Telmo Pires
Telmo Pires (born June 3, 1972 in Bragança ) is a singer who is particularly connected to Fado and currently lives in Lisbon after a long life in Berlin .
In the 1970s his family moved to Germany. Telmo Pires grew up bilingual, studied singing and acting and made his debut in 1995 with his first solo evening.
His first programs consisted largely of German and French chansons . More and more he discovered fado for himself until he presented his first fado album, Passos, in 2004 . Since then he has combined fado with elements of jazz and has thus shaped his own, unmistakable style.
The instrumentation, which is atypical for Fado, and the breaking up of common clichés make it one of the innovators and representatives of contemporary, new Fado. Described by the press as the “prototype of the modern European”, “the magician of his genre” and the “modern face of Fado”, Telmo Pires continues to work on a new form of Fado, whereby the content and the emotion remain the top priority.
In summer 2008 he started working with the German jazz pianist Maria Baptist . This encounter resulted in the album Sinal , which was released in April 2009. Since then, Pires and Maria Baptist have performed as a fado jazz duo on international concert stages. In the summer of 2009 Pires appeared on television for the first time. Fado Promessa is his first album recorded in Portugal, which was also released there.
Discography
- 2001 canto (neueTöNe records)
- 2004 passos (Traumton Records Berlin / Indogo)
- 2007 Samba do Cajú - audio book in German (Tropical Music)
- 2007 Dinner for four - short film by Jutta von Stieglitz
- 2009 Sinal (Monopol Records / Sony Music)
- 2012 Fado Promessa (Traumton Records Berlin)
- 2016 Ser Fado (Traumton Records Berlin)
- 2020 Através do Fado (Traumton Records Berlin)
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Pires, Telmo |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Portuguese singer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 3rd June 1972 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bragança , Portugal |