Gisela João
| Gisela João | |
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Gisela João
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| Background information | |
| Born |
November 6, 1983 Barcelos |
| Origin | Portugal |
| Genres | Fado |
| Occupation(s) | Singer |
| Labels | HM Música |
| Website | giselajoao |
Gisela João (born November 6, 1983 in Barcelos, Portugal) is a Portuguese fado singer.
The album, Gisela João was number-one in Portugal and was Ípsilon/Público's and Blitz's record of the year.
Born in November 1983, in Barcelos, Gisela soon developed a great interest and passion for Fado, mainly when she reached was 8 years old. By the year of 2000, when she was 16/17 years old, Gisela began to sing in "Adega Lusitana", in Barcelos. Soon after, she enrolled in a University in Porto, to study design. It was during her six year in Porto that she further immersed herself in Fado and the various Fado houses that she sang in. 6 years folded and Gisela mader her choice to settle in Lisboa, an effort to further explore and develop herself as an artist and Fado singer.
In 2009, she recorded an album with Atlantihda - a Portuguese band, hailing from Porto, that explores the various aspects of folk and world music, melding them with Fado. After that same album, she was invited to sing 2011's "O Fado E As Canções do Alvim", an album by the historical Portuguese guitar master Fernando Alvim, frequent companion of the virtuoso guitar player Carlos Paredes. The album showcase many of the great voices and artists that represented Fado in the XXI century, paying tribute to one of the most distinguished figures of the History of Fado.
Her first years in Lisboa proved to be demanding, both physically and psychologically, making Gisela question her own decisions, whether was it right to follow her dreams and desire to sing Fado and perform live as her career. She sang in various Fado houses, especially in Fado's quarter and "craddle", Mouraria.
Her "conquest" of Lisboa and the capital's Fado night-life, was slow, but steady. First conquering the Fado houses, soon enough followed her shows in CCB, Casa da Música, Lux, Festival Caixa Alfama and many more, garnering a huge following for the young rising star, considered by the reporter António Pires one of the biggest newcomers of Fado in recent years [1].
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