Sérgio Ricardo

In 1967 he gained attention when taking part in the third Festival de Música Popular Brasileira, in which he performed a rearranged version of "Beto bom de bola". The audience disliked the fact that he would not perform the original version and booed him during the whole performance. At a certain moment, he gave up playing, shouted "You won!" at the audience, broke his acoustic guitar and threw it at the crowd. He was then immediately disqualified. He was infected with COVID-19, and became COVID-negative in May 2020. However, he died without being discharged on 23 July 2020, a month after his 88th birthday, of heart failure.

Sérgio Ricardo studied at Lycée Pasteur de São Paulo. The recorded working language is Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese and French. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are samba-canção, bossa nova and música popular brasileira. Distinctions recorded are Order of Cultural Merit (Brazil).

• Name — Sérgio Ricardo • Birth Name — João Lutfi • Born — 18 June 1932 • Birthplace — Marília, São Paulo, Brazil • Died — 23 July 2020 • Place of death — Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil • Occupation — Film director, composer • Years Active — 1964-2020

• Boy of White Trousers (short, director, 1962) • This World is Mine (director, 1964) • Black God, White Devil (composer, 1964) • Lost Love Juliana (director, 1970) • The Night of the Scarecrow (director, 1974)