Mônica Salmaso e Paulo Freire - Cuitelinho

Mônica Salmaso started her career in the play "O Concílio do Amor", directed by Gabriel Villela in 1989.
In 1995 she recorded her first solo CD Afro-sambas, accompanied by classical guitarist Paulo Bellinati, who also made the arrangements and produced the CD. It was a re-recording of the homonymous disc composed in the 1960s by Baden Powell and Vinícius de Moraes.
In 1996, recorded with Paulo Bellinati the song "Felicidade" (Happiness) by Tom Jobim and Vinícius de Moraes for the CD Tom Jobim Songbook, by Lumiar Records.
She was nominated for the Prêmio Sharp – 1997 as Revelation singer in the category Música Popular Brasileira.
Salmaso released in 1998 her second CD, Trampolim, produced by Rodolfo Stroeter e with guest participations of Naná Vasconcelos, Toninho Ferragutti and Paulo Bellinati, among others.
In 1999 she was the winner of the second Prêmio Visa MPB – Vocal Edition, in a unanimous decision both by the jury and by popular acclaim.
In the same year she recorded her third CD, Voadeira, also produced by Rodolfo Stroeter. Guest participants in the CD were, among others, Marcos Suzano, Benjamin Taubkin, Toninho Ferragutti, Paulo Bellinati and Nailor Azevedo.

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