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Nara LeĆ£o

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Nara LeĆ£o
LeĆ£o in 1964
LeĆ£o in 1964
Background information
Born
Nara Lofego LeĆ£o

(1942-01-19)January 19, 1942
VitĆ³ria, EspĆ­rito Santo, Brazil
DiedJune 7, 1989(1989-06-07) (agedĀ 47)
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Genres
Instruments
Years active1963ā€“1989

Nara Lofego LeĆ£o (Portuguese pronunciation: [Ėˆnaɾɐ leĖˆÉĢƒw, li-]; January 19, 1942 ā€“ June 7, 1989) was a Brazilian bossa nova and MPB (popular Brazilian music) singer and occasional actress. LeĆ£o was married twice, to Ruy Guerra and subsequently Carlos Diegues, both film directors.[1]

Life

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LeĆ£o was born in VitĆ³ria, EspĆ­rito Santo. When she was twelve, her father gave her a guitar since he was worried about her being shy. Her teachers were popular musician and composer Patricio Teixeira and classical guitarist Solon Ayala. As a teenager in the late 1950s, she became friends with a number of singers and composers who took part in Bossa Nova's musical revolution, including Roberto Menescal, Carlos Lyra, Ronaldo BĆ“scoli, JoĆ£o Gilberto, Vinicius de Moraes, and AntĆ“nio Carlos Jobim. There are even voices that claim that it was in her room in her parents' home in Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro, that the new music was born in the fifties.[2] By 1963, after singing as an amateur for a few years, she became a professional and toured with SĆ©rgio Mendes.

In the mid-1960s, the institution of military dictatorship in Brazil led her to sing increasingly political lyrics. Her show, OpiniĆ£o, reflected her political beliefs, and she had largely switched to political music by this point. In 1964 she even spoke against bossa nova as a movement, calling it "alienating."[3] In 1968 she appeared on the album TropicĆ”lia: ou Panis et Circenses, performing "LindonĆ©ia."

She later left Brazil for Paris and in the 1970s abandoned music to focus on her family. She returned to music later, and when she discovered in 1986 that she had an inoperable brain tumor, she increased her productivity as much as possible. She died in 1989.[4]

Nara's sister was Danuza LeĆ£o, a model and socialite who was also a newspaper columnist and occasional TV commentator.

Discography

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  • 1989: My Foolish Heart
  • 1987: Meus Sonhos Dourados
  • 1986: Garota de Ipanema
  • 1985: Nara e Menescal - Um Cantinho, Um ViolĆ£o
  • 1984: AbraƧos E Beijinhos e Carinhos Sem Ter Fim... Nara
  • 1983: Meu Samba Encabulado
  • 1982: Nasci Para Bailar
  • 1981: Romance Popular
  • 1980: Com AƧĆŗcar, Com Afeto
  • 1979: Nara Canta en Castellano
  • 1978: Debaixo Dos CaracĆ³is Dos Seus Cabelos
  • 1977: Meus Amigos SĆ£o Um Barato
  • 1974: Meu Primeiro Amor
  • 1971: Dez Anos Depois
  • 1969: Coisas do Mundo
  • 1968: Nara LeĆ£o
  • 1967: Vento de Maio
  • 1967: Nara
  • 1966: Liberdade, Liberdade
  • 1966: ManhĆ£ de Liberdade
  • 1966: Nara Pede Passagem
  • 1966: Show OpiniĆ£o
  • 1965: Cinco na Bossa
  • 1965: O Canto Livre de Nara
  • 1964: OpiniĆ£o de Nara
  • 1964: Nara

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Bibliography

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  • De Stefano, Gildo, Il popolo del samba, La vicenda e i protagonisti della storia della musica popolare brasiliana, Preface by Chico Buarque de Hollanda, Introduction by Gianni MinĆ , RAI-ERI, Rome 2005, ISBNĀ 8839713484
  • De Stefano, Gildo, Saudade Bossa Nova: musiche, contaminazioni e ritmi del Brasile, Preface by Chico Buarque, Introduction by Gianni MinĆ , Logisma Editore, Florence 2017, ISBNĀ 978-88-97530-88-6

References

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  1. ā†‘ IMDB
  2. ā†‘ . Eduardo Carrasco Pirard "The nueva canciĆ³n in Latin America" in: International social science journal, Vol XXXIV, No. 4, 1982, p. 618.
  3. ā†‘ All Music
  4. ā†‘ "HistĆ³ria Hoje: hĆ” 35 anos morria a cantora Nara LeĆ£o". AgĆŖncia Brasil (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2024-06-07. Retrieved 2026-04-20.
  5. ā†‘ Nara LeĆ£o | Bem vindo ao site oficial
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