The Tallahassee Youth Orchestra performed “Tropical Imaginations: Brazil in Sound” for Ruby Diamond Concert Hall on Feb. 23.

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Hermeto Pascoal, an eccentric and prolific Brazilian multi-instrumentalist, composer and arranger known affectionately as “The Sorcerer of Sounds” and “The Mad Genius,” has died.

He was the Brazilian music legend who brought bossa nova to a global audience in a career that lasted more than 60 years. In the past few days, tributes have been flooding in for legendary Brazilian ...

The two time Grammy winner died on Thursday, Sept. 5, in a Los Angeles hospital Charna Flam is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2023. Her work has previously appeared ...

Barbosa’s composition was inspired by Matos Rodríguez's tango, “La Cumparsita,” which is a staple in Latin American culture ...

Sérgio Mendes, the Brazilian musician renowned for bringing bossa nova music to a global audience starting in the ’60s, has died. He was 83. The news was announced in a statement by his family, who ...

A few weeks ago, a famous Brazilian musician and critic wrote a poignant article pointing out how the events that have recently rocked Brazil lack a soundtrack, a musical dimension as in previous ...

Alok is no stranger to the global stage. As one of the world’s most in-demand DJs, the 33-year-old Brazilian producer has amassed millions of monthly streams and regularly spins in cities like SÁ£o ...

As has happened so often in the past, Berkeley is ahead of the cultural curve. Choro, an instrumental Brazilian tradition that was among the first New World musical styles to combine European ...

Artists protesting against Brazil's military dictatorship in 1968 at Rio de Janeiro City Hall. Photo from the Brazilian National Archives Collection. In times of darkness, music has often led the way.