Mauro Ferreira | |
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| Born | Mauro Ferreira do Nascimento July 6, 1965 |
| Alma mater | Centro Universitário da Cidade do Rio de Janeiro |
| Occupations | Journalist Music critic |
| Years active | 1987–present |
| Known for | Music criticism and Brazilian music journalism |
| Notable work | Columns and reviews for O Globo (1989–1997), O Dia (1997–2016), IstoÉ Gente (2000–2012), Rolling Stone Brasil , G1 (Blog do Mauro Ferreira, since 2017) |
| Website | https://www.blognotasmusicais.com.br |
Mauro Ferreira do Nascimento (July 6, 1965) is a Brazilian journalist, music critic and playwright, known for his work in music journalism since the 1980s. [1] [2] [3] [4]
He was born in the Tomás Coelho neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro in 1965. [5] [6] He graduated in journalism from the Centro Universitário da Cidade do Rio de Janeiro (UniverCidade) in 1980. [5]
He began his professional career in 1987, while still in college, writing for the music page of the newspaper O Municipal. [5] Between 1989 and 1997, he worked as a reporter and music critic for the newspaper O Globo . [7] [8] In 1998, he moved to another Rio de Janeiro newspaper, O Dia , where he was a music columnist until 2016. [7] [9] In magazines, he contributed to IstoÉ Gente between 2000 and 2012, in addition to being a regular contributor to the Brazilian edition of Rolling Stone from 2007 until the end of the magazine's monthly print edition. [10] [11]
In 2013, he released his first book on music, Cantadas – A sedução da voz feminina em 25 anos de jornalismo musical (in free translation, Cantadas – The seduction of the female voice in 25 years of music journalism), by Mauad Publishing House. [12] [13] [14] Nine years later, the book was reissued with ten additional singers profiled, this time published by Garota FM Books. [7] [15] [16]
Between November 2006 and June 2016, he maintained the blog Notas Musicais, hosted on Blogger service, which he updated daily. [7] [17] At the end of 2016, he moved his blog to G1 , Globo Group's digital news portal, where he writes a daily column dedicated to journalistic commentary on music and the Brazilian music industry; it is also an opinion column on current concerts and music releases. [8] [18]