Biography

Brazilian singer and songwriter Monique Kessous is known as one of the most talented artist of her generation. Monique started her career in 2006 being invited by Roberto Menescal (one of the “Bossa Nova”Artist Founders) to record an album caled "Beatles in Bossa" released in Asia, North and South America. The album made her know internationally. It has milions of views on digital plataforms and is still played all over the world. From 2008 to 2016, Kessous released 3 albuns (“Com essa Cor”, “Monique Kessous”and “Dentro de mim cabe o mundo”, with her own songs, from each there were 6 tracks in soap operas in Tv Globo, and the musicvideo "Frio", that was nominated to 5 categories as the best musicvideo of the year in 2012. In 2011, Kessous won the “Multishow” Prize as The Best New Artist of the Year. Critically acclaimed as a great contemporary MPB vocalist and songwriter, Monique is known for her gentle, sweet and expressive voice, and a charismatic performance. Her music is categorized as MPB is a mix of the traditional Brazilian music with pop, folk and ethnics influences. In 10 years carreer, Monique recorded, played and made music collaboration with great Brazilian and international artists (as Daniel Jobim, Ney Matogrosso, Elba Ramalho, Roberto Menescal, Chico César, Ed Motta, Moska, Fagner, Jesse Harris Mamadou Diabaté, Idan Raichel and Maya Avraham..), also touring around Brazil, Israel and Europe.