Larissa Luz
{{Short description|Brazilian singer-songwriter (born 1987)}}
{{Portuguese name|Luz|de Jesus}}
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Larissa Luz de Jesus (born 15 May 1987) is a Brazilian singer-songwriter and actress.
Life and career
Born in Salvador, Bahia, Luz started studying piano and singing when she was 12 years old.{{cite web |title= Larissa Luz |url=https://dicionariompb.com.br/artista/larissa-luz/ |website=Dicionário Cravo Albin da Música Popular Brasileira|publisher=Instituto Cultural Cravo Albin |access-date=9 August 2024}} In 2001, she became a member of an all-female rock band, Lucy in the sky, with whom she performed in local nightclubs, and in the following years she joined other groups (Egrégoras, Interart, Tempero Nagô) and had gigs as solo singer in various local shopping centres and bars.
Luz became first known in 2007, when she replaced Tatau as lead singer of the axé group {{Interlanguage link|Ara Ketu|pt}}. In 2012, she left the band, and one year later she released her debut solo album, Mundança.
In 2015, Luz launched the single "Território conquistado", anticipating the eponymous album, released one year later and which included guest appearances by Elza Soares and Thalma de Freitas. A concept album honoring ten black Brazilian personalities that Luz conceived in collaboration with anthropologist Goli Guerreiro, it was nominated for a Latin Grammy Award for Best Portuguese Language Contemporary Pop Album.{{cite news |last1=Staff |title=Latin Grammy Winners 2016: Complete List |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/latin/latin-grammys-2016-winners-7581242/ |access-date=9 August 2024 |work=Billboard |date=18 November 2016}} Also in 2016, she performed at the opening ceremony of the 2016 Summer Olympics, singing "Canto de Ossanha" in a duet with Elza Soares. The collaboration with Soares continued in 2017, when Luz opened her concerts in the Elza canta Lupi tour, while in 2018 Luz was protagonist of the Soares-tributing stage musical Elza - O Musical. For her performance she was awarded the {{Interlanguage link|Bibi Ferreira Prize|pt|Prêmio Bibi Ferreira}} for best actress in a musical.{{cite news |title=Aniversário de Larissa Luz: confira as conquistas da artista na música |url=https://novabrasilfm.com.br/notas-musicais/larissa-luz |access-date=9 August 2024 |work=Novabrasil FM |date=15 May 2023}}
In 2019, Luz released her third alum Trovão, produced by Rafa Dias and featuring collaborations with Bia Ferreira, Letieres Leite, Ellen Oléria, {{Interlanguage link|Lazzo Matumbi|pt}} and Luedji Luna.{{cite news |last1=Antunes |first1=Pedro |title=Larissa Luz se une ao diretor Heitor Dhalia para criar o clipe de "Gira"; assista |url=https://rollingstone.com.br/noticia/larissa-luz-se-une-ao-diretor-heitor-dhalia-para-criar-o-clipe-de-gira-assista/ |access-date=9 August 2024 |work=Rolling Stone Brasil |date=8 May 2019 |language=pt-br}} The album was included in the list of the 25 best Brazilian albums of the year authored by Associação Paulista de Críticos de Arte.{{cite news |last1=Antunes |first1=Pedro |title=Os 25 melhores discos de 2019 até agora, segundo a APCA |url=https://rollingstone.com.br/noticia/os-25-melhores-discos-de-2019-ate-agora-segundo-apca-lista/ |access-date=9 August 2024 |work=Rolling Stone Brasil |date=16 August 2019 |language=pt-br}} In 2022, she released the EP Deusa Dulov (Vol. 1) in collaboration with Tropkillaz,{{cite news |last1=Garcia |first1=Gabryella |title=Larissa Luz fala sobre afetividade preta em novo EP: 'Externalizar angústias' |url=https://revistamarieclaire.globo.com/Cultura/noticia/2022/02/larissa-luz-fala-sobre-afetividade-preta-em-novo-ep-externalizar-angustias.html |access-date=9 August 2024 |work=Revista Marie Claire |date=25 August 2022 |language=pt-br}} and made her debut as television presenter hosting the GNT program Saia Justa.{{cite news |last1=Tomaz |first1=Reginaldo |title="‘Saia Justa’ será como uma terapia semanal", diz Larissa Luz |url=https://www.terra.com.br/nos/saia-justa-sera-como-uma-terapia-semanal-diz-larissa-luz,b4c23f1d54ab586d4ba56a76c4d214ddgu0ljm88.html |access-date=9 August 2024 |work=Terra |date=24 March 2022 |language=pt-BR}} In 2023, she was a contestant of the show The Masked Singer Brasil.{{cite news |title=Ex-BBB Flay, a DJ Vitória-Régia, é a vencedora do The Masked Singer; confira 2º e 3º colocados |url=https://www.folhape.com.br/cultura/ex-bbb-flay-e-a-vencedora-do-the-masked-singer-brasil-confira/265506/ |access-date=9 August 2024 |work=Folha de Pernambuco |date=9 April 2023 |language=pt-br}} The same year, she played Elza Soares in the biographical film Mussum.{{cite news |last1=Ferreira |first1=Mauro |title='Filmis' sobre Mussum lembra que o samba também foi a vida do humorista |url=https://g1.globo.com/pop-arte/musica/blog/mauro-ferreira/post/2023/10/13/filmis-sobre-mussum-lembra-que-o-samba-tambem-foi-a-vida-do-humorista.ghtml |access-date=9 August 2024 |work=G1 |date=13 October 2023 |language=pt-br}} In 2024, she performed at Rock in Rio and at Afropunk Festival in New York.{{cite news |title=No line up do Rock in Rio , Larissa Luz será uma das atrações do Festival Afropunk em Nova York e em Salvador |url=https://www.faixapop.com.br/no-line-up-do-rock-in-rio-larissa-luz-sera-uma-das-atracoes-do-festival-afropunk-em-nova-york-e-em-salvador/ |access-date=9 August 2024 |work=Faixa Pop |date=14 June 2024}}
Discography
;Albums
- Mundança (2013)
- Território Conquistado (2016)
- Trovão (2019)
- Deusa Dulov (Vol. 1) (2022, EP, with Tropkillaz)
References
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==External links==
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Category:Actresses from Salvador, Bahia
Category:Música Popular Brasileira singers
Category:21st-century Brazilian singer-songwriters
Category:21st-century Brazilian women singers
Category:Brazilian jazz singers
Category:Brazilian women jazz singers
Category:Brazilian women singer-songwriters