As both a singer and composer, she has participated on numerous prestigious film soundtracks (“O Casamento de Romeo e Julieta” by Bruno Barreto/2005, “Saneamento Basico” by Jorge Furtado/2007 and “S.O.S. As a special guest she has participated in recordings of consecrated artists Martinho Da Vila and Jane Duboc among others. Various recordings by Mafalda are also present in over 20 popular selling collections.
She has released 15 solo CDs, 2 DVDs and 4 music videos, the most recent one (Sacumdí Sacumdà) directed by Murilo Alvesso, one of Brazil’s most in demand young filmmakers.
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She has appeared on numerous national TV shows on all the major networks (Faustão, Jô Soares, Ronnie Von and Hebe Camargo) and had a full one hour episode of “Todas as Bossas” (TV Brasil) dedicated to her. The smashing success and media attention there resulted in a recording contract with “Som Livre” which propelled Mafalda to a 24 year career and a mutual love affair with the Brazilian culture, generating a string of precious artistic collaborations with such important names as Milton Nascimento, Leny Andrade, André Mehmari, Guinga, Ná Ozzetti, Toquinho and many others across generations of Brazilian music. In January 1996, the owners of Rio De Janeiro’s “Paradiso” music club became aware of her trajectory in Italy and invited her to perform there for a brief engagement. The feedback and interaction she enjoys with her fan base is something the artist holds dear to her heart, evolving over her career and helping to serve as an inspiration for new ideas and artistic endeavors as she presents songs by the world’s greatest composers around the globe.Īs a young girl in Italy studying the voices of divas Edith Piaf, Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, Caterina Valente and Ornella Vanoni, she discovered the natural power of her own voice and in applying the colors of jazz to it, marked the start of her career from 1986-1993 with first place honors in such prestigious talent festivals as “Festival di Ariccia”, “Sanremo Famosi”, European Radio Festival” and was twice a finalist in the nationally televised “Festival di Castrocaro Terme”.Īfter studies in Rome with noted vocal coach Gustavo Palumbo, modern dance with Marco Ierva at “IALS” and theater with Roberto Marafante in Saverio Marconi’s “Compagnia della Rancia”, she put her budding talent and preparation to use at the world famous Roman cabaret “La Cabala” while also joining the cast of the RAI TV program “Uno Mattina”, leading to tours in theaters in Italy, France, Germany, Greece, Switzerland and Malta.Īlways curious to expand beyond her native Italian songbook, her experience and dedication during this time resulted in a vast repertoire that grew to include French, Neapolitan, Brazilian and American song. Through research, study and creative challenges, all reflected in the profound sentiment found in her music, she produces a record every year and gives her all on her path to consistently present a one of a kind event onstage. Born in Pavia, Italy on September 21st, Mafalda Minnozzi is a charismatic multicultural singer and composer who over her long career has melded her vocal virtuosity with jazz in an individual sound that evokes standing ovations from audiences and impresses critics on an ever expanding international level.