Sun 25 Jan 2026, 16:00 – Samba, Choro e Canções Brasileiras – Cristina Yokota

English below.

De show "Samba, Choro e Canções Brasileiras" presenteert belangrijke werken van populaire muziek uit Brazilië, waaronder de samba en choro genres, met composities uit het begin van de 20e eeuw tot de 21e eeuw, van wereldberoemde componisten zoals Chico Buarque en Noel Rosa tot anderen die minder bekend zijn bij het Europese publiek - maar net zo belangrijk - zoals Guinga, Sérgio Santos en Wilson Batista.
Begeleid door een "regional" (groep in een traditionele choro bezetting), voert Cristina minder bekende stukken uit zoals "Lealdade" van Wilson
Batista, "Saci" van Guinga en "Choro Rasgado" van Francis Hime, waardoor het publiek de Braziliaanse muzikale poëzie ontdekt die verder gaat dan carnavalsamba's en bossanova.

Biografie
Cristina Yokota is een zangeres uit São Paulo - Brazilië, van Japanse afkomst en sinds 2005 woonachtig in Nederland.
Sinds 2020 studeert ze zang aan de Escola Portátil de Música (EPM) in Rio de Janeiro. Ze is ook student aan EPM Holanda, de eerste choroschool in Nederland en partner van EPM Rio de Janeiro, sinds de opening in 2012, waar ze pandeiro en fluit speelt.
In 2024 nam ze haar eerste singles op, met composities van Noel Rosa, Francis Hime en Olivia Hime, Sérgio Santos en Paulo César Pinheiro.
In 2025 gaf ze concerten in Rotterdam en Rio de Janeiro. In Rio vond het concert plaats in Casa do Choro, het meest gerenommeerde podium voor het genre Choro.

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(EN)
The show "Samba, Choro e Canções Brasileiras" presents important works of Brazilian popular music, including the samba and choro genres, compositions from the early 20th century to the 21st century, by world-renowned composers such as Chico Buarque and Noel Rosa as well as others less famous to European audiences - but just as important - such as Guinga, Sérgio Santos and Wilson Batista.
Accompanied by a "regional" (group in a traditional choro line-up), Cristina performs less known pieces such "Lealdade" by Wilson Batista, "Saci" by Guinga, "Choro Rasgado" by Francis Hime, leading the audience to explore Brazilian musical poetry beyond carnival sambas and bossa nova.

Biography: Cristina Yokota is a singer from São Paulo - Brazil, descendent of Japanese, living in the Netherlands since 2005.
She has been a singing student at the Escola Portátil de Música (EPM) Rio de Janeiro since 2020. She has also been a student at EPM Holanda - the first choro school in the Netherlands and a partner of EPM Rio de Janeiro since its opening in 2012, where she plays the pandeiro and the flut.
In 2024 she recorded her first singles, with compositions by Noel Rosa, Francis Hime and Olivia Hime, Sérgio Santos, and Paulo César Pinheiro.

In 2025 she gave concerts in Rotterdam and in Rio de Janeiro. In Rio the concert took place at Casa do Choro, the most renowned stage for the genre Choro.