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circolo degli artisti , rome 16 april 2009 nicola conte nilópolis , rio de janeiro , brazil avatar records schema records phantom sound & vision rosalia de souza solo_singer 4 july 1966 singing bossa nova rosalia de souza.jpg rosalia de souza
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rosalia de souza

rosalia de souza is a brazilian bossa nova singer .
she was born in nilópolis in the state of rio de janeiro , an area famous for beija flor samba .
after travelling to italy at the age of 21 , in 1989 she began studying musical theory , cuban percussions , jazz and jazz history at the ` scuola popolare di testaccio ' -lrb- popular school of testaccio -rrb- in rome .
