André Cibelli Abujamra (born May 15, 1965) is a Brazilian

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, musician, singer, guitarist, actor, and comedian of Lebanese and

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origin. Both his father,

Antônio Abujamra Antônio Abujamra (; 15 September 1932 – 28 April 2015) was a Brazilian theatre and television director and actor. Having majored in journalism and philosophy at the Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul in 1957, he started a ...

, and cousin,

Clarisse Abujamra Clarisse Mattos Abujamra (born 3 April 1948) is a Brazilian actress, choreographer, and theatre director. She is most known for her roles in Chega da Saudade (2007), A Coleção Invisível (2012), and Como Nossos Pais (2018). Her uncle was a ...

, are actors.

Film work

Abujamra has worked on nearly 30 films in his career since entering the

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in 1988, and has composed the soundtracks to acclaimed Brazilian films such as ''

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'' (2002), '' Carandiru'' (2003), and '' Cafundó'' (2005). He has also had several minor roles in Brazilian films and has written soundtracks for Brazilian TV channel

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Band work

He was singer and guitar player for a band called

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. They have released three CDs: ''Karnak'' (1995), ''Universo Umbigo'' (1997), and ''Estamos Adorando Tóquio'' (2000). Alongside

Maurício Pereira Maurício Pereira (born November 8, 1959) is a Brazilian singer-songwriter, lyricist, journalist, saxophonist, Announcer#Television and other media, television announcer, stage actor and record producer best known for his work with experimental ...

he is also part of the

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duo

Os Mulheres Negras Os Mulheres Negras ( Portuguese for "The Black Women") are a Brazilian experimental rock duo formed in São Paulo in 1985, by musicians André Abujamra (vocals, electric guitar, synthesizer, drum machine) and Maurício Pereira (vocals, saxophone) ...

. His album ''Omindá'' was ranked as the 17th best Brazilian album of 2018 by the Brazilian edition of ''

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'' magazine and among the 25 best Brazilian albums of the second half of 2018 by the

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. In

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, his album ''Emidoinã'' was nominated for the

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for Best Portuguese Language Rock or Alternative Album.

Awards

He has won four professional awards in his career to date, and he won the Kikito Award for the soundtrack of "As Rosas não Falam".

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* 1965 births Living people Male actors from São Paulo Brazilian male film actors Brazilian film score composers Brazilian male film score composers Brazilian male guitarists 20th-century Brazilian male singers 20th-century Brazilian singers Brazilian male telenovela actors Brazilian people of Lebanese descent Brazilian people of Italian descent 21st-century Brazilian male singers 21st-century Brazilian singers Brazilian male comedians Comedians from São Paulo {{brazil-composer-stub