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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
More information on Show Brazil!
Artists At the Center is a multi-year collaboration between Seattle Office of Arts & Culture and Seattle Center, with support from Uptown Arts & Culture Coalition and the communities adjacent to Seattle Center campus. The project is made possible by a 10-year grant from Climate Pledge Arena and Seattle Kraken.
Join us as we introduce emerging and established artists and celebrate their talent on a newly revitalized Seattle Center campus. Artists are given a performance opportunity, allowing them to connect with new audiences, display their talents and advance their careers. Visitors to campus and the surrounding neighborhood benefit from surprising and delightful pop-up performances throughout the year. Each year, artists are selected with an equity and social justice lens, ensuring equitable representation for underserved and emerging artists. Artistic genres include music, dance, theater, demonstrations, and multi-disciplinary work.
