Edimeia Barreto

Origin

Ponta Grossa, PR

Also known as

Edimeia Barreto da Silva

Years Active

1980

Genres

MPB, instrumental music, classical music

Instruments

piano

Biography

Ediméia Barreto da Silva is a pianist, composer, piano teacher, and poet born in Ponta Grossa, Paraná. She began her musical studies at the age of seven in Curitiba and, at ten, entered the School of Music and Fine Arts of Paraná (currently Unespar), where she later graduated with a degree in Music Education and Piano. Her training was marked by the teachings of renowned pianists such as Urânia Vallada Cunha and Vânia Pimentel. Music and poetry have always walked hand in hand in her career, with poems published in anthologies since the 1980s, including "Infância Mal Vivida", selected for the anthology "Poetas Brasileiros de Hoje".

Throughout her career, Ediméia Barreto has participated in recitals, cultural events, and literary projects, consolidating a path dedicated to art. In 2001, she released her self-authored CD "Dança na Lama", funded by the Curitiba Cultural Incentive Law, performing in important cultural spaces in Paraná alongside maestro Waltel Branco. Her composition "Pequena Canção", in partnership with Inamí Custódio Pinto and interpreted by Norma Cecy, was selected for important musical festivals. In 2018, she joined the Center of Letters of Paraná and, in 2019, participated in the documentary "Compositoras Paranaenses".

In 2020, Ediméia Barreto joined the Cravo Albin Dictionary of Brazilian Popular Music and had her compositions "Pequena Canção" and "Outono" included in the EP "Feminino Tom 2", by the record label Guitarra Brasileira. In the same year, she composed the music for the Anthem of the Brazilian Writers Union (UBE), an institution of which she became Musical Director. In 2021, she released the EP "Instrumental & Voz Brazilian", featuring her own works, including a partnership with Euclides Amaral on the song "Duas Luas". She also released the music video "Sentimento" and, in 2022, conceived and hosted the radio program "Instrumental Voz Poesia". In 2023, she released the music video "Voz do Coração", and in 2024, she performed a music and poetry show at the Center of Letters of Paraná.