Carlinhos Pandeiro de Ouro and stunts (known as "malabarismo"). Soon Carlinhos was performing professionally, working with most important musicians and composers in Rio. In 1966, Brazil held a national contest to find the country’s best pandeiro player. Carlinhos out-performed 500 other players to win the first ‘Golden Tambourine’ award, thereby becoming known as "Carlinhos Pandeiro de Ouro". With this recognition, Carlinhos represented Brazil in performances before the Japanese royal family, the Swedish royal family, and also in a command performance for Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Phillip of England. Carlinhos has had a wide-ranging career as a percussionist, appearing in Brazilian films, on Brazilian
Hello, Hello Brazil: Popular Music in the Making of Modern Brazil of Brazilian culture industry and rapid industrialization a new music was formed in conscious effort to help shape Brazil to be a modern country. Because of these three factors, modern Brazil was impacted past the 1930s - 1950s when most of these changes were occurring. This book analyzes the creation of that new popular music and explores its deeper implications. Additionally, McCann looks at how these processes opened a window of opportunity for the creation of enduring cultural tendencies which supports his thesis that music produced during the set time period would help structure Brazilian culture life well into the