Bïa Krieger, better known by her first name, is a Brazilian-born singer and recording artist who lives in France and

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She sings in French, Portuguese and Spanish. Her recording career began in 1996 and currently she has at least eight albums.

Early years

During the years of the military dictatorship in Brazil, her parents were forced into exile. They moved the family to Chile, then

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and finally

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. She was 12 when the family went back to their homeland after the Brazilian

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. While attending school Krieger was listening to music; Brazilian, Latin-American, English pop, as well as singing and playing guitar to her friends. She began a university degree in Journalism at

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but quit and relocated to Europe, where she spent a few years sailing around the

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. In 1995, she decided to pursue music professionally.

Professional career

In 1996, French author and producer

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offered Bïa an opportunity to record, after listening to her demo. This first album, ''La Mémoire du Vent''; translations in French of some of the songs of the Brazilian songwriter

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, earned the Grand Prix de l'Académie Charles Cros. In 1998 she recorded the soundtrack for a

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film, and went touring in Japan, Italy and Canada. She released her second album, ''Sources'', in 2000. Partly recorded in

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, this album was a return to her country's sources of inspiration. She also paid tribute to the

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, by covering

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. In 2003, Krieger released her third album, ''Carmin''. Most of the songs are hers, but she still paid homage to favourite songwriters;

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and

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. She also recorded an Inca mantra, ''Inti'', a Pre-Columbian hymn to the sun. This album was partly recorded in Paris, partly in Montreal, where she spends much of her time. Krieger sings in French as well as in her mother tongue Portuguese, and Spanish. She creates mixes between bossanova or

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rhythms and French language, pop flavours sung in South American style, and some very Brazilian or afro-Brazilian songs. Her album Carmin has been produced by Robson Galdino, a

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guitar player living in Paris, and Erik West Millette, a bass, guitar and slides player from

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. Bïa played at the 2003

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and was a 2007

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World Music nominee.

Discography

* 2015 : ''Navegar'' * 2014 : ''Chi.Coração'' * 2011 : ''Concert Intime'' * 2008 : ''Nocturno'' * 2005 : ''Coeur vagabond'' * 2003 : ''Carmin'' * 2000 : ''Sources'' * 1997 : ''La memoire du Vent''

Videos

* 2006 : ''Estrela Do Mar''

References

External links

Audiogram
(with audio excerpts)
Bïa Krieger official websiteBïa Krieger official website in English
{{DEFAULTSORT:Krieger, Bia Year of birth missing (living people) Living people 20th-century Brazilian women singers 20th-century Brazilian singers Brazilian emigrants to France Audiogram (label) artists 21st-century Canadian women singers Musicians from Montreal Canadian world music musicians Spanish-language singers of Canada French-language singers of Canada Brazilian emigrants to Canada