After studying piano in his native Brazil from the age of six, Brazilian music
specialist Francis Hime moved to Switzerland when he was 16 to continue his
musical studies. Moving back to Brazil in 1959 he soon developed contacts within
the newly established and rapidly expanding community of bossa nova artists such
as Vinicius de Moraes, Carlos Lyra, Edu Lobo and Marcos Valle.
Hime became a highly regarded composer of Brazilian popular music as well as
writing symphonies and chamber music. Although he was a successful composer and
writer for many years Hime didn't actually rec...