Heloísa Maria Buarque de Hollanda (30 November 1937 – 27 December 2018), known professionally as Miúcha, was a Brazilian singer and composer. She belonged to a musical family. Her siblings included singer and composer

Chico Buarque Francisco Buarque de Hollanda (born 19 June 1944), popularly known simply as Chico Buarque (), is a Brazilian singer-songwriter, guitarist, composer, playwright, writer, and poet. He is best known for his music, which often includes social, econom ...

and two sisters, the singers Ana de Hollanda and Cristina Buarque. She was the second wife and creative partner of

João Gilberto João Gilberto (born João Gilberto do Prado Pereira de Oliveira – ; 10 June 1931 – 6 July 2019) was a Brazilian guitarist, singer, and composer who was a pioneer of the musical genre of bossa nova in the late 1950s. Around the world, he w ...

, and mother of singer

Bebel Gilberto Isabel Buarque de Hollanda Gilberto de Oliveira (born May 12, 1966), known as Bebel Gilberto, is an American-born Brazilian people, Brazilian popular singer often associated with bossa nova. She is the daughter of João Gilberto and singer Miú ...

Life and career

Heloísa Maria Buarque de Hollanda was born in

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. When she was 8 years old her family moved to São Paulo. As a child she formed a vocal ensemble with her siblings. In 1960 she moved to Paris where she studied Art History at the

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. In 1975, she recorded professionally for the first time singing on the album ''The Best of Two Worlds'' in partnership with

and

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. After this release, Miúcha partnered with

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on two albums, in 1977 and 1979, and was part of the show organized by Aloysio de Oliveira along with

Vinicius de Moraes Marcus Vinícius da Cruz e Mello Moraes (19 October 1913 – 9 July 1980), better known as Vinícius de Moraes () and nicknamed "O Poetinha" ("The Little Poet"), was a Brazilian poet, diplomat, lyricist, essayist, musician, singer, and playwrig ...

, Tom Jobim and

Toquinho Antônio Pecci Filho (born July 6, 1946), better known as Toquinho (), is a Brazilian singer and guitarist. He is well known for his collaborations, as composer and performer, with Vinicius de Moraes. Childhood and musical studies Toquinho was ...

. The act was shown for a year at Canecão in Rio de Janeiro, followed by international shows in South America and Europe, and gave origin to the recording ''Tom, Vinícius, Toquinho e Miúcha'' recorded live in Canecão (

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, 1977).

Personal life

In 1963, Miúcha went on holiday with friends to Greece, Italy and France. In Paris, in the bar La Candelaria, she met the Chilean singer

Violeta Parra Violeta del Carmen Parra Sandoval (; 4 October 1917 – 5 February 1967) was a Chilean composer, singer-songwriter, folklorist, ethnomusicologist and visual artist. She pioneered the Nueva Canción Chilena (The Chilean New Song), a renewal and a ...

, who introduced her to singer and future husband João Gilberto. Miúcha and Gilberto married in 1965 and had a daughter,

, in 1966. Miúcha died at the age of 81 due to respiratory failure on 27 December 2018, at the Hospital Samaritano in Rio de Janeiro, where she was being treated for lung cancer. She was interred at the Saint John the Baptist's Cemetery in Rio de Janeiro.

Discography

* '' The Best of Two Worlds'' (1976) Columbia LP * ''Miúcha & Antônio Carlos Jobim'' (1977) RCA Victor LP * ''Tom/Vinicius/Toquinho/Miúcha'' - Gravado ao vivo no Canecão (1977)

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LP, CD * ''Os Saltimbancos'' (1977) Phonogram/

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LP, CD * ''Miúcha & Tom Jobim'' (1979) RCA Victor LP * ''Miúcha'' (1980) RCA Victor LP * ''Miúcha'' (1989) Warner/Continental LP * ''Vivendo Vinicius ao vivo Baden Powell, Carlos Lyra, Miúcha e Toquinho'' (1999) BMG Brasil CD * ''Rosa amarela'' (1999) BMG Brasil CD * ''Miúcha.compositores'' (2002) Biscoito Fino CD * ''Miúcha canta Vinicius & Vinicius'' - ''Música e letra'' (2003) Biscoito Fino CD * ''Miúcha Outros Sonhos'' (2007) Biscoito Fino CD * ''Miucha com Vinicius/Tom/João'' (2008) Sony & BMG CD

References

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