- Lisa Ono
Lisa Ono (小野リサ, "Ono Risa") is a popular Japanese "
bossa nova " singer. She was born inSão Paulo ,Brazil in1962 but moved with her family toTokyo at the age of 10. From that time on she spent half of every year in Japan, and half inRio de Janeiro , Brazil.Although she lived in Brazil for such a short time, she was turned into a type of MPB (Brazil Popular Music) ambassador in Japan, influenced by her father, who owned a club while living in Brazil, and was also
Baden Powell de Aquino 's agent.After moving to Japan, Lisa's dad opened a new venue called Saci-Pererê, a Brazilian restaurant where she started performing mainly bossa nova and samba. Besides singing, Lisa Ono plays the guitar and is a songwriter. Her first album, "Catupiry", was released in 1989. She hasn't stopped recording since then, releasing one disc a year, mostly in Portuguese. She soon became famous in Japan after appearing in several TV commercials.
In 1991 her album Nanã won the "Grand Prix Gold Disk Award for Jazz" in Japan. Her third album Menina was recorded in Rio, and won the same Grand Prix award. In 2003 she released an album entitled "Dans Mon Île" (French for "In my island"), themed around a voyage to France and based on famous French songs.
Lisa announced the birth of her second child (a boy) on October 7, 2008.
Lisa has performed with
Tom Jobim and withJoão Donato in Brazil, in addition to other performances around the world. Appearances in Japan include concerts at the Blue Note Tokyo with Paulo andDaniel Jobim ,Toninho Horta , andEmílio Santiago .In addition to making guest appearances on other recordings, Lisa has also created music for television commercials in Japan.
External links
* [http://www.onolisa.com Ono Lisa Official Website] (Japanese)
* [http://www.hmv.co.jp/news/newsDetail.asp?newsnum=308280038 HMV.co.jp Top 100 pops Artists]
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