Friday Music Series: Gigi MacLaughlin and Vitor Gonçalves

Artist Biography

Vitor Gonçalves: Vitor Gonçalves is a pianist, accordionist, composer and arranger from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. After an illustrious career as an in demand musician in Brazil, playing with such icons as Hermeto Pascoal, Maria Bethânia, Itiberê Zwarg, and many others, he made the move to New York City, where he currently resides.

He has been nominated for two Grammy Awards 2020, for Best Latin Jazz album with Thalma de Freitas and for Best Large Jazz Ensemble with Anat Cohen Tentet.

Gigi MacLaughlin is the linchpin of Washington DC’s Brazilian music scene. She has sung and played percussion with dozens of major Brazilian musicians traveling to DC, including Rogério Souza, Pablo Fagundes, and many others. Gigi performs regularly around DC with a wide variety of collaborates. When it comes to Brazilian music in DC, Gigi makes it all happen.