Soulvenir is the winner of the first edition of the EDP Live Bands Brasil
The band from Maranhão played in the final with representatives from six other Brazilian states
The winner of the EDP Live Bands Brasil Contest was revealed on Saturday afternoon with the aim of promoting independent rock and pop-rock bands from across the country, presented by EDP, Everything is New and Unibes Cultural in partnership with Banco Caixa Geral, FNAC and Sony Music Brasil. Soulvenir, the band from Maranhão, was the overall winner.
The first Brazilian edition of the contest, which is already a success in Portugal, exceeded expectations for registrations - more than 1,300 bands from different parts of the country showed their talent in the contest online platform - and after two online voting and jury selections, eight representatives from the states of Ceará, Espírito Santo, Maranhão, Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro, Santa Catarina and São Paulo arrived at the finale to compete for the opportunity to perform on one of the stages at NOS Alive "16 in Lisbon and to record a CD with Sony Music Brasil.
"The great interest of Brazilian bands in participating in the contest and the musical quality presented in this first edition motivates us to continue encouraging more and more Brazilian artistic talent, "says Paulo Campos Costa, Communication Director of the EDP Group.
Originality, stage presence, technique and musical performance were some of the criteria evaluated by the jury made up of Paulo Campos Costa (EDP), Álvaro Covões (Everything is New), Paulo Junqueiro (Sony), Paulo Lima (Fnac) and the actor Ricardo Pereira, which made the band Soulvenir the winner of the contest.
The winning band of EDP Live Bands Brasil
Soulvenir
The band mixes electronic rock and regimental rhythms with lyrics in English and, in its trajectory, has passed through specialized media and participation in some national festivals like Ponto CE (2011) and DoSol Festival (2015). It is currently completing its second album.
The musical event was also featured in the second edition of Experimenta Portugal in São Paulo, an initiative promoted by the Portuguese Consulate to celebrate Portugese Month in Brazil.
EDP Live Bands Brasil also had the support of the Consulate General of Portugal, Fundação Luso Brasileira, Heineken, Lounge Magazine, Tap and Tivoli, and is an achievement of the Ministry of Culture of State Government of São Paulo, and the Secretary of Culture, being organized by EDP and Unibes Cultural.
