Rita Benneditto was born in Maranhão but after she moved to São Luis, where she began her music carreer as one of the biggest brazilian music revelations, in 1996.
Next year, she recorded her debut album, “Rita Ribeiro”, a self-titled production with the collaboration of Mario Manga and Zeca Baleiro.
In 1997, she launched her second production “Pérolas aos povos” (Pearls to the villages) and since then, she has enjoyed wide critical success in her country.
She has performed with some of the most important brazilian legends: Ney Matogrosso, Milton Nascimento, Zeca Baleiro e Chico César. She played in the “Festival de Jazz de Montreux” in Switzerland and in the “Festival Brasil-Caracas” in Venezuela.
Her influences are very broad, including electronica, jazz, samba, pop and bossa nova.
In 2001, Ribeiro recorder her third studio album, “Comigo” (With me). The producers were Marco Mazzola and Pedro Mangabeira. Her popularity has increased since then.
Today, she is performing her new show, “Três Meninas do Brasil” (Three Girls Of Brazil) and she is also working in her new album. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.