ABOUT TIO CHORINHO - watch more @tiochorinho
Tio Chorinho is the first ensemble in Canada dedicated to performing Brazilian choro music. Founded over a decade ago, the group performs frequently throughout Toronto and southern Ontario, and has also toured parts of the US (California, Michigan, Maryland). The group’s debut album "Chora Brazil," earned two Canadian Folk Music Awards nominations (World Music Album of the Year and Instrumental Group of the Year) and was described by Wholenote Magazine as “an absolute delight from start to finish…a terrific debut CD; play it on a grey day and your room will be filled with sunshine!” The group is currently near completion on its second album (delayed for a over a year due to COVID-19), slated for release in spring 2022. Tio Chorinho’s growing profile has been bolstered by official showcase selections at recent industry conferences like Folk Music Ontario, Global Toronto and World Music Fest Taiwan.

Choro (pronounced SHOH-roh) is a primarily instrumental style originating in Rio de Janeiro in the late-19th century. Choro is the original Brazilian soul music, combining popular and classical European styles with Afro-Brazilian influences. It is the foundation of many modern Brazilian music styles, and is often described as “the New Orleans jazz of Brazil.” Exciting, energetic, soulful, intimate, nostalgic and virtuosic, choro is an infectious popular style whose universal appeal belies its musical complexity.

Inspired primarily by the recordings and compositions of the great Brazilian mandolin master Jacob do Bandolim (1918-1969), Tio Chorinho also performs music by other essential composers of the genre, including Ernesto Nazareth, Pixinguinha, Waldir Azevedo, Luiz Americano, and others. They have recently begun to integrate original compositions in their repertoire, extending their stylistic range while still capturing the authentic spirit of choro. Wherever they play, audiences are consistently thrilled by the group's virtuosity and dynamics, and by their easy-going charm on stage. The group features Carlinhos Cardozo (cavaquinho), Maninho Costa (percussion), Milos Popovic (accordion), Eric Stein (mandolin), and Andre Valerio (7-string guitar). They perform frequently with the amazing Brazilian-born, Quebec-based vocalist Flavia Nascimento, with whom they will soon be making a full-length collaborative recording.

Co-presented by Lula Music and Arts Centre, Uma Nota Culture and Small World Music
https://www.tiochorinho.com

PERFORMERS:
Carlos Cardozo – cavaquinho
Maninho Costa – percussion
Flavia Nascimento – vocals and percussion
Milos Popovic - accordion
Eric Stein – mandolin
Andre Valerio – 7-string guitar

COMPOSITIONS
Feia (Jacob do Bandolim/arr. by Tio Chorinho)
Beija Flor (Flavia Nascimento and Andre Valerio)
Andre Sem Sapato (Andre Valerio)
Tempestuoso (Andre Valerio)
Abre Caminho (Flavia Nascimento and Andre Valerio)
Remeleixo (Jacob do Bandolim/arr. by Tio Chorinho)
Carinhoso (Pixinguinha/arr. by Tio Chorinho)

PRODUCTION CREW
Videography by Taiowa Butenschoen
Edited by Edgar Maldonado
Mixing Engineer - Reza Moghaddas
Producer - Alex Bordokas
Production Coordinator - Luisa María Gonzalez Ramirez

This project was made possible by financial support from the Province of Ontario, Canadian Heritage, Canadian Council for the Arts, Ontario Trillium Foundation, Toronto Arts Council, Ontario Arts Council, and the City of Toronto through #SHOWLOVETO.

Filmed at Filmed July 27, 2021 at Bela Farm, Hillsburgh ON, which is the traditional unceded territory of the Haudenosaunee, Anishinabeg, Huron-Wendat, Tionontati and the Attawandaron First Nations

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