Miranda Verouli

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I’m a singer/songwriter based in Athens, Greece. I got my first piano and theory lessons when I was 8. After I got my degree in Physical Education from the University of Athens, I went on to study graphic design in Paris and then New York, at Parsons School of Design. After my graduation, I went to live in Rio de Janeiro, Brasil, working for designer Felipe Taborda. I moved back to Athens in the late 90s, and begun singing professionally with “Banda Som Brasil”, a band formed by brazilian and geek-brazilian musicians. In 2001, I joined the Athenaeum School of Music, where I studied jazz improvisation & harmony and got my diploma in jazz singing. I met many musicians, played with local bands, participated in recordings, and started writing my own songs. I wrote the lyrics for the Portuguese version of the Galani/Nikolakopoulou hit song “To Heirokrotima” by the title “Esse Olhar” (Sony 2005). During the years 2001-2003, I was the lead singer for bands “Démodé” (jazz, latin jazz, brazilian) and “Jazz Friends” (swing, be-bop, hard-bop). In 2003 I met Nikko Patrelakis and participated in his albums “Time” (2003 Smallhouse), and “Echo” (2007 Smallhouse / Klik), in which I sing “Arco-Íris” which I wrote lyrics for. Also in 2007, I recorded with Florian Mikuta for his debut album “Romzil” (2007 Ankh), singing in Portuguese and Romanian and writing lyrics. Since 2003 I perform with my band, “Desafinados”. We play brazilian music (bossa nova, samba, MPB, baião, etc…) in an improvisational mood. I’m currently working on songs for my first solo album. Some of these new songs were performed for the first time in public, in Athens, on Music Day 2007.