Edu da Gaita

Born

Eduardo Nadruz

(1916-12-13)December 13, 1916

Jaguarão, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

DiedAugust 23, 1982(1982-08-23) (aged 65)

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Occupations

• Composer
• harmonica player

InstrumentHarmonica

Edu da Gaita
Edu da Gaita in 1944
Background information
Born	Eduardo Nadruz (1916-12-13)December 13, 1916 Jaguarão, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Died	August 23, 1982(1982-08-23) (aged 65) Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Occupations	Composer harmonica player
Instrument	Harmonica
Website	http://www.edudagaita.com.br

Edu da Gaita^[1] (lit. Edu of the Harp), born Eduardo Nadruz (December 13, 1916 – August 23, 1982), was a Brazilian musician.

At the end of the 1950s, Radamés Gnattali befriended Edu, composing a concert for harmonica and orchestra dedicated to him and, in 1960, taking him on tour in Europe and South America with his sextet in a government-funded program called III Caravana Oficial de Música Popular Brasileira. The tour was recorded and generated two albums: Radamés na Europa, com seu Sexteto e Edu – vol. 1^[2] and Radamés na Europa, com seu Sexteto e Edu – vol. 2,^{[citation needed]} all by Odeon Records.

In 2022, in his behalf, the state of São Paulo passed a bill declaring August 23 as "Dia Nacional da Gaita e do Gaitista" (National Day of the Harp and the Harp Player)^[3].