Japanese-Brazilian bossa nova singer Liso Ono will perform at the Shenzhen Concert Hall on Sept. 28.

Lisa Ono

Ono began singing and playing the guitar at age 15, and her debut as a professional bossa nova singer was in 1989. Her natural voice, rhythmic guitar playing and her charming smile led her to huge success and has since helped popularize bossa nova in Japan. She has performed with many top musicians such as Antonio Carlos Jobim and Joao Donato, and has been performing enthusiastically in New York City, Brazil and Asian countries.

Her first album, “Catupiry,” was released in 1989. She has not stopped recording since then, releasing one disc a year, mostly in Portuguese. She soon became famous in Japan after appearing in several TV commercials.

In 1991 her album “Nana” won the Grand Prix Gold Disk Award for Jazz in Japan. Her third album “Menina” was recorded in Rio de Janeiro, and won the same Grand Prix award. In 1994 she released “Esperanca,” with guest appearances by Tom Jobim, Sivuca, Paulo Moura, Danilo Caymmi and Mario Adnet. The 1999 album “Dream” sold more than 200,000 copies in Japan, and since then she has established a determined position in the Japanese bossa nova community.

In 2000, she released “Boas Festas,” a winter bossa album to celebrate Christmas. The album includes original tunes as well as fresh bossa arrangements of classic American Christmas carols. Continuing her exploration of new material, in the summer of 2001, Ono released “Bossa Hula Nova,” which as the name implies, includes some new and classic Hawaiian songs done in a bossa nova style. In 2003 she released the album “Dons Mon Ile,” the theme of which was about a voyage to France and was based on famous French songs. In 2012, Ono served on the judging panel of a Chinese singing show “Asian Wave” which was broadcast on Dragon Television.

Time: 8 p.m., Sept. 28

Tickets: 280-1,380 yuan

Booking: 400-610-3721

Venue: Shenzhen Concert Hall, intersection of Hongli Road and Yitian Road, Futian District (福田区红荔路和益田路交汇处深圳音乐厅)

Metro: Longhua or Longgang Line, Children’s Palace Station (少年宫站), Exit D