Raquel Tavares
Encyclopedia
Raquel Tavares is a singer of Fado
. She was born in Lisbon
. She had a normal route on her education, but finally decided she could not leave music behind.
: “Grande Noite do Fado”.
She sings regularly at “Bacalhau de Molho”, one of the most famous fado houses in Lisbon
, and has made shows all around Europe
, in cities like Paris
, Rome
or Madrid
.
Raquel sings what she sees, feels and smells around her, what she lives from day to day. And nothing suits her purposes better than the tangible, real-life stories written by Linhares Barbosa, the fado poet who best told the tales of the people.
Her first album was released in 2006 and this was also the year when she was the winner of the Amália Rodrigues Revelation Prize.
Her second album, Bairro, just came out in May 2008.
She has been named one of the most representative fado singers of the new generation and no longer just a promising voice.
's film "O Milagre Segundo Salomé" ("The Miracle According to Salomé").
She entered in the Eurovision Dance Contest 2008
with João Tiago
. They took the 8th place.
Fado
Fado is a music genre which can be traced to the 1820s in Portugal, but probably with much earlier origins. Fado historian and scholar, Rui Vieira Nery, states that "the only reliable information on the history of Fado was orally transmitted and goes back to the 1820s and 1830s at best...
. She was born in 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...
. She had a normal route on her education, but finally decided she could not leave music behind.
Career
Tavares won the biggest song contest dedicated to fado in PortugalPortugal
Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...
: “Grande Noite do Fado”.
She sings regularly at “Bacalhau de Molho”, one of the most famous fado houses in 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...
, and has made shows all around Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
, in cities like Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
, Rome
Rome
Rome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half...
or Madrid
Madrid
Madrid is the capital and largest city of Spain. The population of the city is roughly 3.3 million and the entire population of the Madrid metropolitan area is calculated to be 6.271 million. It is the third largest city in the European Union, after London and Berlin, and its metropolitan...
.
Raquel sings what she sees, feels and smells around her, what she lives from day to day. And nothing suits her purposes better than the tangible, real-life stories written by Linhares Barbosa, the fado poet who best told the tales of the people.
Her first album was released in 2006 and this was also the year when she was the winner of the Amália Rodrigues Revelation Prize.
Her second album, Bairro, just came out in May 2008.
She has been named one of the most representative fado singers of the new generation and no longer just a promising voice.
Curiosities
In 2004, Raquel played a small part, as a Fado singer, in Mário BarrosoMario Barroso
Mario Barroso is a Portuguese film director, actor and cinematographer born in Lisbon.-External links:...
's film "O Milagre Segundo Salomé" ("The Miracle According to Salomé").
She entered in the Eurovision Dance Contest 2008
Eurovision Dance Contest 2008
The Eurovision Dance Contest 2008 was the second Eurovision Dance Contest and was held in Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom, hosted by BBC Scotland on 6 September.The winner of contest was Poland who achieved a score of 154 points...
with João Tiago
João Tiago
João Tiago Grácio Fernandes was born in 1985.- Career :He has practiced Ballroom dancing since the age of 10, and has represented his hometown of Entroncamento in competitions for 10 years, winning several titles, the highlights being 5 times Portuguese champion of Latin dance, 3 times Portuguese...
. They took the 8th place.
Albums
- 2006 - Raquel Tavares (Movieplay)
- 2008 - Bairro (Movieplay)