Mafalda Arnauth is a fado

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. She was born in Lisbon

Lisbon

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, Portugal

Portugal

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, in October 1974 and started her career in 1995 when invited by João Braga to participate in a concert at S. Luis's Theater.

Arnauth released a debut album in 1999. It received positive reviews and won the Prize for Best Upcoming Voice by the weekly magazine Blitz. She performed concerts in the Netherlands

Netherlands

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, in the Louisiana Centre (Denmark

Denmark

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) and in Italy

Italy

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 at the festival Sete-Sois, Sete-Luas and the Centro Cultural de Belém (Lisbon).

Her second album, Esta voz que me atravessa (English: This voice that goes through me) was released in 2001, produced by Amélia Muge and José Martins. Her next album Encantamento was self-produced. Arnauth said it "leaves fatality, disgrace, and nostalgia behind. Hope is fed on sadness; inspiration on suffering; strength and courage on difficulties."

Discography

• Mafalda Arnauth
  Mafalda Arnauth (Mafalda Arnauth album)
  Mafalda Arnauth is the first album by Portuguese fado singer Mafalda Arnauth, released in 1999 on EMI Valentim de Carvalho.-Track listing:# MEUS LINDOS OLHOS# FADO SEM FIM# IMPUNEMENTE# SONHO IMPERFEITO# QUASE IMORTAL# DE QUEM DÁ...
  
  (1999) CD
• Esta voz que me atravessa
  Esta voz que me atravessa (Mafalda Arnauth album)
  Esta Voz que me Atravessa is the second album by Portuguese fado singer Mafalda Arnauth, released in 2001 on EMI Valentim de Carvalho.-Track listing:# ESTA VOZ QUE ME ATRAVESSA# O INSTANTE DOS SENTIDOS# DE NÃO SABER SER LOUCURA# COISA ASSIM...
  
  (2001) CD
• Encantamento
  Encantamento (Mafalda Arnauth album)
  Encantamento is the third album by Portuguese fado singer Mafalda Arnauth, released in 2003 on EMI Valentim de Carvalho.-Track listing:# PODE LÁ SER# AS FONTES# PORQUE NÃO OIÇO NO AR# FADO ARNAUTH# Ó VOZ DA MINH’ALMA# CAVALO À SOLTA# EU VENHO...
  
  (2003) CD
• Talvez se Chame Saudade (2005) Compilation
• Diário
  Diário (Mafalda Arnauth album)
  Diário is the fourth album by Portuguese fado singer Mafalda Arnauth, released in 2005 on Universal Music Portugal.-Track listing:# PARA MARIA# AUDÁCIA# FOI DEUS# O QUE TINHA DE SER# DA COR DA NOITE# O NÓ QUE NOS ATA# MILONGA DO CHIADO...
  
  (2005) CD

External links

• MafaldArnauth Official site
• Fadiário Official Blog