The project Olá Brasil! is presenting MPB3 for the first time in Malta.
The band MPB3 is made up of three Brazilian musicians, who are leading the Brazilian musical scene in Rome - band leader Evandro dos Reis (voice, guitar and cavaquinho), Marcio Boaventura (cavaquinho, banjo and percussions) and Jorge Ronald Faller (percussions). They will be playing to Maltese audiences at the Surfside in Sliema on Monday at 9.10 p.m.
The MPB3 (‘MPB trio’) play Brazilian popular music. They throw themselves into the frenetic rhythms of Roda de Samba and its more modern version Pagode (Zeca Pagodinho, Fundo de quintal, Jorge Aragão), the more famous and classic Samba de Raizes (Noel Rosa, Nelson Cavaquinho, Cartola, Paulinho da Viola), the refined melodies of Bossa Nova and Brazilian classics such as Djavan, Ivan Lins, João Bosco and many others.
The members of MPB3 have been living and playing in Rome for some years. Apart from their own personal projects, they meet regularly every Thursday under the name of Caciques de Roma, in a bar in the upcoming Roman suburb of San Lorenzo, where they give life to the most famous Roda de Samba in the city. The streets of San Lorenzo than dance with the Samba till the early hours of the morning.