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TheFerraz sisters, Flávia, Lúcia and Marina bring their affinity from home. Always singing and playing together, theyhave recorded vocal pieces which are extremely sophisticated,together with instruments (guitar, flute and piano) with techniques perfectedat the Federal University of Minas Gerais and the preeminent Fundação deEducação Artística (Artistic Education Foundation).

Creative andintelligent, the group composes their own arrangements, amply demonstrating adominance of their musical talent. Theytastefully and elegantly explore elements such as canons, contracantos, unisonsand trios with notably precise instrumentation. These qualities have received the warm applause of the most intelligentof critics such as Mauro Dias, João Paulo Cunha and José Domingos Raffaelli, aswell as being well recognised in the industry and having a considerable andfaithful following.

In March of 2000, Amaranto launched their first CD inBelo Horizonte. “Retrato da Vida”(“Portrait of Life”) is a collection of songs by Djavan interpreted by thegroup together with a variety of instrumental arrangements. The disc was produced under the musicaldirection of Geraldo Vianna and was arranged by the group and GuilhermePaolielo and was responsible for bringing Amaranto into spotlight of theBrazilian music scene.

Also in 2000, Amaranto, together with singerMarina Machado, performed one of the works of composer Flávio Henrique at thePrêmio Visa Composer’s Edition in São Paulo. The show “Aos Olhos de Guignard” (“To the Eyes of Guignard”) resulted ina partnership with Flávio and Marina which culminated with the recording of anacclaimed CD bearing the same name which was launched in 2001 at a show at theAbílio Barreto Historical Museum (BH) with record attendance. In 2002, Amaranto was honoured, for the third consecutive time, with thetitle Best Vocal Group of Minas Gerais,by Troféu Pró-Música (1999, 2000 and 2001).

In 2003, Amaranto released their third CD,“Brasilêro” – produced by Rodolfo Stroeter – which consists of mostlyunreleased songs by other established artists performed with team of renownedinstrumentalists as well as songs by new names in MPB (Brazilian PopularMusic).

The “Brasilêro” release concert, performed in Augustof 2003, filled the Grand Theatre at the Palácio das Artes (almost 1700people), in Belo Horizonte. In March of2004, Amaranto performed at the same venue to launch the CD’stour. Tickets were sold out before theshow, surpassing their previous show’s attendance. The tour successfully launched the CD“Brasilêro” in nine cities throughout Minas Gerais and in Rio de Janeiro at ashow performed at Mistura Fina.

In 2005 Amaranto was chosen by Itáu Culturalfor the Rumos project. Their work wasincluded in the CD “O Brasil em 9 CD’s” (“Brazil on 9 CD’s”) and was part of aDVD collection of shows recorded in the Itaú Cultural auditorium. In 2006, Amaranto completed an oldproject: the recording and launching ofthe CD “Três Pontes” (“Three Bridges”), their first work dedicated to childrenand produced by Rodolfo Stroeter.

In 2008, Amaranto went on “Três Pontes” touracross Minas Gerais and made their first ever show outside of Brazil(Washington, U.S.A.) in September. In 2009 Amaranto released the CD “TrêsEstações”, a tribute to Dorival Caymmi, recorded live in 2005, in colaborationwith Geraldo Vianna and Fernando Brant.

In 2011, it launched the new album “Quarto Azul” inBelo Horizonte and since then the trio has been on tour promoting its songsnationally and internationally. The group released a new edition of the concert“Reciclagem” in a partnership with the band Cálix and the choir Mater Ecclesiaede Santa Luzia. We are now gathering resources to produce our first DVD.

Also in 2011, Amaranto premiered in the BrazilianWinter Festival in Stockholm, Sweden.

The trio has successfully performed its latest work, amusical for children entitled “A Menina dos Olhos Virados” in July, 2012, withthe opening night tickets sold out.

This is Amaranto: a consistent work whose guiding force is good music.



For more information, see www.amaranto.com.br