The musical vein of the multimedia artist Rita Figueiredo began it’s pulse early on.
At age 14, the young girl, born in São Paulo began to study voice. Graduating in 1995 from  Liberated University of Music (ULM) in lyrical song(classical and operatic techniques of singing). (Linked to the Sao Paulo State Music School of Tom Jobim) (EMESP).

To further hone in her skills as a musician, she moved from the classical to the popular singing school of vocal training.
The first opportunity to launch her original work came in 2011, when she won the Cultural Action Program (ProAC) Award from the Secretary of Culture, which fully funded the creation of her first record.

Refining the stories she lived and witnessed throughout her career, Rita Figueiredo released her debut album, Brasilis, in February of 2013.
In the shows, Figueiredo developed a theatrical aspect, guaranteeing greater audience engagement and understanding to the compositions, that portray stories of typical everyday people of rural as well as greater metropolitan areas.

In a short time, Rita had her first album featured on some important lists as one of the best records released in Brazil in 2013. 

Before revealing her gift as a great storyteller through music, Rita Figueiredo had long imagined, created and reworked several other artistic projects as director of animated films. From small play chronicles to publicity ad campaigns.

The more than 20 years of Rita’s work in the area of ​​design and animation include periods through broadcasting networks such as MTV and TV Cultura as well as several film producers companies. Her love of music brought her work as a videographer and animation animator/illustrator, closer to many  Brazilian artists and musicians. Rita has directed music videos and made video and animations for multimedia screen backdrops for live concerts of many world  renowned artists in Brazil such as Marisa Monte, Ed Motta, Badi Assad, Simoninha, Cássia Eller, Palavra Cantada among many others.

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In 2015 Rita moved to New York and has since been intensely dedicated to music. In the last 3 years she has played in several cities in the USA, Brazil and Europe. In 2019 Rita is releasing his second album titled "Benji & Rita" with 14 songs in partnership with New York composer, instrumentalist, singer and guitarist Benji Kaplan.