Adoniran Barbosa, artistic name of João Rubinato (6 August 1910,
Valinhos â€" 23 November 1982, São Paulo), was a noted Brazilian São
Paulo style samba singer and composer.João Rubinato was the seventh
child of Francesco (Fernando) Rubinato and Emma Ricchini, Italian
immigrants from Cavarzere (province of Venice). His parents had
settled in Valinhos, a rural town in the state of São Paulo, about 70
km from the city of São Paulo. In 2010, two bridges were named after
Rubinato: one located in Valinhos, Brazil, where the singer was born,
and another in Cavarzere, Italy, where his parents came from.He is
said to have been a rather reluctant student, and started working at
an early age (which required falsifying his birth date). His first job
was a sweeper boy and general helper at a railway company in the
nearby town of JundiaÃ. In 1924 he moved to Santo André, a town in
the Greater São Paulo area, where he went through many jobs â€" loom
operator, painter, plumber, iron worker, peddler and waiter. At a
local technical school (the Liceu de Artes e OfÃcios) he learned the
office of mechanical assistant.
Valinhos â€" 23 November 1982, São Paulo), was a noted Brazilian São
Paulo style samba singer and composer.João Rubinato was the seventh
child of Francesco (Fernando) Rubinato and Emma Ricchini, Italian
immigrants from Cavarzere (province of Venice). His parents had
settled in Valinhos, a rural town in the state of São Paulo, about 70
km from the city of São Paulo. In 2010, two bridges were named after
Rubinato: one located in Valinhos, Brazil, where the singer was born,
and another in Cavarzere, Italy, where his parents came from.He is
said to have been a rather reluctant student, and started working at
an early age (which required falsifying his birth date). His first job
was a sweeper boy and general helper at a railway company in the
nearby town of JundiaÃ. In 1924 he moved to Santo André, a town in
the Greater São Paulo area, where he went through many jobs â€" loom
operator, painter, plumber, iron worker, peddler and waiter. At a
local technical school (the Liceu de Artes e OfÃcios) he learned the
office of mechanical assistant.
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