Born in a small town in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Karina Zeviani started her career as a model for the Ford Model Agency at age 15 traveling to Zurich, Paris and Milano. While living in Germany, on a break from modeling, Karina Zeviani had her professional debut as a singer covering songs by her idol, Elis Regina. In NYC Karina became a sought out performer after her residency at East Village club Nublu.
Since 2005, with the blessing of David Byrne, Karina sings and tours around the world with Thievery Corporation. This year Karina also started to perform as a lead guest vocalist with French band Nouvelle Vague. Frequently performing in Turkey, she regularly draws crowds in the thousands and was the subject of a 6-page spread in the Turkish edition of Rolling Stone magazine.
Karina Zeviani performs with Frederik Rubens, producer & engineer for Brazilian Girls, Pharaoh's Daughter, Rob Garza (Thievery Corporation, Dust Galaxy), Spirit House, as well as many jazz musicians including Jason Lindner, Avishai Cohen and Third World Love. He's the keyboardist, musical director and producer of Karina Zeviani with whom he's been writing and performing internationally for the last 2 years.
Karina singing with Thievery Corporation
Karina singing "You Don't Know Me" with Caetano Veloso in Brazil
