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projects and compilations. She has collaborated
with artists such as Antonio Carlos Jobim, Luiz
Bonfa, Ron Carter, Larry Coryell, Elizeth Car-
doso, Gonzalo Rubalcaba, John McLaughlin,
Sadao Watanabe, Hermeto Pascoal, Marcos
Valle, Jay Berliner, Edu Lobo, Martinho da Vila,
Jurgen Friedrich, Claus Ogerman, Dave Bru-
beck, Joao Donato, Dom Um Romao, Thiago
de Mello, Mario Castro-Neves, Raul de Souza,
Lou Volpe, Laudir de Oliveira, Rodgers Grant,
Gil Goldstein, Art Farmer, Eddie Gomez, the
groups Azymuth, Gazzara and Os Cariocas, the
big band Rio Jazz Orchestra, and the Symphony
Orchestras Petrobras and Jazz Sinfonica.
“I quickly became a Koorax convert,” wrote
famous jazz historian Ira Gitler. “Koorax is her
own woman. She is multi-faceted and multi-lin-
gual, comfortable in all situations and expres-
sive in a variety of languages. Her range and
technique are remarkable, but you don’t neces-
sarily take time out to marvel at her technique
until later on because you are too absorbed in
her musical message. Her powerful singing
speaks for itself with celestial eloquence.”
Plastic surgeon Dr Ioannis Lyras presents
his book
The Secret of the Brazilian Beauty
18 October, The Shoe Factory, Nicosia
Dr Ioannis Lyras presented his book,
The Secret
of the Brazilian Beauty
, which describes all the
characteristics that make Brazilian men and wom-
en among the most beautiful people on the planet.
Dr Lyras is registered in Greece and Cyprus
and is currently practicing plastic surgery in Ni-
cosia and Athens, Greece, where he was born in
1961. He graduated General Medicine in 1985
and received his board certifications in plastic
surgery in 1993 and 1995. He is also the Honor-
ary Consul of Brazil in Greece (Piraeus).
Dr Lyras acquired a great part of his expertise in
plastic surgery as trainee-assistant to the world
renowned pioneer Professor Ivo Pitanguy at the
Pitanguy Institute (Instituto Ivo Pitanguy) in
Rio de Janeiro. Dr Pitanguy is one of the most
important plastic surgeons in the world and is
considered one of the leading medical practi-
tioners of our century.
Ithamara Koorax
Dr Ioannis Lyras