Jazz Singer Lisbon

Ru is a bilingual musician born in Portugal who started singing from the moment she was born and began playing piano at the early age of three.

With a family background of pianists and musicians, Ru inherited a natural ear for music and an unstoppable passion for it. By age 14, Ru broadened her musical skills by teaching herself to play guitar and bass.

She pursued her musical education at various Jazz institutes, including Hot Club de Portugal and Lusíada University, where she took up the drums and studied with esteemed teachers such as Alexandre Diniz, Ana Araujo, Anne Kaasa, Luísa Oliveira (piano), Mariana Norton, Joana Espadinha, Bárbara Lagido (voice), Pedro Leónidas (electric guitar), Joel Silva (jazz drums), and Cristina de Castro.

By the end of 2008, Ru was chosen to be Casual Attraction's female vocalist/acoustic guitarist, and their debut album "At First Sight" was well underway. In May, they performed a live broadcast for RDP Africa at the Onda Jazz club in Lisbon. June marked the start of their FNAC promotion tour, where they performed in major shopping centers across Portugal.

After taking some time off to complete her demanding university course at IADE - Creative University (where she earned her degree in design), Ru returned to the music scene in late 2010, performing in jazz pubs, hotels, and private events as a session musician.

By the new year, Ru had become the new keyboard player/backing vocalist for Rock A Lady, a highly popular all-female cover rock band with whom she traveled all over Portugal, performing live at festivals for thousands of people.

Currently, Ru works as a freelance musician (vocals, piano, acoustic guitar) and performs solo DJ & voice live act shows, along with leading her jazz/soul/blues/pop band.

The sky's the limit.