Chico Buarque's Biography

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Francisco Buarque de Holanda was born in 19 of June 1944. He’s Sérgio Buarque de Holanda’s son, a greate Historian. He lived in São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro and Roma during his infancy. Chico Buarque had in his life contacts with great personalities such as: Vinícius de Moraes, Baden Pawell, Caetano Veloso, Gilberto Gil and many others.

Chico is composer, interpreter, poet, writer and political militant. He’s obligator reference about Brazilian music, since 60 decade. This is because the harmony, refinement melody and poesy that his music represent.

He began his singer career in 1964 at school festival. Next year, he darted his first compact disk with Pedro Pedreiro and Sonho de um Carnaval. After that, he participated of the program O Fino da Bossa, in the Record TV.

In 1966, he became known all over Brazil with the music A banda. His career was consolidated with the music: Roda Viva, Carolina and Sabiá. He did shows in France, Italy, where he lived for almost one year.

He came back to Brazil and composed music for the cinema. One the most success was Construção.

The most of his songs were censured; because Brazil’s political system was military dictatorship. In this time, he created one pseudonym like Julinho de Adelaide. One time, Chico and Gil couldn’t sing the music Cálice, because the Photogram engraver turned off their microphone.

Chico Buarque de Holanda had a great role to combat the dictatorship in defense of the expression of freedom. In 1983, he composed the music Vai passar, it was subject of “Diretas Já” that was the fight to introduce the democracy inBrazil.

In 1998 he was intrigued of Mangueira carnival and won the contest.

Some Chico Buarque’s success:

A Banda, Carolina, Pois É, Cálice, O que será, Mulheres de Atenas, João e Maria, com Açúcar e com Afeto, Atrás da Porta....

He wrote some books, such as: Estorvo, Budapest and Benjamin. Estorvo won the Jabuti literature prize.