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Céu

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Born Maria do Céu Whitaker Poças on 17th April 1980 in São Paulo, Brazil, her father was a composer, arranger, and musicologist. It was from him that she learned to appreciate Brazil's classical music composers, particularly Heitor Villa-Lobos and Ernesto Nazaré, as well as popular musicians like Orlando Silva. By the age of fifteen she had decided to become a musician, and by her late teens she had studied music theory, as well as the violão (nylon-stringed Brazilian guitar). <a href="https://

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Musical artist.name: Céu
Musical artist.image: 2023-06-24 Baile Reggae da Céu no Festival Sensacional, 26 (Céu).jpg
Musical artist.caption: Céu in 2023
Musical artist.birth_name: Maria do Céu Whitaker Poças
Musical artist.origin: São Paulo, Brazil
Musical artist.instrument: Vocals, keyboards, percussion
Musical artist.genre: MPB, bossa nova, world music, trip hop
Musical artist.occupation: Singer-songwriter
Musical artist.years_active: 2002–present
Musical artist.label: Urban Jungle, Six Degrees
Musical artist.website: Céu

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Maria do Céu Whitaker Poças (born 17 April 1980), known professionally by the mononym Céu (), is a Brazilian singer-songwriter whose first American album was released on the Six Degrees Records label in April 2007.

== Early life and education == thumb|right|230px|Céu, Saint-Nazaire, 2019. 230px|thumb|right|Céu (2022) Céu was born in São Paulo, Brazil, to a musical family. Her father was a composer, arranger, and musicologist. It was from her father that she learned to appreciate Brazil's classical music composers, particularly Heitor Villa-Lobos, Ernesto Nazaré, and Orlando Silva.