” I change constantly, I trasforme, is a continuous process and when i change every thing around me does the same. “
about me
I was born in the vibrant city of Napoli, since centuries an inspiring place for artists of various disciplines. With its mix of colors, contradictions and astonishing beauty, this city possesses a world class musical tradition, and all this has inevitably influenced me.
Music has always been my passion, therefore after completing my college degree in Cultural Anthropology in Rome, I began with my musical pathway. My formal musical education started in the year 2004 with jazz singing classes.
In 2011 I received a full scholarship to study at Berklee College of Music in Boston, USA. In this environment I meet teachers and musicians who were fundamental for my musical and personal development. In Berklee I affined my skills in jazz singing, music theory, composition, improvisation and deepened my knowledge in Latin Jazz, particularly in Bossa Nova.
Voice is my main instrument, only when i sing i can be totally free. I’m a multi instrumentalist, I play piano, classic guitar and various types of percussions, particularly Tammorra (frame drum from south Italy used to play tarantella) and Pandeiro from Brasil.
I’m Aries, raising Leo, with moon in Sagittarius, the fire in me guide my life with passion, resilience and courage.
My Nahual, in Maya Calendar, is Kame and represents death. We all are born and one day we will return to our origin. Kame is the prognosticator of goodness and evil, is the communicator with entities from other dimensions and the protective energy of the dead. It is the connection with the forces of the underworld.
I sing to summon this passion for life with every breath.
I need to have a propose in life and is been always connected to establish new challenges and make new mistakes, that’s how I grow.
I transcend the old and I became new. I make my own rules and I’m about to change again.
The songs in my album ” Presencia” are written in spanish & portuguese, because this are the languages with whom I’ve learned spirituality, they are the result of the teachings I’ve received in the last years living between Ibiza, Salvador de Bahia, the Amazons, Guatemala and Berlin.
With Medicine Music (shamanic way to conceive music) I have surrender, I don’t need anymore to show how much I’m worth, how talented I’m, I can just let go, letting the melodies flow through me, as an instrument in service and not as an ego.
“After many healing processes, now I sing because I‘m a singer and not because I have to become someone, I’m my self already. I’m more than enough.”
Naiwa Project was born in Guatemala together with Zanate, musician & producer from lake Atitlan, my partner in life and in music.
Naiwa is a name that come from the African language Bantu, it means ‘born in troubled times’. It symbolizes resilience and strength in facing challenges.
Naiwa it’s used also to describe the blessing that comes after the rain.
The making of Presencia took us 1 year and half, it was a long process from darkness to light, the album was entirely produced in our home studio in Berlin.
“Winter was cold, no light outside, we had to look inside to found the inner sun! ”
I hope you enjoy our music!
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