Paula Robison encore at one of her 92nd Street Y concerts, a dance for flute and pandeiro, a large tambourine traditional in Brazil. Silverman invited the percussionist Cyro Baptista to join her. The flutist Irna Priore, who was at the concert, told her that in Brazil there was a huge repertory for flute in the choro, a tradition of popular song originating in 19th century Rio de Janeiro. Cyro Baptista's wife provided recordings and tapes of music that was largely unknown in the US. Robison began to work on it with Baptista and other Brazilian musicians, who toured with her and eventually
Monarchism in Brazil Brazil. Facebook pages like "Pró Monarquia" reached almost 80,000 followers and are a point of convergence between different branches of Brazilian monarchism. The members of the Brazilian Imperial Family are becoming increasingly known. Prince João Henrique of Orléans-Braganza, known as "Dom Joãozinho", is one of the most popular figures in Paraty, where he has an inn, and is always invited to give interviews to various media outlets, such as Folha de S.Paulo and the interview show Roda Viva. Prince Luiz Philippe of Orléans-Braganza, nephew of the current Head of the Imperial House of Brazil, is known in the Brazilian academical