Val Coutinho was born in 1976 in the city of Nova Iguaçu, 40 km away from Rio de Janeiro. As a child she was approached by her parents. At the age of seventeen he starts singing in church with his family and attending musical events in his city. At the age of twenty he entered the Villa-Lobos School of Music in Rio de Janeiro, where he began singing and percussion lessons, devoting himself to studies on Brazilian popular music. Li also wins a festival as best singer with an unpublished piece. Val understands that this is the path he must follow. In 2008 he moved to Italy more precisely in Imperia, in Liguria and started a new stage in his life. He began to collaborate with the "Conjunto Choro Carioca" led by the guitarist Filippo Tarditi, a group whose repertoire is the "Chorinho", a genre of Brazilian music born in the nineteenth century. He has collaborated with numerous musicians including: Alessio Menconi, Dado Moroni, Rosario Bonaccorso, Roberto Taufic, Eduardo Taufic, Gilson Silveira, Paolo Recchia, Nicola Angelucci, Gigi di Gregorio, Francesco Puglisi, Ettore Carrucci etc ...