BRAZILIAN TRADITIONAL AND CONTEMPORARY MUSIC
Imagining, Entertaining, Educating, Inspiring, Organizing, and Changing.
Mission:
"Show Brazil Productions is a family-run arts organization founded by Brazilian-American immigrants Eduardo and Ana Paula Mendonça to incorporate quality, experience, dedicated to delivering exceptional experiences for all involved in every project."
Spicy Brazilian rhythms will reverberate your event with this internationally acclaimed Brazilian band. The soul of the Brazilian culture is high-energy performance. The ensemble features accomplished performers under musical and artistic direction from Eduardo Mendonça, a native of Salvador, Bahia.
SHOW BRAZIL! Internationally recognized and respected Show Brazil!, well known throughout the Northwest for events such as Bumbershoot and BrasilFest, has delighted audiences in the United States, Brazil, and Canada for over twenty years. The ensemble features accomplished performers. Show Brazil!’s bandleader and Music Director Eduardo Mendonça, 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. Eduardo 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 2008) and was also featured in a Paul Simon documentary video in 1991.