Beth Carvalho

Beth Was Raised In A Middle Class Family In Rio De Janeiro's South Zone. Her Father João Francisco Leal De Carvalho Was A Lawyer. She Grew Up In Contact With Different Types Of Music. Her Father Used To Take Her To Samba School Rehearsals And Her Mother Was An Appreciator Of Classical Music Who Encouraged Her To Become A Ballerina. She Started Playing The Guitar As A Teenager And Got Involved With The Emerging Bossa Nova Movement Winning A Nationwide Song Contest On TV At The Age Of 19. Her First Record Was 1968's "Andança" Carrying The Song Of Same Name Which She Had Defended In A Festival Which Brought Her To Prominence. Although She Started Her Career With Bossa Nova That Was An Ephemeral Phase Which Lasted Less Than One Year - Beth Started Dedicating Herself Entirely To Samba Just As Her Fame Began Working With Legendary Composers Such As Nelson Sargento. read less