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Edu da Gaita | |
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 Edu da Gaita in 1944 | |
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| Born | Eduardo Nadruz December 13, 1916 |
| Died | August 23, 1982 (aged 65) Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
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| Instrument | Harmonica |
| Website | http://www.edudagaita.com.br |
Edu da Gaita (lit. Edu of the Harp), born Eduardo Nadruz (December 13, 1916 – August 23, 1982), was a Brazilian musician.
At the end of the 1950s, Radamés Gnattali befriended Edu, composing a concert for harmonica and orchestra dedicated to him and, in 1960, taking him on tour in Europe and South America with his sextet in a government-funded program called III Caravana Oficial de Música Popular Brasileira. The tour was recorded and generated two albums: Radamés na Europa, com seu Sexteto e Edu – vol. 1 and Radamés na Europa, com seu Sexteto e Edu – vol. 2,[citation needed] all by Odeon Records.
In 2022, in his behalf, the state of São Paulo passed a bill declaring August 23 as "Dia Nacional da Gaita e do Gaitista" (National Day of the Harp and the Harp Player).
