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Livia Mattos started her career in the circus where she gravitated towards the accordion as a stage resource. Thenceforth, she entered the musical scene playing in various bands and performances. She debuted her solo project in 2008. Livia’s first performance was in Salvador da Bahia, and continued in Sao Paulo where she played in several projects in different establishments, such as Prata da Casa in SESC Pompeia, Catarse, Casa de Francisca, Virada Cultural de Sao Paulo, Projeto Viva Vila, and many others. In 2009, she released her first EP kindly produced by Oswaldinho do Acordeom [Oswaldinho of the accordion]. In 2011, the Edital Vivaldo Ladislau (FUNCEB) sponsored Livia’s circulation project, which enabled her to perform her show in the countryside of the Brazilian northeastern state of Bahia. She performed in many important Brazilian festivals but as of 2012 Livia blossomed in international festivals such as the “Akkorden Festival Wien” in Viena, “Accordions Around the World” in New York City, “Sommerwerft – International Theater Festival” in Frankfurt, “Festival de Forró” in Lille and Clazz, in Tallin. Livia Mattos is part of the band of the singer-songwriter Chico Cesar in shows around the world, participating in festivals such as Conexão Latina (SP) and Grand Mix du Brésil (FR). In 2015, she toured with Chico Cesar’s band following the release of his latest album “Estado de Poesia”.

In her quest for sonority, she uses the accordion as an instrument of research and creation with enough freedom to orbit through cosmopolitan and traditional folk influences, mixing the serenades’ lyricism and the Caribbean dance as well as musical references that recalls the circus and the Brazilian northeastern cultures. Besides her solo performance, she also presents two other thematic shows inspired by popular festivities: FOLIA DE FOLE, carnival repertoire played on the accordion, and JUNINA, traditional repertoire from Sao Joao celebrations. Livia Mattos co-created an accordion duet with the French-Portuguese accordionist Loïc Cordeone, with whom she has composed in partnership. She works with soundtrack production for audiovisual content and shows and performances from different regions and participates in circus and musical shows. Bachelor in Sociology at Universidade Federal da Bahia she also researches about music in circus, an academic project that records interviews with veteran circus performers.

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Instrumentalist, singer, songwriter, circus performer and bachelor in sociology. She is into creating soundtracks, especially ones for live performances, and the interfaces of artistic languages and thoughts. She treasures the experience of taking different places into her music. She cares for living. And creating.

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Instrumentalist, singer, songwriter, circus performer and bachelor in sociology. She is into creating soundtracks, especially ones for live performances, and the interfaces of artistic languages and thoughts. She treasures the experience of taking different places into her music. She cares for living. And creating.

 

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