Jennifer Smith
Jennifer Smith (born 13 July 1945 in Lisbon, Portugal) graduated from the Conservatório Nacional de Lisboa and went to London on a Gulbenkian scholarship. Her varied recording career includes opera and recital from baroque to modern. Her ability to sing in European-Portuguese and Brazilian Portuguese makes her a specialist in the music of those countries and composers such as Jorge Croner de Vasconcelos, Artur Santos (musician), Heitor Villa-Lobos and Hekel Tavares.
Jennifer Smith
- Born
- 1945 · Lisbon.
- Nationality
- Portugal
- Occupation
- music educator · singer · musician
- Fields
- classical music
- Languages
- Portuguese
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Jennifer Smith (born 13 July 1945 in Lisbon, Portugal) graduated from the Conservatório Nacional de Lisboa and went to London on a Gulbenkian scholarship. Her varied recording career includes opera and recital from baroque to modern. Her ability to sing in European-Portuguese and Brazilian Portuguese makes her a specialist in the music of those countries and composers such as Jorge Croner de Vasconcelos, Artur Santos (musician), Heitor Villa-Lobos and Hekel Tavares.
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She appeared in Tony Palmer's 1995 television film on Henry Purcell, "England My England". She was professor of vocal studies and French Mélodie at the Royal College of Music, London, from 1997 to 2007. She now lives in Vendée, France. She has two children, singer-songwriter Carmen Smith and author Joseph Smith.
The recorded working language is Portuguese. The field of work recorded is classical music. Employment is recorded with Royal College of Music.
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