Anamar

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Ana Maria Alfacinha de Brito Monteiro (born May 23, 1960 in Lisbon ) is a Portuguese actress and Fado singer.

Life

She broke off her theater studies at the National Conservatory (now ESTC ) and, after stops in Paris and London , went to Sweden for nine months . In Gothenburg she founded the English-language punk band Odd Combo , in which she first adopted the stage name Anamar. After her return to Lisbon , she worked as a commentator for the state television RTP , opened a boutique , and from 1982 to 1985 was the doorman of the Lisbon nightclub Frágil .

In 1983 she recorded her first album Cartas de Portugal (“Letters from Portugal”) for the independent label Fundação Atlântica , produced by the later Madredeus head Pedro Ayres Magalhães . The album was not released, only a single was released with the pieces Baile Final ("Last Ball") and Lágrimas ("Tears").

In the following years she sang and acted on various projects. So she played u. a. in O Parque ("The Park", by Botho Strauss ) at the Teatro da Cornucópia together with Eunice Muñoz , for which she received a prize for best young actress in 1985.

In 1986, a piece of it appeared on the compilation Divergências ( "deviations") of the indie labels Ama Romanta that in March 1987, the Maxi Single Amar por Amar ( "to love love") published.

In the film Repórter X by José Nascimento she was represented with a film role and with an interpretation of the song Dor d'Alma by Sérgio Godinho . She played in other films, such as Crónica dos Bons Malandros ("Chronicle of the Good Crooks") by Fernando Lopes and " A Portuguese Farewell " by João Botelho . Her album Almanave (Polygram) was released in 1987, was presented at a concert in the Coliseu dos Recreios , and subsequently achieved silver status .

After her next album in 1989, she became a mother and appeared in public less often. In 1994 she played in the film Uma Vida Normal by Joaquim Leitão , in 1997 she released another, quite experimental album ( M , BMG), and in 2002 gave a much-noticed concert with the singers Né Ladeiras and Pilar , which was subsequently released on CD.

In 2004 the album Transfado was released , which was subtitled Fado Tango e Alma Lusa ("The Tango-Fado and the Lusitanian Soul"). In 2013 her last album, Anamar, was released .

reception

Anamar sang fado at a time when he was at best still nostalgic in public. She reinterpreted it, lyrically and musically. It did not adhere to the traditional patterns and the instrumentation, which is traditionally limited to guitars, and in some cases clearly referred to the historical influences of Arabic music on Fado. Mostly she intensified the dramatic effect of her lecture in such a way that on the one hand the reference to Fado, for example Amália Rodrigues ', became clear, on the other hand the increased drama forced an alienated atmosphere, a deliberate artistic consideration, for example when she performed songs in whispered spoken chanting or with Sound collages, influenced by the abstractions of the industrial and new wave works of the 1980s. She stayed outside the Fado definition for the circles of Fado, from which she stayed away, and she primarily enjoyed the attention of the alternative music scene and artists.

Anamar knew how to preserve a mysterious charisma in all her public works: her singing, haunting and yet remote, at the same time cool and longing; their contemporary ways of approaching untimely topics; their cool aloofness; their subtle historical and clerical hints; last but not least the many strangers about her person, including her unknown date of birth. Even if her acting achievements in supporting roles did not go unnoticed, she earned her most important services as an innovative singer who succeeded in freeing fado from its nostalgic contexts and opening it up to other, also younger layers. She can be seen as the pioneer of a development that rediscovered Fado and reinterpreted it in many ways, and which is continued with names such as Madredeus , Mísia and Dulce Pontes and continues through Amélia Muge or Mariza to the many new singers. However, it is seldom associated with the new fado singers; it remains too far removed from traditional fado patterns.

Discography

Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Albums
Anamar
  PT 28 20/2013 (1 week)
  • 1983: Baile Final / Lágrimas (single, Fundação Atlântica)
  • 1987: Amar por Amar (maxisingle, Ama Romanta)
  • 1987: Almanave (LP, Polygram)
  • 1989: Feiabonita (LP, Polygram)
  • 1997: M (CD, BMG)
  • 2002: Ao Vivo - with Pilar , Né Ladeiras (CD, Zona Música)
  • 2003: Afinal ("Best of" -CD, Universal)
  • 2004: Transfado (CD, CNM)
  • 2013: Anamar (CD, Metropolitana / Sony)

Filmography

  • 1996: O Ensaio (TV)
  • 1995: Grande e Pequeno (TV)
  • 1994: "A completely normal life" ( Uma Vida Normal )
  • 1989: Mar à Vista
  • 1987: Reporter X
  • 1986: " A Portuguese farewell " ( Um Adeus Português )

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Anamar - Biografica. (No longer available online.) In: anos80.no.sapo.pt. Archived from the original on June 6, 2012 (Portuguese).;
  2. ↑ Gonçalo Passinhas: Anamar - Biografica. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on July 7, 2012 (Portuguese).;
  3. ↑ Chart sources: PT
personal data
SURNAME Anamar
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Brito Monteiro, Ana Maria Alfacinha de
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Portuguese actress and fado singer
DATE OF BIRTH May 23, 1960
PLACE OF BIRTH Lisbon