Aldina Duarte
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Aldina Maria Miguel Duarte (born July 22, 1967 in Lisbon ) is a singer of the Portuguese fado .
prehistory
She was born on July 22nd, 1967 in a social housing area of Chelas, a district of Lisbon . She sang in a band that was particularly known for its theater-influenced live performances, called "Valdez e as Piranhas Douradas", and others. a. with actor Pedro Wilson.
It wasn't until she was 24 that she went to a fado bar in Bairro Alto for the first time . She played in the film "Xavier" by Manuel Mozos , where she sang the fado "A rua do capelão". Later she sang regularly in the fado club "A Sé" in Lisbon and slowly established herself in the fado scene.
Duarte worked at EMI Portugal and was also involved in albums by Camané , to whom she was also married.
Career
In 2004 she recorded her first album, "Apenas o amor", which was based on traditional Fado songs (Fado menor, Fado bailado, Fado carriche, Fado das horas, Fado Tango, Fado laranja). It was the old master of modern fado, Carlos do Carmo , who encouraged her to do more performances, more training and also the first recording. The established musicians Carlos Manuel Proença (classical guitar, port .: "Viola") and José Manuel Neto ( Portuguese guitar ) played for them on their debut recordings (and accompany them to this day).
In 2009 - on the initiative of the journalist and director of the Filmmuseum (Cinemateca Portuguesa) Maria João Seixas, produced by Midas Filmes and with the support of both the cultural office of the city of Lisbon and Fnac , which is strongly represented in Portugal - a documentary by Manuel Mozos called “Aldina Duarte - princesa prometida ”(for example: the promised or the expected princess), which was also released on DVD (without German sound, only Portuguese soundtrack, with English and French subtitles).
Most recently she sang as a “resident artist” in the fado bar “Sr.Vinho” in the Lisbon district of Lapa . The poem antology "DIGA 33" from 2008 also included the poem "Princesa prometida" by Aldina Duarte. In 2009 she appeared as a fado singer in Eugène Green's film The portuguese , in which Camané also appeared as a male fado singer.
Discography
- Apenas o amor (EMI 2004)
- Crua (EMI 2006)
- Mulheres ao espelho (Roda-Lá Music / Universal 2008)
- Contos de Fados (Roda-Lá 2011)
- Romance (2015)
- Quando se ama loucamente (2017)
- Roubados (2019)
Video albums
- Fado today (Immortal, 2001) music DVD
- Aldina Duarte - Princesa prometida (midas filmes, 2009) DVD
Web links
- Personal blog
- Interview with Aldina Duarte
- Aldina Duarte on the website of the Museo do Fado
- Aldina Duarte in the Internet Movie Database (English)
swell
- ↑ Aldina Duarte in the Portuguese charts
- ↑ a b Profile at allmusic.com
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| SURNAME | Duarte, Aldina |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Miguel Duarte, Aldina Maria (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Portuguese fado singer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 22, 1967 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lisbon |