Choro das 3

For 19 years, Choro das 3 was a group formed by three sisters: Corina (flute and piccolo), Lia (7-string guitar), Elisa (mandolin, clarinet, banjo, clarinet and piano), and father Eduardo (tambourine). , who died of COVID-19 on June 11, 2021.

In 2022, we complete 20 years of career, and we never imagined that this date, which should be so happy, would arrive without the person most important to our success being here to celebrate this journey.

It all started when a volunteer teacher rehearsed a choir with the first-grade class where Corina studied in her hometown, Porto Feliz. So Corina started learning the recorder, and her father, Eduardo, excited, bought a tambourine to remember his youth and have fun with his daughter on weekends.

Corina chose the transverse flute thanks to a record by Altamiro Carrilho. Younger sisters Lia and Elisa wanted to be part of that musical game and ended up choosing their instruments, too. Lia switched to the guitar (at the time, still with 6 strings), and Elisa already asked Santa Claus for a "mandolin" in her little letter from that year.

The idea was never to form a group. The girls' parents, Eduardo and Cristina, just wanted their daughters to have a hobby and have fun with music.

Knowing that São Paulo collected great Choro musicians, the family began to attend the capital's circles weekly so that the daughters could learn the style from the masters.

The family began to draw attention in these choro circles in São Paulo. It wasn't expected to see three girls in that environment. Invitations to TV and Radio programs and the first Show, contracted by the US Consulate, arose.

The group chose the name "Balaio de Gato," which later became "Choro das 3" before releasing the first CD, Meu Brasil Brasileiro.

Meu Brasil Brasileiro was launched by Som Livre in 2008. In addition to taking Choro das 3 to the main TV and radio programs in the country, it brought the group the Best Group of the Year award by the São Paulo Association of Art Critics. From then on, Choro das 3 never stopped. There are already 11 CDs recorded, 8 international tours, hundreds of concerts and workshops in different countries, and a growing public on the internet.

Learn more at https://www.chorodas3.com.br