Vânia Bastos (born May 13, 1956) is a Brazilian singer, who began her professional life with the
Vanguarda Paulista avant-garde
In the arts and literature, the term ''avant-garde'' ( meaning or ) identifies an experimental genre or work of art, and the artist who created it, which usually is aesthetically innovative, whilst initially being ideologically unacceptable ...
movement in the early 1980s.
Biography
Bastos moved to
São Paulo
São Paulo (; ; Portuguese for 'Paul the Apostle, Saint Paul') is the capital of the São Paulo (state), state of São Paulo, as well as the List of cities in Brazil by population, most populous city in Brazil, the List of largest cities in the ...
in 1975, to study sociology and singing. In 1980, she began her career as vocalist of
Arrigo Barnabé
Arrigo Barnabé (born September 14, 1951) is a Brazilian musician and actor. His best-known record is perhaps the critically acclaimed ''Clara Crocodilo''. "He wrote the highly successful song "Clara Crocodilo" (with Mário Lúcio Cortes)..." " ...
's ''Sabor de Veneno'' band. She was the main
soloist of Barnabé's 1983 album ''
Tubarões Voadores'', and participated in presentations and recordings with
Itamar Assumpção, the other important name of the Vanguarda. She also recorded with
Brazilian rock
Brazilian rock refers to rock music produced in Brazil and usually sung in Portuguese language, Portuguese. In the 1960s, it was known as , the Portuguese transcription of the line "Yeah, yeah, yeah" from the Beatles song "She Loves You".
Overv ...
bands such as Magazine and
Joelho de Porco. From 1986, she began to record her own works.
Vânia Bastos
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Dicionário Cravo Albin da Música Popular Brasileira
Retrieved May 17, 2008.
Discography
References
External links
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MPBNet
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1956 births
Living people
People from Ourinhos
20th-century Brazilian women singers
20th-century Brazilian singers
Vanguarda Paulistana