- Katia Guerreiro
Katia Guerreiro (born
South Africa , 1976) is a Portuguesefado singer.Early years
Born in South Africa from Portuguese parents, Katia went to the Portuguese
Azores islands when she still was a child. In 1994 went toLisbon where she studied medicine at theUniversity of Lisbon .Her first contact with music started in the Azores where she played the traditional instrument of the islands, "viola da terra" (typical instrument of the island), in a folk group of
São Miguel Island .In Lisbon she founded a musical group of students where she played and sang and also integrated a rock band with music from the 1960s - "Os Charruas" - as their lead vocalist.
It was with all her musical friends, from folk to the rock band, that she found Fado. It was in 2000 in a concert in the Coliseu de Lisboa in memory to
Amália Rodrigues that she embraced her career in Fado.Discography
Her first album, "Fado Maior", was edited in 2001. This album went to become silver album and was nominated to the José Afonso Prize. It was edited in Europe by Empreinte Digitale.
In 2003 "Nas Mãos do Fado", her second album, was once more nominated for the José Afonso Prize. In this album she sang the poetry of most important names in Portugal such as
Luís de Camões ,Florbela Espanca ,José Carlos Ary dos Santos andAntónio Lobo Antunes .In October 2005 Katia released her third album of originals, "'Tudo ou nada" ("All or Nothing") which included poems by
Vinicius de Moraes ,Sophia de Mello Breyner ,António Lobo Antunes among others, as well as of Katia herself.Bernardo Sassetti played the piano in the song "Minha Senhora das Dores".
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