Rosanna Tavares and Zlia Fonseca had been good friends since 1973. The girls wrote songs together, played concerts and finally moved from their home country Brazil to Portugal where they arrived with just 200 dollars in their pockets. Via Finland they came to Germany in 1989 starting a successful career as ‘Rosanna & Zlia’ with 4 CDs to their name. Using musical elements from Brazil as well as other traditions, their jazzy pop songs received rave reviews and a helping hand from such as Dino Saluzzi (bandoneon) and Howard Levy (harmonica)., They toured through Europe, Canada and Asia and shared the stage with Compay Segundo, John Mclaughlin, George Benson, Djavan, Joe Zawinul, Maria Joo, and many more. But the story of Rosanna & Zlia ended much too soon: In October 2006 Rosanna Tavares died after a long fight against cancer. ‘Rosanna’s death was a very heavy experience’, says Zlia Fonseca, ‘yet creative energies came out of it in order to con