Isabella Rovo was born in Brasilia, a melting pot of
different cultural expressions brought by the immigrants who came to build the
new capital of Brasil.
With a bachelor degree in in Arts from “Universidade de
Brasília”, since 1991, Isabella has been working with music, folklore and arts,
both as artist and educator.
As a musician, Isabella currently take part in different
musical projects: Zabumba de Chita - gathering women around forró, Cavidejê
where she sings classical sambas accompanied by Bororó Felipe and Ricardo de
Pina, Choro na Calçada where she plays pandeiro with Jerônimo Forzani, Mauro
Cruz and Naruh Payne and since 2011 Camerata Caipira besides Victor Batista,
Bosco Oliveira, Nelson Latif and Sandro Alves, which performes a variety of
Brazilian rhythms.
In 2013 Camerata caipira performed at WOMAD NZ and released
their first album. In 2014 they performed at Brazilian Day in Sydney and
Floriade Festival in Canberra, Austrália. In 2016 they toured in Europe
travelling around Portugal and Holland. In 2018 the group recorded the second
album, for kids, talking about the Brazilian fauna. www.cameratacaipira.com
Isabella lived in New Zealand from 2008 to 2010, where she
developed an intense musical work, putting together the bands Brazealand and
Roda de Samba, integrating musicians from Brazil and New Zealander alike.
Brazealand performed at the Botanical Magic Gardens, Aro Valley Fair, Newtown
Festival, Race Relations Day at Civic Square, Reel Brazil Film Festival and
Cuba Street Carnival. The group also released a double album CD and DVD. www.brazealand.blogspot.com
Isabella, along side with Clo Mudrik, was also co-producer
of Live Brazil Festival 2009. This
festival that took place over three days brought to light many forms of
Brazilian music and regional dances as
well as folklore, and engaged a wide local community.
Art Education
Member of the not-for-profit organization COEPi since 1998,
Isabella has worked in several art-education projects: Urgente Reciclar (Urgent
Recycling), a carnival group, working as costume designer and performing as
flag bearer; Ponto de Cultura, a national program supported by the Ministry of
Culture, working as coordinator and art teacher; Profusão Rítmica, a fusion
dance group mixing and Caravana da Criança, a Circus and storytelling project
in public schools.
