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List Of Fado Musicians
This is a list of fado musicians. Singers {{cmn, *Mafalda Arnauth *Cristina Branco *Camané *Carminho *Carlos do Carmo * Beatriz da Conceição *Rouxinol Faduncho (Marco Horácio) * Luís Goes *Katia Guerreiro *Gisela João *Alfredo Marceneiro *Mariza * Fernando Maurício *Mísia *Ana Moura * Maria Teresa de Noronha *Adriano Correia de Oliveira * Maria Severa Onofriana * Joaquim Pimentel *Dulce Pontes * António Rocha *Germano Rocha *Amália Rodrigues * Celeste Rodrigues *Cuca Roseta * Sonia Shirsat *Hermínia Silva * Fernando Machado Soares * Maximiano de Sousa *Raquel Tavares *António Zambujo Guitarists * Armandinho *António Chainho * Carlos Chainho * Pedro Jóia *Artur Paredes *Carlos Paredes *Paulo Valentim * Francisco Viana Fado Fado Fado (; "destiny, fate") is a music genre that can be traced to the 1820s in Lisbon, Portugal, but probably has much earlier origins. Fado historian and scholar Rui Vieira Nery states that "the only reliable information on the history of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fado
Fado (; "destiny, fate") is a music genre that can be traced to the 1820s in Lisbon, Portugal, but probably has much earlier origins. Fado historian and scholar Rui Vieira Nery states that "the only reliable information on the history of fado was orally transmitted and goes back to the 1820s and 1830s at best. But even that information was frequently modified within the generational transmission process that made it reach us today." Although the origins are difficult to trace, today fado is commonly regarded as simply a form of song which can be about anything, but must follow a certain traditional structure. In popular belief, fado is a form of music characterized by mournful tunes and lyrics, often about the sea or the life of the poor, and infused with a sentiment of resignation, fate and melancholy. This is loosely captured by the Portuguese word ''saudade'', or longing, symbolizing a feeling of loss (a permanent, irreparable loss and its consequent lifelong damage). This is s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adriano Correia De Oliveira
Adriano Maria Correia Gomes de Oliveira, GCIH, ComL, or just Adriano (April 9, 1942 – October 16, 1982) was a Portuguese musician, born to a conservative Roman Catholic family in Porto. His family moved to Avintes after his birth. He went to Coimbra to study at the University of Coimbra, and eventually dropped out, albeit being involved in the student activism and Coimbra fado music. Adriano was part of a generation of composers and singers of political songs that used music and lyrics to fight against the '' Estado Novo'' dictatorial regime. For that, he became famous among the pro-democratic resistance and was persecuted by the political police, PIDE, for his anti-dictatorial actions. Adriano was a personal friend of musicians Zeca Afonso, Padre Fanhais, Sérgio Godinho, and Luísa Basto, with whom he collaborated in the recording of many albums. His first recording, ''Fado de Coimbra'', was released in 1963, accompanied by António Portugal and Rui Pato. In this record h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raquel Tavares
Raquel Filipa Tavares (born 11 February 1985) is a Portuguese former Fado singer.Eurovision Dance Contest In January 2020, she took a break from her professional career to pursue a life away from the stage. Career Raquel Tavares won a popular fado song contest in : known as "Grande Noite do Fado”. She sings regularly at “Bacalhau de Molho”, one of the most famous fado houses in . She has performed all around |
Maximiano De Sousa
Maximiano de Sousa (20 January 1918, in Funchal, Madeira – 29 May 1980) was a Portuguese Fado singer.Richard Elliott -Fado and the Place of Longing: "Loss, Memory and the City " 2017 - 1351567314 Page 66 Maximiano de Sousa (commonly known as Max) in the middle of the twentieth century and revisited at the start of the twenty-first by Mariza on her album Fado Curvo (2003). The song hymns the eponymous alleyways of the ancient Alfama ... Max was one of the most popular Fado singers from the 1940s until well after his death in 1980. Personal life Maximiano de Sousa, known to most people as Max, was a Madeiran (Portuguese: madeirense), born in Funchal in 1918. It was here where his career started. He was a tailor, and even after becoming an artist, he long maintained that profession. In 1936 he began working at night in a hotel bar in Funchal as a singer and continued to work as a tailor during the day. In 1957, he left for the United States where he remained for two years, af ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fernando Machado Soares
Fernando Machado Soares (3 September 1930, in São Roque do Pico – 7 December 2014), was a Portuguese fado singer, poet, composer, jurist and judge. Early life He was born in the municipality of São Roque, on the island of Pico, the archipelago of the Azores, a descendant of the last ''Captain-mor'' of Lajes do Pico. Career He received his formal education at the Faculty of Law, at the University of Coimbra in the 1950s. He participated in the film ''"Rapsódia Portuguesa"''. After completing his university education he suspended his artistic pursuits, and concentrated on a career in law. However he accompanied the Academic Choir of Coimbra to the United States, where he sang in New York City (at Lincoln Center), Boston, Chicago and Atlanta. In addition, his tour allowed him to participate on an American television program on NBC. He became an author of various celebrated fados, that include ''"Balada da Despedida"''. See also *Coimbra fado Coimbra Fado (Portuguese ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hermínia Silva
Herminia Silva Leite Guerreiro GCIH (23 October 1907 - 13 June 1993) was a Portuguese fado singer. Life Silva was born at Hospital de Sao Jose to Josefina Augusta. At the age of 10, she began singing while she worked as a seamstress. Her career spanned seventy years. Honors * Commander of the Order of Prince Henry (24 August 1985) * Grand Cross of the Order of Prince Henry (10 June 1990) References External links Herminia Silvaon IMDb IMDb (an abbreviation of Internet Movie Database) is an online database of information related to films, television series, home videos, video games, and streaming content online – including cast, production crew and personal biographies, ... {{DEFAULTSORT:Silva, Herminia 1907 births 1993 deaths 20th-century Portuguese women singers Portuguese fado singers Portuguese actresses Commanders of the Order of Prince Henry Grand Crosses of the Order of Prince Henry ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sonia Shirsat
Sonia Shirsat is a Fado singer from Ponda taluka, Goa, India. She has been referred to as "the ambassador of Goan music to the world" and has performed across India and the world and often during cultural and music events in Goa. She sings in 13 different languages Shirsat has been promoting Fado in Goa, by holding training and introductory classes to this form of music at various parts of the region. Background In her earlier day job, Shirsat was a lecturer of law. She "bagged an international award for her speaking skills, much before she started singing professionally". She holds an LL.M (Master's in Law) degree. She started singing as a hobby, and has been a professional singer since about 1999. Her mother is Roman Catholic and her father, a Hindu. Getting into Fado Shirsat is one of the few from India to excel in the Fado, a music genre which can be traced to the 1820s in Portugal or earlier. She credits Portuguese guitarist Antonio Chainho, who was offering guitar trai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cuca Roseta
Maria Isabel Rebelo Couto da Cruz Roseta (born 2 December 1981), known professionally as Cuca Roseta, is a Portuguese fado singer, composer, and model. Roseta is considered one of the most important fado representatives of her generation, appearing early in her career in the movie '' Fados'' by Spanish director Carlos Saura. Fado, a musical genre that originated in Lisbon in the early 19th century, is traditionally characterized by feelings of resignation and melancholia, but Roseta's style also incorporates more upbeat influences from world music. She has released seven studio albums with producers including Gustavo Santaolalla and Nelson Motta, has toured extensively, and collaborated with different artists including David Bisbal, Karl Jenkins, and Stewart Sukuma. Roseta has appeared in the Portuguese versions of the television shows ''Got Talent'' and ''Rising Star'' as a judge, and as a competitor in ''Dancing with the Stars''. She has worked toward causes such as road safe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Celeste Rodrigues
Maria Celeste Rebordão Rodrigues ComIH (14 March 1923 – 1 August 2018) was a Portuguese '' fadista'' (fado singer) and the younger sister of Amália Rodrigues. Biography Celeste Rodrigues was born in Fundão in the district of Castelo Branco in Portugal on the 14th of March, 1923. Her family moved to Lisbon when she was five years old. She started work in a cake factory, and subsequently she and her sister Amalia worked in a shop that sold regional produce. Soon discovered by the impresario José Miguel, who heard her sing and insisted she turn professional. By the age of 22 she was appearing regularly at the Casablanca (now the Teatro ABC). At 25, she met the actor Varela Silva whom she later married; they had two daughters. After Carnation Revolution in 1974, Rodrigues went to Canada for six months, where her only marriage to actor Varela Silva ended in divorce; then she moved to the United States. She commuted for many years between her two residences in Lisbon and Wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amália Rodrigues
Amália da Piedade Rebordão Rodrigues GCSE, GCIH (23 July 1920 – 6 October 1999), better known as Amália Rodrigues () or popularly as Amália, was a Portuguese '' fadista'' (fado singer) and actress. Known as the 'Rainha do Fado' ("Queen of Fado"), Rodrigues was instrumental in popularising fado worldwide and travelled internationally throughout her career. Amália remains the best-selling Portuguese artist in history. Early years Early life Even though official documents give her date of birth as 23 July, Amália herself maintained that her birthday was actually 1 July 1920. The baptism certificate of Rodrigues is in the Parish Church of Fundão, and the document was published in the Journal of Fundão after the singer's death, following its discovery in an investigation by Salvado J. Travassos. She was born in Pena, a parish of Lisbon, Portugal. Her father was Albertino de Jesus Rodrigues, originally from the Castelo Branco district in Central Portugal, and her mothe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Germano Rocha
Germano Rocha is a fado singer and restaurant owner. Germano Rocha was born to in Portugal; he moved to Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by tot ... in the 1970s. Music career Discography * ''Germano Rocha Chante Le Fado de Coimbra -Fado Triste/ Fado Hilario/ Rua De Capelao/ Coimbra Menina E Moca''. EP 1960s Polydor France 27 273 References External links * Living people Portuguese fado singers Year of birth missing (living people) {{Portugal-musician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
António Rocha (fado Singer)
António Domingos Abreu Rocha (born 20 June 1938 in Belém, Lisbon) is a Portuguese fado singer. He recorded with Beatriz da Conceição for Paul Van Nevel with the Huelgas Ensemble The Huelgas Ensemble is a Belgian early music group formed by the Flemish conductor Paul Van Nevel in 1971. The group's performance and extensive discography focuses on Renaissance polyphony. The name of the ensemble refers to a manuscript of poly ....''Classic CD'' Issues 75-80 1996 "His accomplished Huelgas Ensemble thus shares the platform with two remarkable fadistas, Beatriz da Conceicao and António Rocha. Intellectually the marriage is intriguing; in practice though such is the presence and personality of the ..." References 1938 births Portuguese fado singers Living people {{Portugal-singer-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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