Rosalia de Souza is a Brazilian
bossa nova singer. She was born in
Nilópolis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, an area famous for its samba school,
Beija-Flor.
After travelling to Italy at the age of 21,[2] she began to study music theory, Cuban percussion, and jazz at the Scuola Popolare di Testaccio (Popular school of Testaccio) in Rome.[1][3][4][5]