Person
João Gilberto
- Specialty
- Acting
- Birth
- June 10, 1931 · 88 years
- Death
- July 6, 2019
- Origin
- Juazeiro, Bahia, Brasil
Professional Trajectory
João Gilberto Prado Pereira de Oliveira OMC, better known as João Gilberto (Juazeiro, June 10, 1931 — Rio de Janeiro, July 6, 2019), was a Brazilian singer, guitarist and composer. Considered a brilliant artist by musicologists and specialized journalists, he revolutionized Brazilian music by creating a new guitar beat to play samba: the "Bossa Nova".
