Laura Rizzotto
Laura Rizzotto (born July 18, 1994 in Rio de Janeiro ) is a Brazilian singer , songwriter and musician with Latvian roots.
Life
Rizzotto began playing the piano at the age of nine, followed by the guitar and ukulele as a teenager. When she was fifteen she was discovered by an employee of the Universal Music Group (Brazil) in a jazz club on Copacabana, who helped her to a record deal. In 2012 Laura Rizzotto moved to Boston to accept a scholarship to the Berklee College of Music . A year later she went to Los Angeles to study visual arts and music at the California Institute of the Arts . This was followed by a master's degree in music at New York's Colombia University, which Laura Rizzotto successfully completed in 2017.
In 2011 she released her debut album Made in Rio with Universal Music Group (Brazil) . In 2014 she independently released the album Reason to Stay .
In 2018 she won the Supernova festival with the title Funny Girl and represented Latvia in May 2018 at the Eurovision Song Contest in Lisbon . However, she was unable to qualify for the final.
Discography
Albums
- Made in Rio (2011)
- Reason to Stay (2014)
EPs
- RUBY (2017)
Singles
- Friend in Me (2011)
- Reason to Stay (2014)
- Teardrops (2014)
- Love It (The World Cup Song) (2014)
- The High (2017)
- Cherry on Top (2017)
- Red Flags (2017)
- Funny Girl (2017)
- Bonjour (2018)
- Tightrope (2019)
Web links
- http://laurarizzotto.com/
- https://eng.lsm.lv/article/culture/culture/laura-rizzotto-will-represent-latvia-at-eurovision.a269290/
Individual evidence
- ↑ Simone Nebelsieck: Laura Rizzotto: Brazilian Fire for Latvia Article on eurovision.de, May 11, 2018, accessed on September 4, 2018
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SURNAME | Rizzotto, Laura |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Latvian-Brazilian singer, songwriter and musician |
DATE OF BIRTH | July 18, 1994 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Rio de Janeiro , Brazil |