Percussionist Don Pandeiro is one of two musicians performing regional Brazilian music Oct. 6 at the University of Illinois. Photo courtesy of Estúdio 185
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Two Brazilian musicians who play different instruments and represent two distinct regional musical styles will perform together for the first time on the University of Illinois campus. Percussionist Don Pandeiro (the stage name for José Don Alves) and Di Freitas (the stage name for Francisco Ferreira de Freitas Filho), who plays string instruments, will perform at 7 p.m. Oct. 6 in the Knight Auditorium at Spurlock Museum , 600S. Gregory St. Urbana. The concert, hosted by the Center for Advanced Study , is free and open to the public. Don Pandeiro, who is from Sao Paulo in southeastern Brazil, plays an instrument of the same name: The pandeiro is a Brazilian version of a tambourine.
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