TUCCA is a non-profit and non-government organization that offers high quality multidisciplinary treatment to children and adolescents with cancer, with zero costs to the families. In order to optimize resources, TUCCA keeps a partnership with Santa Marcelina Saúde and invests all its received proceeds directly and exclusively into resources that make a difference in better treatments, so as to reach the best clinical results. Besides treatments, TUCCA also invests in research, early prognosis, and professional training; it also relies on a multidisciplinary team that assists patients and their families until they are completely well.
These are TUCCA attendance in numbers
outpatient consultations and care
medical appointments
chemotherapy treatments
new cases for analysis and treatment
monthly meals
trips made using free transport
Music for the cure
Created in 2000, the project TUCCA Música pela Cura (Music for the Cure) was conceived to provide funds to the Association.
Every year the project presents a subscription series which delights listeners from all generations with jazz and classical music. And what better way to raise funds for this important cause than with music performed by renowned artists?
Our concert series has already presented some of the biggest names of classical music and jazz in the world, such as Chick Corea, Pat Metheny, John Eliot Gardiner, Maxim Vengerov, Egberto Gismonti, Sumi Jo, Shlomo Mintz, Brad Mehldau, Sarah Chang, Daniel Hope, Paquito D´Rivera, Andreas Scholl, Nelson Freire, Madeleine Peyroux, Natalie Dessay, Kurt Elling, among many others.
Past Editions TUCCA Music for cure in London
Our previous concerts were in 2019 with the superb violinist Charlie Siem and pianist Itamar Golan and, in 2020, with the world-renowned Brazilian pianist Cesar Camargo Mariano alongside musicians from Berliner Philharmonic Orchestra.
In 2024, TUCCA resumed its concert series at Cadogan Hall in London with a special performance bringing together two of today’s leading mandolinists: Israeli musician Avi Avital and Brazilian artist Hamilton de Holanda. Together, they performed Vivaldi’s *Concerto for Two Mandolins* and various pieces of Brazilian music, creating a meeting of different eras and cultures. The soloists were accompanied by the string ensemble SP Chamber Soloists and Brazilian percussionist Amoy Ribas.
