Nara Pinheiro is an award-winning Brazilian jazz musician and composer from Minas Gerais in the south-east of the country. She is a flautist and singer who has been playing her original work since 2015 at festivals, theatres, and music venues in Brazil and internationally. She represents a new generation of Brazilian women developing their own sound and leading their own artistic and cultural projects.

Together with her group, Nara has performed on important stages and festivals in Brazil, such as Instrumental SESC Brasil, Valadares Jazz Festival, Festival Jazz de Montanha, Cine Theatro Central, Circuito Sons de Minas, and Festival Fartura, among others. In 2024, she toured Europe, performing in seven countries, with highlights including the Femina Jazz Festival (Spain), Kulturhaus Insel (Germany), and Jazz Minho (Portugal).

Stylistically although easily categorised as jazz, her sound is a varied one that incorporates alternative rock to new MPB (musica popular brasileira), from contemporary indie to very definitely jazz.

She is currently studying for a master’s degree in music at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, holds a bachelor’s degree from the Federal University of Juiz de Fora, and graduated from Bituca – University of Popular Music. Additionally, Nara works as a flute teacher at the State Conservatory of Music in Minas Gerais, in the city of Juiz de Fora.