Guido Brunini

Guido Brunini was a Brazilian singer born on 28 May, 1963. Son of Guido Vieira Brunini and Liana Smith Brunini, he had a true passion for music both as a singer and a pianist, and also had an artistic vein for acting as well. On the plays Guido appeared he usually performed songs while his career didn't took off. As a TV actor he is best remembered for Bambolê (1987), his only on screen appearance. His life and career were tragically cut short just when he was rising to prominence. On his early 20's he discovered to be HIV positive and despite the failing health in the following years he insisted on performing in shows and finally succeed it in recording his first and only album. The prejudice faced by HIV/AIDS patients were alarming at the time and Brunini had to hide from the record company that produced his album the fact he had the disease but to no avail. An unknown artist at the time and with an album with limited copies, the record company prevented its release - which only didn't happen completely because Guido's mother bought all the copies herself to distribute it to friends. The song "Imagens", a cover from "Someone" by The Rembrandts was used on the soundtrack of the TV series Pátria Minha (1994) and became the song he is mostly associated with thanks to his beautiful vocals, the strings and harmonica arrangements used in it as well. Brunini died at the age of 32 on the following year of his album debut.