Gabriela Mendes

Gabriela Mendes (born on São Vicente island in 1973) is a Cape Verdean singer based in Mindelo.

Notable performances:

- Nuits du Sud - Festival de Jazz de Nice - Festival de Barcelonnette - Sob’s, New York - Yoshi’s Jazz Club, San Francisco - Festival Nuits d’Afrique, Québec - Café Atlântico, Fuerteventura - Musiquât - Tropentheater, Amsterdam - DeDoelen, Rotterdam - Center for World Cultures, Antwerpen - Afrikafestival, Stuttgart - Afrofestival, Karlsruhe - Afro Ruhr Festival, Dortmund - Afrokaribik festival, Bayreuth - Jazz Fest, Passau - Kammgarn-Hard, Dornbirn - Mahogany Hall, Bern - Moods, Zurich - Birds Eye, Basel - Teatro Sociale, Bellinzona - Lugano Jazz Festival - Buskers Bern Street Music Festival - Festival Internacional da Lusofonia - Cantos na Maré, Galícia - Suoni Mobili, Milano - Bottega Roots, Colle val d’Elsa - CalaSoul, Pisa - Montagnola Republic, Bologna.

Discography:

- 'Tradição' (2005). Recorded at Studio Plus XXX, Paris, France.

- 'Um Renovo Musical' (2011). Recorded in Berkeley, US.

- 'Stephan Rigert’s Talking Drums featuring Gabriela Mendes' (2013). Recorded live in Bern, Switzerland.

New album "Coraçao di Mundo" recorded in Cape Verde (2024)