Biography
Adelaide Pereira da Silva (born in São Paulo,1928) is a Brazilian painter and composer. In an early age, she learned to play the piano with her mother and later had piano lessons with Hans Bruch and composition classes with Osvaldo Lacerda and Camargo Guarnieri. She began working as a music teacher and composer in 1960, and composed a number of works based on Brazilian folk music. She was also successful as a painter.
She won the 1st prize in the Gazeta Burajiruforukurore Association composition competition with 'Três canções sobre temas do folclore brasileiro', and the 2nd prize in the Santos City competition with 'É tão pouco o que desejo'
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Da Silva's works have been recorded and issued on CD, including:
Revelando o Brasil, Composições de Adelaide Pereira da Silva
Teclas Brasileiras
Brasileira: Piano Music by Brazilian Women Centaur Records
Mulheres Compositoras França - Brasil
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