Gastão Formenti

Son of a painter who used to sing operas in his free time, Gastão Formenti successfully developed talents in both areas. In the popular music, Formenti had great success as a romantic singer, also recording several themes in the then-fashionable styles sertanejo (folk) and folkloric (with highlights for his renditions for Waldemar Henrique's tunes in 1934 and 1935), along with a few Carnival hits. One of the great Brazilian singers, Formenti recorded more than 300 compositions. Formenti was also awarded as painter, at Portugal's Eight Centennial and the Brazilian Salon of Fine Arts. His paintings are exhibited in the Museu Nacional de Belas Artes, Museu de São Paulo, and in museums in the United States and France.



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