Rachel Lessa

Rachel Lessa is an actress, singer, songwriter, instrumentalist, vocal coach, theater and speech arts teacher. She learned music from an early age in the backyard of her grandmother Letícia Conceição Castro, a singer and songwriter from Ipiaú. His other grandmother brought the greatest artists in the country to perform in her hometown of Ipiaú in 1940, Zezé Lessa. This year Rachel was awarded the Fauzi Maron award and put together a solo authorial musical show, telling her story under the direction of Jackson Costa. Rachel was a finalist for Ídolos, having shared the stage with artists such as Zélia Duncan, Mariene de Castro, Diogo Nogueira, Ivan Lins, Shanghai and Steve Coleman. He joined Oswaldo Montenegro’s musical theater company and performed in several musicals in Rio de Janeiro. Her training in performing arts and singing goes through Sorbonne 3, in Paris, Groove music school and UFBA in Salvador. He has worked with director Fátima Toledo, with Luiz Fernando de Carvalho. She was a contracted Actress at Globo for two years, where she acted in soap operas such as “A Favorita” and “Capitu”. Rachel has performed in theaters across the country with musicals. Rachel is also a music researcher and has participated as a regional award judge.