Circus's artists

Ceumar - The mineira (from Minas Gerais state) CEUMAR sings, composes, plays the guitar, makes arrangements, and creates her own music since 1995, when she arrived in São Paulo. She manages her independent career, produces her own albums, and participates actively of collective and varied projects in Brazil and abroad. Visit Ceumar's page.

Cia. Cabelo de Maria - The CD "Cantos de Trabalho" (working songs) appeared from the songs registered by Renata Mattar. The musician has been researching these working songs for more than ten years, recording, attending rituals and parties, learning verses and dances in many different places in the country. She's been searching for communities that still worked in "mutirão" (people who work in a mutual aid group for harvesting or house-building taking turns), and who make use of the music in their work. The result of these researches are in the CD released by Cia. Cabelo de Maria, under the direction of Renata Mattar. Read more in Cia. Cabelo de Maria's page.

Di Freitas - Francisco Ferreira de Freitas Filho, popular known as Di Freitas, was born in Fortaleza, Ceará (Brazilian state), where he studied cello and classical guitar in Sesi, in the string musician formation centre. With his erudite formation, he took part of many music festivals with renowned teachers in Fortaleza, São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro. He played for many years in professional orchestras such as Filarmônica de Goiás, and, in Fortaleza, he worked with Syntagma, a group that relates ancient music to nordestina (from the north-east of the country) music. Visit Di Freitas' page.

Juliana Amaral - Showing the poetry that comes from the music and the lyrics of a song. To achieve this goal, the singer, composer and actress Juliana Amaral chose, carefully, the twelve tracks from her second solo album "Juliana Samba". She was born in São Bernardo do Campo, São Paulo and grew up in Mogi das Cruzes, both cities belong to what is called Great São Paulo. On the road since she was 19, only now she releases her second album. Read more in Juliana's site.

Kholwa Brothers - O grupo sul-africano se tornou conhecido e respeitado por todo o seu país após o fim do apartheid. É formado por quatro integrantes – soprano, alto, tenor e baixo –, que cantam músicas tradicionais da sua terra sem qualquer acompanhamento instrumental além da percussão produzida no próprio corpo. Visite a página do Kholwa Brothers.