Katia Guerreiro

Katia Guerreiro，1976年出生于南非，很小的時候就到了Azores(葡屬亞述爾群島)，一直到18歲，在這段日子里，她喜歡上了音樂，并在當?shù)氐囊粋€民謠樂團中演唱和演奏。1994年她回到里斯本攻讀醫(yī)學(xué)學(xué)位。在校期間，她加入了學(xué)校的樂團，一個偶然的機會，她和朋友進到一個Fado之家，在朋友的慫恿下演唱了一首歌，征服了全場聽眾和音樂家。2001年，她應(yīng)邀參加了電視直播的在里斯本體育館舉行的向Amalia Rodrigues致敬的音樂會，演唱了幾首Amalia的歌曲，受到了全場觀眾最熱烈的歡迎，從此一舉成名。2001年，首張專輯問世，并獲得2002年José Afonso獎提名。
Katia Guerreiro (born South Africa, 1976) is a Portuguese fado singer.
Early years
Born in South Africa to Portuguese parents, Katia went to the Portuguese Azores islands when she was still a child. In 1994 she went to Lisbon where she studied medicine at the University of Lisbon.
Her first contact with music started in the Azores where she played the traditional instrument of the islands, "viola da terra" (typical instrument of the island), in a folk group of S?o Miguel Island.
In Lisbon she founded a musical group of students where she played and sang and also integrated a rock band with music from the 1960s - "Os Charruas" - as their lead vocalist.
It was with all her musical friends, from folk to the rock band, that she found Fado. It was in 2000 in a concert in the Coliseu de Lisboa in memory to Amália Rodrigues that she embraced her career in Fado.
Her first album, "Fado Maior", was edited in 2001. This album went on to become a silver album and was nominated to the José Afonso Prize. It was edited in Europe by Empreinte Digitale.
In 2003 "Nas M?os do Fado" ("In the Hands of Fate"), her second album, was once more nominated for the José Afonso Prize. In this album she sang the poetry of most important names in Portugal such as Luís de Cam?es, Florbela Espanca, José Carlos Ary dos Santos and António Lobo Antunes.
In October 2005 Katia released her third album of originals, "Tudo ou nada" ("All or Nothing") which included poems by Vinicius de Moraes, Sophia de Mello Breyner, António Lobo Antunes among others, as well as of Katia herself. Bernardo Sassetti played the piano in the song "Minha Senhora das Dores".