Heloísa Maria Buarque de Hollanda (born November 30, 1937 in Rio de Janeiro

Rio de Janeiro

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), whose artistic name is Miúcha, is a Brazil

Brazil

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ian singer and composer. She is the daughter of historian Sérgio Buarque de Holanda by Maria Amélia Cesário Alvim and sister of the singer and composer Chico Buarque

Chico Buarque

Francisco Buarque de Hollanda , popularly known as Chico Buarque , is a singer, guitarist, composer, dramatist, writer and poet...

 and two other singers Ana de Hollanda and Cristina. Her career began in 1975 with work realized with her husband, João Gilberto

João Gilberto

João Gilberto Prado Pereira de Oliveira, known as João Gilberto , is a Brazilian singer and guitarist. His seminal recordings, including many songs by Antônio Carlos Jobim and Vinicius de Moraes, established the new musical genre of Bossa nova in the late 1950s.-Biography:From an early age, music...

, and Stan Getz

Stan Getz

Stanley Getz was an American jazz saxophone player. Getz was known as "The Sound" because of his warm, lyrical tone, his prime influence being the wispy, mellow timbre of his idol, Lester Young. Coming to prominence in the late 1940s with Woody Herman's big band, Getz is described by critic Scott...

, recorded as a participant in the disc The best of two worlds. This was followed by forays into jazz with Tom Jobim

Antônio Carlos Jobim

Antônio Carlos Brasileiro de Almeida Jobim , also known as Tom Jobim , was a Brazilian songwriter, composer, arranger, singer, and pianist/guitarist. He was a primary force behind the creation of the bossa nova style, and his songs have been performed by many singers and instrumentalists within...

, Vinícius 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...

, João Donato

João Donato

João Donato de Oliveira Neto is a Brazilian jazz and bossa nova pianist from Brazil, probably best known for his numerous albums as bandleader in the idiom...

 and her daughter Bebel Gilberto

Bebel Gilberto

Bebel Gilberto is a Brazilian popular singer often associated with bossa nova. She is the daughter of João Gilberto and singer Miúcha. Her uncle is singer/composer Chico Buarque...

.

Discography

• The best of two worlds (1976) Columbia LP
• Miúcha & Antônio Carlos Jobim (1977) RCA Victor LP
• Tom/Vinicius/Toquinho/Miúcha - Gravado ao vivo no Canecão (1977) Som Livre LP, CD
• Miúcha & Tom Jobim (1979) RCA Victor LP
• Miúcha (1980) RCA Victor LP
• Miúcha (1989) Warner/Continental LP
• Vivendo Vinicius ao vivo Baden Powell, Carlos Lyra, Miúcha e Toquinho (1999) BMG Brasil CD
• Rosa amarela (1999) BMG Brasil CD
• Miúcha.compositores (2002) Biscoito Fino CD
• Miúcha canta Vinicius & Vinicius - Música e letra (2003) Biscoito Fino CD
• Outros Sonhos (2007) Biscoito Fino CD