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Cesária Évora

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Also known as Cesária Evora, Cesaria Evora, Cesarea Evora, Cize

Cape Verdean singer-songwriter (1941–2011)

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Cesária Évora was a Cape Verdean singer born in Mindelo in 1941. She began her work period in 1957 and performed until 2011. Her musical genres included fado, morna, modinha, world music, and cabo verde. She sang in Cape Verdean Creole and Portuguese, using her voice as her primary instrument. She was known by the nicknames Rainha da Morna and A Diva dos Pés Descalços.

Évora received several awards, including the Knight of the Legion of Honour, the Kora Awards, and the Order of Cultural Merit (Brazil). She was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Global Music Album. Among her notable works is *Appelez-moi Cize*. She had four children and passed away from respiratory failure in Mindelo in 2011.

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Mindelo, Portuguese Cape Verde

Cesária Évora was a Cape Verdean singer-songwriter. She received a Grammy Award in 2004 for her album Voz d'Amor. Nicknamed the "Barefoot Diva" for performing without shoes, she was known as the "Queen of Morna".

Known for

  • Cesária Évora — Self2023
  • Looking for Cesária Évora — self2019
  • Kontinuasom — Self2009
  • Cesaria Evora: Estival Jazz Lugano — Self - vocals2007
  • Bernard Lavilliers Escale au Grand Rex — Self2005
  • Cesaria Evora: Live in Paris — Self2003
  • Cesaria Evora - Morna Blues — Herself2002
  • Cesaria Evora: Live in Paris — Self2001
  • Star Academy — Self2001
  • Vivement dimanche — Self1998

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Type
Person
Gender
Female
Origin
Cape Verde
Active from
1941
Active to
2011
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Discography

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212,589
Total plays
2,303,161

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Cesária Évora; (27 August 1941 – 17 December 2011) was a Cape Verdean singer known for singing morna, a genre of music from Cape Verde, in her native Cape Verdean Creole. Her songs were often devoted to themes of love, homesickness, nostalgia, and the history of the Cape Verdean people. She was known for performing barefoot and for her habit of smoking and drinking on stage during intermissions. Évora's music has received many accolades, including a Grammy Award in 2004 <a href="https://www.last

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Gender
female
Citizenship
Cape Verde
Place of birth
Mindelo
Place of death
Mindelo
Occupation
singer
Languages spoken
Portuguese
Genre
world music
Instrument
voice
Official website
cesariaevora.sapo.cv
Image
Cesária Évora 2009.jpg
Number of children
4
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Commons category
Cesária Évora
date of birth
1941-08-27
date of death
2011-12-17
nominated for
Grammy Award for Best Global Music Album
manner of death
natural causes
start of work period
1957-00-00
name in native language
Cesária Évora
cause of death
respiratory failure
end of work period
2011-00-00
nickname
A Diva dos Pés Descalços
social media followers
112000
short name
Cize
ethnic group
Cape Verdeans
place of burial
Mindelo
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Encyclopedic overview

Cesária Évora GCIH ( Portuguese pronunciation: [sɨˈzaɾiɐ ˈɛvuɾɐ]; 27 August 1941 – 17 December 2011) was a Cape Verdean singer known for singing morna, a genre of music from Cape Verde, in her native Cape Verdean Creole. Her songs were often devoted to themes of love, homesickness, nostalgia, and the history of the Cape Verdean people. She was known for performing barefoot and for her habit of smoking and drinking on stage during intermissions. Évora's music has received many accolades, including a Grammy Award in 2004, and it has influenced many Cape Verde diaspora musicians as well as American pop singer Madonna. Évora is also known as Cize, the Barefoot Diva, and the Queen of Morna.

Growing up in poverty, Évora began her singing career in local bars at age sixteen. She saw relative popularity within Cape Verde over the following years, but she retired from singing when it did not provide her with enough money to care for her children. Évora returned to music in 1985, when she contributed to a women's music anthology album in Portugal. There, she met music producer José "Djô" da Silva, who signed Évora to his record label, Lusafrica. She released her debut album, La Diva Aux Pieds Nus, in 1988. Évora saw worldwide success after releasing her fourth and fifth albums: Miss Perfumado (1992) and Cesária (1995). She developed health problems in the late 2000s and died from respiratory failure and hypertension in 2011.

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