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 Louis Simão 

Louis Simão is a Portuguese-Canadian multi-instrumentalist, singer, songwriter and arranger who explores the sounds of the lusophone diaspora. His music is a unique blend of Portuguese, Brazilian, North Africa and Jazz elements. In 2017, Simão was nominated in three separate categories by the International Portuguese Music Awards (IPMA) : Best Instrumental Performance for the song "Passaritos Fritos" (Simão), Best World Music Performance and Song of the Year for the song "Três Anos" (Simão/Petrilli). The composition "Três Anos" won Song of the Year. In November of 2017, Simão became the recipient of World Solo Artist of the Year in the 2017 Canadian Folk Music Awards.  Personal Life 

Simão was born in Toronto, Canada and began playing the accordion at the age of seven. After completing his BFA in music at York University in the late 1990's, he began building his music career as a multi-instrumentalist and composer. Since that time, Simão has worked as an accordionist, bassist, pianist, guitarist and vocalist in a variety of genres, performing and/or recording with artists such as Nelly Furtado, Kiran Ahluwalia (two-time JUNO winner), Justin Rutledge, Dominic Mancuso (2010 JUNO winner), Guinga, Henrique Cazes, Sophie Milman, Patricia Cano, Michael Occhipinti (2009 JUNO nominee) and Luis Mario Ochoa. Simão has also written string quartet arrangements for artists such as Brazilian guitarist and composer Wagner Petrilli and Canadian jazz pianist and composer Ron Davis.

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 * 1) https://www.simaomusic.com/press-reviews
 * 2) https://worldmusicreport.com/reviews/cds/louis-simao-a-luz/
 * 3) http://blogs.kcrw.com/music/2017/02/new-release-showcase-john-abercrombie-and-louis-simao/