WHO thinks all Brazilian songs are “samba” and “bossa nova”?

Isabella Rovo, Victor Batista, Nelson Latif and Bosco Oliveira of Camerata Caipira are coming to Canberra next week to changes this view and on Monday, you can see them for free.

Camerata Caipira, one of the attractions of Floriade, will showcase a wide range of Brazilian rhythms, traditional and popular, framed in a contemporary arrangement for strings, percussion and voice.

Diverse in their musical backgrounds, the members of Camerata Caipira play on the viola caipira (a ten-string guitar), cavaquinho (the ukulele’s Brazilian cousin) and acoustic guitars, with rich percussion.

From the northeast of Brazil they’ll play Coco, Xote, Frevo and Samba de Roda. The north brings the tunes of the Boi and the “seduction” of Carimbó, while from the south comes the Bailão, from the southeast Choro and from central Brazil, the Cantos de Mutirão, Pagode de viola and Congadas.

In a nutshell, the idea is to prove that you can love the best of traditional music but in a contemporary way.

Camerata Caipira, at the Embassy of Brazil, 19 Forster Crescent, Yarralumla, 6pm Monday September 15, open to the public. FREE EVENT.