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Fernanda Cunha

Fernanda Cunha is a Brazilian jazz singer from Rio de Janeiro. She grew up with an affinity for both the music of her home country as well as jazz. She has toured Brazil, Europe, and North America, performing at prestigious international jazz festivals.

She has released 10  solo albums in Brazil with worldwide distribution.

Fernanda has been a regular performer in Canada from coast-to-coast-to-coast for many years.  

Regular appearances at jazz festivals in Canada have helped to carve out a fan base for Cunha’s post-bossa groove, and in 2019 she moved to Ontario, Canada.  

Fernanda performs regularly with Toronto jazz guitarist Reg Schwager . Schwager is one of Canada's most in demand players. He  is a four-time winner of Canada's National Jazz Award for Guitarist of the Year and has just been named a member of the Order of Canada "For his indelible contributions to the Canadian jazz scene as a leading guitarist and composer."

Fernanda is celebrating 25 years of career performing with quartet, or in duo.

 


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Album Review

Fernanda Cunha: Olhos De Mar

Read "Olhos De Mar" reviewed by Budd Kopman


While vocalist Fernanda Cunha might seem to be a newcomer here in the States, Olhos de Mar is actually her sixth release dating back to 2002. Samba, bossa nova, the Brazilian ethos itself, including the language, all have a sensuousness which soothes life's troubles, and from this point of view, Olhos de Mar is way too short in the best way. Cunha's lovely and emotionally subtle voice, when coupled with the simple but effective accompaniment and arrangements sweeps ...

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Album Review

Fernanda Cunha: Olhos De Mar

Read "Olhos De Mar" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan


The Brazilian sounds, Samba and Bossa Nova, washed over the United States like a wave in the early sixties. American saxophonist Stan Getz, in his collaborations with Brazilian artists Antonio Carlos Jobim and Joao Gilberto, on Getz/Gilberto (Verve Records, 1962) and American guitarist Charlie Byrd, on Jazz Samba (Verve Records, 1962) can take a good deal of the credit. The craze culminated, perhaps, with the radio hit “The Girl From Ipanema," from the Getz/Gilberto disc, featuring a lovely and dispassionate ...

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With the release of this new recording, there can be little doubt that the creative pairing of the gifted Brazilian/Canadian vocalist Fernanda Cunha and eminent Canadian guitarist Reg Schwager is a match made in musical heaven. (The Whole Note Magazine - Toronto)

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Recordings: As Leader | As Sideperson

Um Piano, Um Coração

Ia (independent Artists)
2024

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Late night

Ia (independent Artists)
2021

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Jobim 90

Self Produced
2017

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Olhos De Mar

Self Produced
2016

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Olhos de mar

Self Produced
2015

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Dança do Amor

From: Late night
By Fernanda Cunha

Boca de leão

From: Fernanda Cunha canta Filó...
By Fernanda Cunha

Amor e nada mais

From: Olhos de mar
By Fernanda Cunha

Pode ser que eu fique dessa vez

From: Olhos de mar
By Fernanda Cunha

Adeus America

From: Coração do Brasil - Fernanda...
By Fernanda Cunha

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