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Ceumar

Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands | INDIE

Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands | INDIE
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"Talents in the Spotlight"

The wonderful live-cd by Ceumar puts her talents in the spotlight: her
beautiful, smooth voice and her strong guitar technique. With some
duets, but mainly solo pieces, this album has been kept 'small'
intentionally. The intimate atmosphere of the live-show really works
very well with this varied set of sweet songs, sensitive ballads, lively
songs in the MPB-tradition and from time to time a song with a
rock-feel. Her full voice embraces you like a warm blanket, comforts you
when you are sad, makes you dance and makes you laugh with playful
sounds. Music straight from the heart, performed with care /and /talent .
- Saskia Bender - NPS Broadcast Organisation - 2009


"A wonderful new cd"

Ceumar present her new cd Sons Do Brasil - Dindinha to the world in a intimate interview and unplugged session. - ARC MUSIC


"A Born Performer"

The Brazilian Ceumar, who lives in the Netherlands right now, is besides being a very impressive vocalist, also a talented gitarist and percussionist and above all a born performer". 'With this jazztrio she shows her skills being a jazz-vocalist .. playful and skillful.."
- De Volkskrant - Ton Maas (201)


"Zuenir Ventura, NoMínimo, 2002."

At the end of the concert, I was one of the 1.500 people that, standing, applauded Ceumar until their hands ache, asking her to come back to the stage... I tried to classify her in some commom place in the showbizz, but I couldn't, she escapes. She is not the"mineira" regional singer, she's not MPB, she's not pop, she's not rock. There's something in her "innerside" that has been preserved from the contamination of the fashionable – a taste of refreshment that didn't take chemical additives…If you have only heard about sky (céu) and sea (mar), but you still haven't heard about Ceumar, do not miss another chance." – Zuenir Ventura, NoMínimo, 2002.
- NoMínimo


"Marina den Hartog - 21 october 2006"

-- When Ceumar enters the stage ( Tropentheater, Amsterdam) she grabs her guitar immediately. What a surpirse! She has a wonderful voice: she sings softly and refined but at the same time with a lot of power and warmth. She performed a very diverse and interesting show with music from all regions in Brasil. The arrangements and interpratations are very subtle and an immense pleasure to listen to.

The enthousiasm of these musicians is clear to see, but also you can feel their vibe in the audience. This is passion! --
- www.cultuurpodium.nl


"Rick van Boeckel - Dutch - 2010"

Ceumar

Meu Nome

Circus Producoes

Vier sterren

Brazil


Meu Nome is het vierde album van de Braziliaanse zangeres en gitariste Ceumar die zich onlangs in Amsterdam heeft gevestigd en dit in São Paulo live opgenomen album in november presenteerde in RASA. In 2001 bracht ze Didinha uit, gevolgd door Sempre Viva (2003) en Acheu (2006). Ceumar is een singer/songwriter die een mooie mix creëert van bossa nova, jazz en samba-canção, een langzame vorm van samba waarin het accent ligt op tekst en zang. Ze trad in ons land regelmatig op met het trio van Mike del Ferro. Op dit album gaat ze terug naar een basis van alleen zang en gitaar, slechts in een aantal nummers wordt ze aangevuld met percussie (Sérgio Pererê) of piano (Yaniel Matos uit Cuba). Met haar warme zacht omfloerste stem en een geweldige doch subtiele gitaartechniek weet ze een heel lang album lang (in totaal 20 nummers) te bekoren. Soms melancholiek vanuit een gevoel van saudade, dan weer vrolijk of speels. Ceumar leidt de luisteraar binnen in de kleurrijke wereld van het Braziliaanse lied. Ze zingt poëtische liedjes om naar te luisteren, opent met gevoelige songs als Reinvento, Parque de Paz en het wonderlijk mooie Nariz do Palhaço. In Gira de Meninos verandert door toevoeging van de percussie het tempo, ontstaat er meer opwinding waarna Sérgio Pererê in Oiá de ruimte krijgt om te zingen. Een van de mooiste nummers is Meu Mundo, mede geschreven door Tata Fernandes, een andere Braziliaanse zangeres en gitariste. Het rustieke Dança is een prachtige Cubaans gekleurde compositie van Yaniel Matos, een latin jazz pianist die zowel op Cuba als in Brazilië woonde en beide muzikale werelden weet te verenigen. In het vrolijke Maracatubarão verwijst Ceumar naar de maracatu, een Afro-Braziliaanse muziekstijl, waarna ze afsluit met het rustig golvende Ciranda.

Rik van Boeckel
- Jazzadelic NL


Discography

1 DINDINHA (2000)
2 SEMPREVIVA (2003)
3 ACHOU! (2006)
4 MEU NOME (2009)
5 LIVE IN AMSTERDAM (2010)
6 SONS DO BRASIL - DINDINHA (2012)

Appears in:

Kokoura - Anitie (2009)
Mike del Ferro Trio (2013)

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Bio

The Brazilian singer-songwriter CEUMAR started her professional music carreer in 1995 when she arrived in São Paulo. She brought her influences from Minas Gerais with her passion for simple melodies, poetic lyrics and acoustic sounds. The guitar is her partner to recreate traditional songs and perform new contemporary compositions.
She already produced 6 albums and participates actively in varied projects and collectives in Brazil and abroad.

Her first cd was produced by the popular Brazilian artist Zeca Baleiro and brings a pure mix of traditional Brazilian music written by old and contemporary composers such as Luiz Gonzaga with unreleased songs composed by Chico César, Itamar Assumpção and Zeca Baleiro.

With her cd 'MEU NOME' Ceumar proves her live strength and emotions. This solo-cd is already considered to be one of the best contemporary ( a subtle mix af Brazilian folk, pop, jazz & samba ) albums from Brazil! Recorded completely live in the FECAP-theatre in the heart of Sao Paulo, Ceumar shows why she is so popular : with only a voice and her guitar she takes the audience into the wonderful colored world of Ceumar with own compositions and lyrics. Telling about beautiful colors, love, saudade. But always she sings direct from the heart.

In 2010 Ceumar released a new cd 'Live in Amsterdam' with pianoplayer Mike del Ferro, Olaf Keus (drums) and Frans van der Hoeven( bass).

The latest cd is 'Sons do Brasil - Dindinha' (2012) which was produced by the UK-based recordlabel Arc-Music. This cd contains the greatest songs performed and recorded by Ceumar during her carreer.