LISA ONO

Lisa Ono (小野リサ) is a Japanese bossa nova singer and guitarist, born in São Paulo in 1962 and raised between Tokyo and Rio de Janeiro. Her 1989 debut Catupiry was followed by a run of albums that made her one of Japan's best-known voices in the genre, including Dans Mon Ile (2003), a set of French songs reworked in a Brazilian style. Her sound is soft and intimate, with nylon-string guitar and understated phrasing, so it suits a seated, quiet room better than a loud standing crowd.