Fusion · Italian Music · Brazilian Jazz
Samba Rosa
SELMAH · Selma Hernandes — vocals & composition
Landmark musical encounters on Italian stages, alongside Toquinho, Toninho Horta (Grammy) and Ornella Vanoni. Over 35 years of career between Brazil and Italy — one of the Brazilian voices with the longest continuous presence on the Italian music scene.
Samba Rosa — live
- Running time
- 90 minutes
- Line-up
- Sextet
- Venues
- Festivals · Theatres · Open air
- Availability
- 2026/2027 Season
Samba Rosa
A rare musical complicity led by the magnetism of SELMAH and the virtuoso breath of harmonica player Giuseppe Milici, under the musical direction of Luigi Rana (multi-platinum, Europe and Asia). The project reveals a sunlit, rhythmic Italy, deeply connected to the heart of Brazil, and celebrates fifty years of the album «La voglia e la pazzia, l'incoscienza e l'allegria» by Ornella Vanoni, Toquinho and Vinicius de Moraes.
On stage (sextet): SELMAH (vocals, percussion) · Giuseppe Milici (harmonica) · Luigi Rana (musical direction, classical guitar) · Trio Unisono (bass, piano and drums).
One of the most refined voices of Brazilian music in ItalyGazzetta del Mezzogiorno · Cultura e Spettacolo
The goddess of Brazil sang — sold out at «Tenera è la notte»Jazzitalia
The melodies with Ornella Vanoni, Selma Hernandes, the verses with Orso Maria GuerriniCorriere della Sera · Cultura e Spettacolo · Roma
Toninho Horta
Special guest of the Grammy-winning guitarist (2024 tour)
Toquinho
Joint project in Italy — two generations of Brazilian music on the same stage, launched by the ANSA news agency
Ornella Vanoni
Headliner at the Auditorium Parco della Musica, Rome — with Ornella Vanoni as special guest
RAI Radio 1
Recurring guest — album launches and guest co-host with Max De Tomassi
~45 million
viewers on Domingão do Faustão, Rede Globo (live, 2000)
2 awards
Galluzzi Prize (first woman awarded) · Sinfonie d'Autore Prize (same edition as Gianluca Grignani)
Availability
2026/2027
Season
Season
Production & booking
WhatsApp +39 333 702 8704
Coming soon · new album «Caminho das Águas» — new work, 2026.
SELMAH
Fusion · Italian Music · Brazilian Jazz · Brazil ↔ Italy · 2026