Sunday the 11 th of August
16.00 ( doors open 15.00 )
7,50
Gabriela Pimentel, singer and composer
Album: Brasileira
Live presentation
A few days ago my first album was released in all music platforms. After a long time dreaming, imagining, working and falling in stones along the road, I finally can say out loud that is out now. Suitable for everyone that loves Brazilian genres as samba, capoeira, baião, maxixe and quiet balads.
I am Gabriela Pimentel the eldest child of the biggest Brazilian family that emigrated to Holland in 2001. Mother, father and seven children. A family dedicated to the rhythms and culture of Brazil in the another side of the Atlantic ocean. A musical family called Kriya Família.
It took me a long time to get here and be able to share my own compositions, my creations and visions. I’m excited to perform at Dizzy, in my home town Rotterdam. At this day I count with musicians that known me sinds the beginning, as my brother Júlio Pimentel and my sister Olga Pimentel both on percussions.
And Marijn van der Linden plays cavaquinho and seven strings guitar. He is also a family member, he is Olga’s husband, my brother in law. Marijn is the one that puted all chords and arranged the songs. The person that gave me all artistic support in my musical journey.
At Dizzy we’ll play two sets. In the first we present all nine album’s songs, most of them composed by me. And in the second we’ll jam with invited family, friends and collegues using a blend of well known Brazilian tunes mixing with own original numbers that are not recorded yet.
The name of the album Brasileira is to enfatise the land I come from, my roots, my origin, the place I was born, my nationality. Apparently my red hair and light redish skin with freckles makes me look something else. In the end I want you to see that I’m brazilian and gonna show you that through the music that comes out my mouth, my body, my soul.