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Early years

Born in South Africa to Portuguese parents, Katia went to the Portuguese Azores

Azores

The Archipelago of the Azores is composed of nine volcanic islands situated in the middle of the North Atlantic Ocean, and is located about west from Lisbon and about east from the east coast of North America. The islands, and their economic exclusion zone, form the Autonomous Region of the...

islands when she was still a child. In 1994 she went to Lisbon

Lisbon

Lisbon is the capital city and largest city of Portugal with a population of 545,245 within its administrative limits on a land area of . The urban area of Lisbon extends beyond the administrative city limits with a population of 3 million on an area of , making it the 9th most populous urban...

where she studied medicine at the University 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

São Miguel Island

São Miguel Island , nicknamed "The Green Island", is the largest and most populous island in the Portuguese Azores archipelago. The island covers and has around 140,000 inhabitants, 45,000 of these people located in the largest city in the archipelago: Ponta Delgada.-History:In 1427, São Miguel...

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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

Amália Rodrigues

Amália da Piedade Rodrigues, GCSE, GCIH, , also known as Amália Rodrigues was a Portuguese singer and actress.She was known as the "Rainha do Fado" and was most influential in popularizing the fado worldwide. She was one of the most important figures in the genre's development, and enjoyed a...

that she embraced her career in Fado.

Her first album, "Fado Maior", was edited in 2001. This album went on to become a silver album and was nominated to the José Afonso Prize. It was edited in Europe by Empreinte Digitale.

In 2003 "Nas Mãos do Fado" ("In the Hands of Fate"), 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

Luís de Camões

Luís Vaz de Camões is considered Portugal's and the Portuguese language's greatest poet. His mastery of verse has been compared to that of Shakespeare, Vondel, Homer, Virgil and Dante. He wrote a considerable amount of lyrical poetry and drama but is best remembered for his epic work Os Lusíadas...

, Florbela Espanca, José Carlos Ary dos Santos and António Lobo Antunes

António Lobo Antunes

António Lobo Antunes, GCSE, MD ; born 1 September 1942) is a Portuguese novelist and medical doctor.-Life and career:António Lobo Antunes was born in Lisbon as the eldest of six sons of João Alfredo de Figueiredo Lobo Antunes , prominent Neurologist and Professor, close collaborator of Egas Moniz,...

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In October 2005 Katia released her third album of originals, "Tudo ou nada" ("All or Nothing") which included poems by Vinicius de Moraes

Vinicius de Moraes

Marcus Vinicius de Moraes , known as Vinicius de Moraes and nicknamed O Poetinho , was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Son of Lydia Cruz de Moraes and Clodoaldo Pereira da Silva Moraes, he was a seminal figure in contemporary Brazilian music...

, Sophia de Mello Breyner, António Lobo Antunes

António Lobo Antunes

among others, as well as of Katia herself. Bernardo Sassetti played the piano in the song "Minha Senhora das Dores".

Fado Maior (2001)

1. "Asas" (3:30) (Maria Luisa Baptista/Georgino de Sousa (fado Georgino))

2. "Algemas" (3:23) (Álvaro Duarte Simões)

3. "Amor de mel, amor de fel" (3:08) (Amália Rodrigues/Carlos Gonçalves)

4. "As rosas / promessa" (2:03) (Sophia Mello Breyner/João Mário Veiga)

5. "Guitarra triste" (2:47) (Álvaro Duarte Simões)

6. "Avé Maria (3:37)" (Fernando Pessoa/João Mário Veiga)

7. "Incerteza (2:00)" (João Mário Veiga/Miguel Ramos (fado alberto))

8. "Asa de vento (3:23)" (Amália Rodrigues/Carlos Gonçalves)

9. "É noite na mouraria" (2:25) (José Maria Rodrigues/António Mestre)

10. "Minha Lisboa de mim" (3:49) (Nuno Gomes dos Santos/Silvestre Fonseca)

11. "A Mariquinhas vai à fonte" (2:24) (Maria Manuel Cid/Música popular)

12. "Esquina de um tempo" (3:00) (Maria Luisa Baptista/Paulo Parreira e Katia Guerreiro)

Nas Mãos do Fado (2003)

1. "Os meus versos" (Florbela Espanca/Paulo Valentim)

2. "Valsa" (António Lobo Antunes/Miguel Ramos (fado margaridas))

3. "Dança das Sete Luas" (Ana Vidal/João Veiga)

4. "Vodka e Valium 10" (António Lobo Antunes/Armando Machado (fado fé))

5. "Segredos" (Paulo Valentim)

6. "O teu encanto" (João Veiga)

7. "Ancorado em mim" (Ana Vidal/Armando Machado (fado santa luzia))

8. "Perdigão" (Luís Vaz de Camões/Alain Oulman)

9. "O que fôr há-de ser" (Dulce Pontes)

10. "Rosa Vermelha" (José Carlos Ary dos Santos/Alain Oulman)

11. "Recado" (António Lobo Antunes/Katia Guerreiro e João Veiga)

12. "Voz do Vento" (Maria Luísa Baptista/ fado menor (dr))

13. "Romper Madrugadas" (Paulo Valentim/Paulo Valentim e João Veiga)

14. "Meu principezinho" (Katia Guerreiro/fado joão maria dos anjos (sextilhas))

15. "Chora, Mariquinhas chora" (Amália Rodrigues/José Fontes Rocha)

Tudo ou Nada (2005)

1. "Disse-te adeus à partida, o mar acaba ao teu lado (4:34)" (António Lobos Antunes/SPA)

2. "Despedida" (2:55) (António Calém/SPA))

3. "Ser tudo ou nada" (3:01) (João Veiga/SPA)

4. "Muda tudo, até o mundo" (1:32) (Maria Luísa Baptista/SPA)"

5. "Minha Senhora das Dores" (3:51) (Jorge Rosa/SPA)

6. "Canto da fantasia" (3:19) (Paulo Valentim/SPA)

7. "Vaga" (2:53) (Rodrigo Serrão/SPA)

8. "Dulce caravela" (2:59) (Dulce Pontes)

9. "Quando" (3:09) (Sophia de Mello Breyner/SPA)

10. "Menina do alto da Serra" (2:42) (José Carlos Ary dos Santos/SPA)

11. "Saudades do Brasil em Portugal" (4:00) (Vinicius de Moraes)

12. "O meu navio" (2:08) (Rodrigo Serrão/SPA)

13. "Talvez não saibas" (4:32) (Joaquim Pessoa/SPA)

14. "Tenho uma saia rodada" (1:36) (Maria Luísa Baptista/SPA)

15. "Menina do alto da Serra" - faixa bónus, participação especial de Ney Matogrosso (2:53) (Nuno Nazaré Fernandes/Ary dos Santos/SPA)

16. "Lábios de mel" - faixa bónus, participação especial de Ney Matogrosso (3:17) (Waldir Rocha/PEERMUSIC)

Fado (2008)

1. "Fado dos olhos" (Florbela Espanca/Carlos Ramos (Fado das Horas — pop))

2. "Pranto de amor ausente" (Paulo Valentim)

3. "A voz da poesia" (Katia Guerreiro/Rui Veloso)

4. "Ponham flores na mesa" (Fernando Tavares Rodrigues/Joaquim Campos Silva (Fado Tango))

5. "Estranha paixão" (João Veiga/Pedro Pinhal)

6. "Casa da colina" (Maria Luísa Baptista/Rodrigo Serrão)

7. "A cidade saudade" (Rodrigo Serrão/Casimiro Ramos (Fado Três Bairros))

8. "A nossa gente, o nosso fado" (Rodrigo Serrão/Mário Pacheco)

9. "Renasce" (João Veiga)

10. "Lírio roxo" (António Gedeão/Francisco Viana (Fado Vianinha))

11. "Poema da malta das naus" (António Gedeão/Paulo Valentim)

12. "Mundo" (Fernando Tavares Rodrigues/Júlio Proença (Fado Esmeraldinha))

13. "Lisboa" (Charles Aznavour)

14. "Eu queria cantar-te um fado" (António de Sousa Freitas/Franklin Godinho (Fado Franklin de Sextilhas))

External links

http://www.myspace.com/katiaguerreiro MySpace
http://katiaguerreiro.blogs.sapo.pt/ Official Weblog

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