João Gilberto to retire

Saturday, May 21, 2011  

Update:

According to the Estado de S. Paulo, João Gilberto will commemorate his 80th birthday with concerts in five Brazilian cities. The concerts will take place between 29 August and 30 November in Rio, São Paulo, Salvador, Porto Alegre, and Brasília. The Rio concert is likely to take place on 10 September, and that in São Paulo, a week earlier. 

João Gilberto to retire

A farewell performance in August.

O Globo columnist Ancelmo Gois announced it on 18 May:

A genius’s goodbye

In June, João Gilberto will complete 80 years of life.
The idea is to celebrate the date with a big show in August, anounced as the farewell of the genius of Brazilian music.

The legacy of João...

The show, in Rio, will be captured in 3D and transmitted to 200 movie theatres around the world. Eighty of them will be in Brazil. The program will range from Nelson Cavaquinho to Caetano Veloso.