUBLIC, AND "BRAZILIAN CELIA CRUZ" BY

SPANIC FANS, WHICH IS A COMPLIMENT FOR HER.

ENERGY, CHARISMA, GREAT VOICE AND PASSION FOR MANY MUSIC STYLES ARE THE WORDS

THAT TRANSLATE ANA FERNANDES CAREER.

ANA FERNANDEZ,  MUSIC IS IN HER SOUL.