World-renowned Brazilian jazz singer Luciana Souza transcends traditional boundaries around musical styles, offering solid roots in jazz, reinterpretations of samba, and an enlightened approach to new music. The Grammy-winning vocalist, who has performed and recorded with musical luminaries like Herbie Hancock, Paul Simon and James Taylor among others, will be making her Shalin Liu Performance Center debut.
Grammy winner Luciana Souza is one of Jazz’s leading singers and interpreters. Born in São Paulo, Brazil, Ms. Souza grew up in a family of Bossa Nova innovators – her father, a singer and songwriter, her mother, a poet and lyricist. Ms. Souza’s work transcends traditional boundaries around musical styles, from jazz to samba to pop to new music. She has been a prominent soloist in important new works by composers Osvaldo Golijov, Derek Bermel, Patrick Zimmerli, Rachel Grimes, Angelica Negron, Shara Nova, Caroline Shaw, and Sarah Kirkland Snider, performing with the New York Philharmonic, the Atlanta Symphony, the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, the American Composers Orchestra, the Los Angeles Guitar Quartet, and A Far Cry.