Belchior (singer)
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Belchior is a Brazilian singer and composer
. He was one of the first MPB
singers from the Brazilian northeast
to reach mainstream success, in the early 1970s.
In August 2009, Fantástico
TV show reported that Belchior hadn't been seen since 2007, after leaving his car parked at the Congonhas Airport, in São Paulo
. There were rumors he could be hidden translating Dante
's Divine Comedy into Portuguese
, a long time announced project. According to the TV news, not even the family had heard of the singer ever since. On August 30 2009, the same TV show found Belchior living with his wife Edna in a small village in San Gregorio de Polanco, Uruguay
. In this interview, he declared to be resting, composing and thinking about life.http://odia.terra.com.br/portal/diversaoetv/html/2009/8/belchior_esta_no_uruguai_com_a_esposa_32335.html
Composer
A composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...
. He was one of the first MPB
Música Popular Brasileira
Música Popular Brasileira or MPB designates a trend in post-Bossa Nova urban popular music. It is not a discrete genre but rather a constellation that combines original songwriting and updated versions of traditional Brazilian urban music styles like samba and samba-canção with contemporary...
singers from the Brazilian northeast
Northeast Region, Brazil
The Northeast Region of Brazil is composed of the following states: Maranhão, Piauí, Ceará, Rio Grande do Norte, Paraíba, Pernambuco, Alagoas, Sergipe and Bahia, and it represents 18.26% of the Brazilian territory....
to reach mainstream success, in the early 1970s.
In August 2009, Fantástico
Fantástico
Fantástico is a Brazilian weekly television newsmagazine broadcast on Sundays by Rede Globo.-Format:The show's first episode was on August 5, 1973 in black-and-white. It began as a variety show featuring music, dance numbers, teletheater, humor, mixed with a small amount of news. The following...
TV show reported that Belchior hadn't been seen since 2007, after leaving his car parked at the Congonhas Airport, in São Paulo
São Paulo
São Paulo is the largest city in Brazil, the largest city in the southern hemisphere and South America, and the world's seventh largest city by population. The metropolis is anchor to the São Paulo metropolitan area, ranked as the second-most populous metropolitan area in the Americas and among...
. There were rumors he could be hidden translating Dante
Dante Alighieri
Durante degli Alighieri, mononymously referred to as Dante , was an Italian poet, prose writer, literary theorist, moral philosopher, and political thinker. He is best known for the monumental epic poem La commedia, later named La divina commedia ...
's Divine Comedy into Portuguese
Portuguese language
Portuguese is a Romance language that arose in the medieval Kingdom of Galicia, nowadays Galicia and Northern Portugal. The southern part of the Kingdom of Galicia became independent as the County of Portugal in 1095...
, a long time announced project. According to the TV news, not even the family had heard of the singer ever since. On August 30 2009, the same TV show found Belchior living with his wife Edna in a small village in San Gregorio de Polanco, Uruguay
Uruguay
Uruguay ,officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay,sometimes the Eastern Republic of Uruguay; ) is a country in the southeastern part of South America. It is home to some 3.5 million people, of whom 1.8 million live in the capital Montevideo and its metropolitan area...
. In this interview, he declared to be resting, composing and thinking about life.http://odia.terra.com.br/portal/diversaoetv/html/2009/8/belchior_esta_no_uruguai_com_a_esposa_32335.html