Internationally recognized and respected Show Brazil! has delighted audiences in the United States Brazil and Canada for over twenty five years. The ensemble features accomplished performers featuring Brazilian traditional to contemporary music and dance.
Show Brazil!’s bandleader and Music Director Eduardo Mendonça (menDONsa) a native of Salvador Bahia Brazil traces his lineage to a royal African family bearing the hereditary title of Mamabeka ("prophet of the royal court") as documented by the Instituto Geográfico e Histórico da Bahia. Besides being a musician Eduardo Mendonça was a K-12 Principal in Brazil. He has played composed and directed various genres of Brazilian popular music in the US Canada Nepal and Brazil since 1974.
Eduardo is also the Music Director for iBuildBridges Foundation had the honor to play for Pope John Paul II’s welcome to Brazil former South Africa President Nelson Mandela (Seattle WA - USA - 1999) Brazilian President João Baptista Figueiredo (Brazil 1979) the 14th Dalai Lama (Seattle WA in 2008) and was also featured in the PBS American Masters documentary Paul Simon: Born at the Right Time video in 1991.
Featured Artists:
Eduardo Mendonça - Percussion vocal and guitar
David Pascal - Bass
Scott Ketron - Drum set
Ted Bohn - Trombone and percussion
Walter - Trumpet
Jeremy Shaskus - Tenor sax
Caxambu - percussion
Rachel Sandy - Dancer
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Event Venue
Seattle Center, 305 Harrison St, Seattle, United States
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