As part of BusinessMirror’s campaign to promote everyone’s safety and well-being during the global health crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, we have invited established and independent artists to perform at least one song in their own homes while urging everyone to stay indoors.
Pavi de Mayo is a Filipina singer currently based in Leipzig, Germany and is best known for her association with the bossa nova group Pavi with Tropicalia and their album, Bossa Sessions.
After winning a world-wide school singing competition, Pavi was discovered and signed up by Alpha Records and released the album, Bossa Sessions as Pavi with Tropicalia featuring musicians Rhany Torres, Jayvee Torres, Tom Vinoya, Ariel Policarpio. Together they also recorded three more Bossa Nova albums for S2S, an international recording company based in Singapore, and released all over Asia.
Released in 2006, Bossa Sessions contained bossa interpretations of old standards like “Fly Me To The Moon,” “The Look of Love” and “The Shadow of Your Smile” as well as modern hits like “Bizarre Love Triangle,” “Too Many Walls” and “I’ve Never Been To Me.”
About 14 years since its release, Bossa Sessions remain popular with music fans as Pavi with Tropicalia continue to enjoy a solid following in the music streaming era. They currently have over 15,000 monthly listeners on Spotify alone.
Now based in Germany, Pavi is the lead vocals of German Band Night Fever that tours all over Germany. Every end of the year the band also has a yearly dinner show with a two-month running time and performing in front of thousands of people each week with other performing International Artists
On her own, Pavi has also released numerous videos of her performances of contemporary hits like “If I Ain’t Got You,” “Someone Like You” and the song she’s singing for SoundStrip Live & in Quarantine,” the timeless “La Vie en rose.”
The song, which is actually a French phrase meaning “life in pink” is a traditional pop song written by legendary French singer Edith Piaf together with Louiguy and Marguerite Monnot. Pavi said she chose the song “because its lyrics spoke to the heart of those who had suffered from World War II.”
In reference to the COVID-19 pandemic, Pavi added that since we are “fighting a war that is causing us pain, sadness and even loss for other people,” she opted to do this heartfelt lounge rendition of Edith Piaf’s signature song to “uplift us a little bit.”