# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/roberto-menescal
# Generated: 2026-08-13T07:24:59.605Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/roberto-menescal"
name: "Roberto Menescal"
slug: "roberto-menescal"
description: "Roberto Menescal is a Brazilian composer, record producer, guitarist, vocalist, and pioneer of bossa nova. In many of his songs there are references to the sea, including his best-known composition \"O Barquinho\". He is also known for work with Carlos Lyra, Nara Leão, Wanda Sá, Ale Vanzella, and many others. Menescal has performed in Latin music genres such as bossa nova, samba and MPB. He was nominated for a Latin Grammy for his work with his son's bossa group Bossacucanova in 2002, and received the 2013 Latin Recording Academy Special Awards in Las Vegas in November 2013."
tagline: "Brazilian musician and composer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Roberto_menescal_tvbrasil.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Brazil"
  isoCode: "BR"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1937-10-25"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           48.29
  momentum:             0.07336084364970197
  historical:           10.34575866666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0579476/"
    handle:    "nm0579476"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%AA%D9%88_%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%B3%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%84"
    title: "روبيرتو مينيسكال"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roberto_Menescal"
    title: "Roberto Menescal"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roberto_Menescal"
    title: "Roberto Menescal"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roberto_Menescal"
    title: "Roberto Menescal"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roberto_Menescal"
    title: "Roberto Menescal"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9B%E3%83%99%E3%83%AB%E3%83%88%E3%83%BB%E3%83%A1%E3%83%8D%E3%82%B9%E3%82%AB%E3%83%AB"
    title: "ホベルト・メネスカル"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roberto_Menescal"
    title: "Roberto Menescal"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%2C_%D0%A0%D0%BE%D0%B1%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%82%D1%83"
    title: "Менескаль, Роберту"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roberto_Menescal"
    title: "Roberto Menescal"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/94dd9440-a937-4106-9ffa-f6d128ce94c8"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2395222"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1089430"
    title: "Roberto Menescal"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump