Masculine nicknames haunt Léa Freire, "The contemporary Villa-Lobos", "The new Tom Jobim", "Hermeto in skirts".
An exceptional woman, an instrumentalist, a jazz improviser, arranger and symphonic composer, working in universes that are still very much dominted by male artists. Léa crosses prejudice and breaks the barriers between classical and popular, creating a unique, Brazilian but also universal music. In "Nature Music", iconic figures of Brazilian Music, legends of Jazz and the New Female Generation tell us about the influence of Léa and her Music, the delights, difficulties and challenges of being a woman musician. Even today.
Masculine nicknames haunt Léa Freire, "The contemporary Villa-Lobos", "The new Tom Jobim", "Hermeto in skirts".
An exceptional woman, an instrumentalist, a jazz improviser, arranger and symphonic composer, working in universes that are still very much dominted by male artists. Léa crosses prejudice and breaks the barriers between classical and popular, creating a unique, Brazilian but also universal music. In "Nature Music", iconic figures of Brazilian Music, legends of Jazz and the New Female Generation tell us about the influence of Léa and her Music, the delights, difficulties and challenges of being a woman musician. Even today.