Fernando Machado Soares
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Fenando Machado Soares Portuguese fado
singer and judge.
Born in Roque do Pico, Horta, Azores
. He studented Law in the University of Coimbra. Author of the famous fado "Balada da Despedida".
Fado
Fado is a music genre which can be traced to the 1820s in Portugal, but probably with much earlier origins. Fado historian and scholar, Rui Vieira Nery, states that "the only reliable information on the history of Fado was orally transmitted and goes back to the 1820s and 1830s at best...
singer and judge.
Born in Roque do Pico, Horta, Azores
Azores
The Archipelago of the Azores is composed of nine volcanic islands situated in the middle of the North Atlantic Ocean, and is located about west from Lisbon and about east from the east coast of North America. The islands, and their economic exclusion zone, form the Autonomous Region of the...
. He studented Law in the University of Coimbra. Author of the famous fado "Balada da Despedida".