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Mio Matsuda
Mio Matsuda is a singer with no boundaries, fusing all the cultures and histories in the world that she experienced in artistic and harmonious way in her voice.
She started her career as a fado singer in Portugal. She then found herself recording her debut album “Atlantica” in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. In this album she sang songs off the sea in Portugal, Cabo Verde and Brazil, expressing diversity and richness of music in these regions and tell the story of the Atlantic Ocean. She continued recording many albums with remarkable musicians including Hugo Fattoruso, traveled through South America and Europe, singing in many styles of music. Mio speaks six languages and sings in more. She is recently learning Persian classical music from Mahsa Azimi.
Mio is also a researcher of lost Japanese folklore including songs of crypto-Christian songs and songs of Japanese immigrant in Brazil. Her albums “Creole Japan” and “Songs of Oita” are the fruit of her work and was well-received by the music community. Two award-winning TV documentaries were made about her song search.
In May 2025, she will release a CD book with prominent Buddhist scholar Dr. Musashi Tachikawa, singing ancient Buddhist mantras in Sanskrit.
Connection with Greece:
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Mio learned Greek at the age of 16 and was fascinated by the country’s music, history and culture. In 2016 she recorded her album “Ela” in Athens and Lisbon, singing three songs in Greek integrating beautiful fragments of Mediterranean voyage. In 2021 she sang “Arnisi” by Mikis Theodorakis for European Union’s anniversary in Japan. She has sung in Greece, including Lefkada Island where Lafcadio Hearn, who inspired her deeply, was born.
Discograophy
Atlantica (2005)
Pitanga! (2006)
Asas(2007)
Luar(2008)
Flor Criolla(2010)
Canta Jobim(2010)
Compas del Sul(2011)
Creole Nippon(2014)
Ela(2017)
Primeiro Passo QUATRO M (2018)
Oita no Uta (2019)
Colônia numa noite de lua – Antologia das canções dos imigrantes japoneses no Brasil (2019)
La Selva (2021)
