Ananda Brandão

A French-Brazilian drummer, singer and songwriter, Ananda Brandão moves between jazz, folk, samba and pop on the Paris scene. Trained at French conservatories and at the Royal Academy of Music in London, she has played with Rhoda Scott, Clélya Abraham and Alex Hitchcock.

With pianist Nina Gat she shares Ninanda, a project that won awards at ReZZo Jazz à Vienne and the Prix René Urtreger in 2024, and sings in Portuguese, Hebrew, French and English.