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Also known as Chico Buarque de Hollanda

Brazilian singer-songwriter

Person · Open Library

Born
1944
Works
35

Top works

  • Budapeshṭ
  • Gota d'água de Chico Buarque, Paulo Pontes
  • Calabar
  • Budapest
  • Quand je sortirai d'ici

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
Brazil
Active from
1944-06-19
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Listeners
984,107
Total plays
54,458,122

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Francisco Buarque de Hollanda, better know as Chico Buarque, is a Brazilian singer-songwriter, guitarist, composer, playwright, writer and poet. He is best known for his music, which often includes social, economic and cultural reflections on Brazil. The firstborn son of Sérgio Buarque de Hollanda, Buarque lived at several locations throughout his childhood, though mostly in Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, and Rome. He wrote and studied literature as a child and found music through the bossa nova co

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Key facts

Born
Francisco Buarque de Hollanda , ( 1944-06-19 ) 19 June 1944 (age 81) , Rio de Janeiro , Brazil
Alma mater
University of São Paulo
Occupations
Singer-songwriter writer poet playwright
Years active
1962–present
Notable work
Construção " Cálice "
Spouses
Marieta Severo ​ ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1966 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1999 ) ​ Carol Proner ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 2021 ) ​
Children
Sílvia Helena Luísa
Genres
MPB samba bossa nova choro
Labels
Polygram Ariola Records RCA Victor Universal Music Mercury Records Som Livre
Website
chicobuarque .com .br

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Wikidata facts

Official website
www.chicobuarque.com.br
Image
Chico Buarque in 2023.jpg
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Chico Buarque
date of birth
1944-06-19
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start of work period
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birth name
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name in native language
Chico Buarque
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Francisco Buarque de Hollanda (born 19 June 1944), popularly known as Chico Buarque ( Brazilian Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈʃikʊ buˈahki]), is a Brazilian singer-songwriter, guitarist, composer, playwright, writer, and poet. He is best known for his music, which often includes social, economic, and cultural reflections on Brazil.

The firstborn son of Sérgio Buarque de Hollanda, Buarque lived at several locations throughout his childhood, though mostly in Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, and Rome. He wrote and studied literature as a child and found music through the bossa nova compositions of Tom Jobim and João Gilberto. He performed as a singer and guitarist in the 1960s as well as writing a play that was deemed dangerous by the Brazilian military dictatorship of the time. Buarque, along with several Tropicalist and MPB musicians, was threatened by the Brazilian military government and eventually left Brazil for Italy in 1969. However, he came back to Brazil in 1970 and continued to record, perform, and write, though much of his material was suppressed by government censors. He released several more albums in the 1980s and published three novels in the 1990s and 2000s.

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