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Born on October 18, 1970, Lucas Santtana is from Salvador, Bahia, Brazil. Lucas Santtana is listed as a singer, composer and record producer. The age as of 2026 is 55.
My Take
Santtana is the one on this list I'd most want to sit and listen to. Coming from Salvador, the spiritual root of so much Brazilian music, he could have coasted on bossa nova nostalgia. Instead, on Sem Nostalgia, he took João Gilberto and Dorival Caymmi and ran them through samples and mashups, dragging a sacred tradition forward rather than embalming it. That refusal to be merely reverent is what I love. Preservation by reinvention is harder and braver than imitation. He treats heritage as a living instrument, and to me that's the truest kind of respect a Bahian artist can pay.
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- Name (English)
- Lucas Santtana
- Name (Japanese)
- ルーカス・サンタナ
- Reading
- るーかす・さんたな
- Born
- October 18, 1970 (age 55)
- Origin
- Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
- Occupation
- singer / composer / record producer / jazz musician
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Libra / Dog
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Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.
Frequently asked questions
When was Lucas Santtana born?
Born October 18, 1970 (age 55).
Where is Lucas Santtana from?
Lucas Santtana is from Salvador, Bahia, Brazil.
What does Lucas Santtana do?
Lucas Santtana works as singer, composer, record producer, jazz musician.
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