Cátia Mazari Oliveira (29 October, 1983), better known by her artistic name A Garota Não (Portuguese for The No Girl), is a Portuguese

singer-songwriter A singer-songwriter is a musician who writes, composes, and performs their own musical material, including lyrics and melodies. In the United States, the category is built on the folk- acoustic tradition with a guitar, although this role has ...

. She won the award for Best Singer at the 2023

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Early life and career

Cátia Mazari Oliveira is from

Setúbal Setúbal ( , , ; ), officially the City of Setúbal (), is a city and a municipality in Portugal. The population of the entire municipality in 2014 was 118,166, occupying an area of . The city itself had 89,303 inhabitants in 2001. It lies withi ...

, where she was born on 29 October 1983. She grew up in Bairro 2 de Abril, a

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district in the city, from where she left at the age of 25. During her childhood, for two years, she learned to play the piano, which she eventually changed for the guitar under the influence of a friend. With a degree in Communication and Culture from the Faculty of Letters of the

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, she continued her training in journalism at CENJOR. She worked at Popular FM radio for four years, alongside José Manuel Rosendo, in charge of the station's Cultural Agenda. She was also an English,

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and swimming teacher. She released her first album in 2019, called Rua das Marimbas nº7. Her second album, 2 de Abril, was released in 2022. In 2023, she won a

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for Best Singer.

External links

Official website

References

{{Reflist Portuguese singers Portuguese songwriters People from Setúbal Golden Globes (Portugal)