Teresa Salgueiro
Maria Teresa de Almeida Salgueiro OIH is a Portuguese singer. She is best known as the lead singer of Madredeus from 1987 until 2007. She also appeared in Wim Wenders' film Lisbon Story.
Also recorded as Maria Teresa de Almeida Salgueiro
Teresa Salgueiro

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- Name
- Teresa Salgueiro
- Birth Name
- Maria Teresa de Almeida Salgueiro
- Occupation
- Singer
- Born
- 1969 · Lisbon.
- Nationality
- Portugal
- Fields
- world music
- Honours
- Officer of the Order of Prince Henry
- Languages
- Portuguese
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Maria Teresa de Almeida Salgueiro OIH is a Portuguese singer. She is best known as the lead singer of Madredeus from 1987 until 2007. She also appeared in Wim Wenders' film Lisbon Story.
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Teresa Salgueiro (born 1969) is a Portuguese musician, singer and songwriter. The musician was born in Lisbon. Teresa Salgueiro is a member of Madredeus.
Genres include world music. Languages used include Portuguese. The musician received Officer of the Order of Prince Henry.
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• Name — Teresa Salgueiro • Birth Name — Maria Teresa de Almeida Salgueiro • Years Active — 1987–present • Past Member Of — Madredeus • Website — teresasalgueiro.pt • Occupation — Singer
Career
Career
• Illustration — Salgueiro in 2009 Salgueiro joined Madredeus after other members noticed her singing at a bar in Lisbon. She left Madredeus in November 2007 to focus on solo work. In 2007, Salgueiro performed a concert of Neapolitan music at the Teatro di San Carlo with the Solis String Quartet. In the same year, she released Você e Eu with Septeto de João Cristal; in this album, Salgueiro covers songs from well-known Brazilian artists such as Chico Buarque and Vinicius de Moraes. In 2021, Salgueiro featured in two songs of Patrick Watson's singles album.
With Madredeus
With Madredeus
• Os Dias da MadreDeus (1987) • Existir (1990) • O Espírito da Paz (1994) • Ainda: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack From The Film «Lisbon Story» (1995) • O Paraíso (1997) • Movimento (2001) • Um Amor Infinito (2004) • Faluas do Tejo (2005)
Solo
Solo
• Obrigado (2005) • Você e Eu (2007; with Septeto de João Cristal) • La Serena (2007; with Lusitânia Ensemble) • Silence, Night & Dreams (2007, with Zbigniew Preisner) • Matriz (2009; with Lusitânia Ensemble) • O Mistério (2012) • La Golondrina y el Horizonte (2015) • O Horizonte (2016)
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Teresa Salgueiro is recorded as having received Officer of the Order of Prince Henry.
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- 1.Rádio e Televisão de Portugal. Teresa Salgueiro. 11 December 2012.
- 2.Teresa Salgueiro recorda o concerto inaugural da Expo 98. TSF Rádio Notícias. 22 May 2018.
- 3.Harris, Craig. Teresa Salgueiro. AllMusic.
- 4.Rooney, David. Lisbon Story. Variety. 10 March 1995.
- 5.Roy, Ananya. City Requiem, Calcutta: Gender and the Politics of Poverty. University of Minnesota Press. 23. 2003. 978-0-8166-3932-8.
- 6.Riding, Alan. Portuguese Group Gives Fado a Modern Twist. The New York Times. 5 July 1995. 0362-4331.
- 7.Rádio e Televisão de Portugal. Teresa Salgueiro abandona Madredeus mas recusa fala no fim do grupo. 28 November 2007.
- 8.Oliveira, Maria José. Teresa Salgueiro decidiu sair dos Madredeus há dois meses. Público. 29 November 2007.
- 9.Botti, Giovanni. Folk e Fado a teatro: martedì 9 aprile al Comunale arriva la cantante portoghese Teresa Salgueiro. Vivo Modena. 8 April 2019.
- 10.Calado, Carlos. Teresa Salgueiro revela lado Carmen Miranda. Folha de S.Paulo. 13 January 2007.
- 11.Expresso. Patrick Watson e Teresa Salgueiro juntos: ouça aqui 'A Mermaid in Lisbon' e 'Se Tu Soubesses'. Blitz. 17 June 2021.
- 12.Palma, Gonçalo. Nova terra à vista. Diário de Notícias. 8 October 2016.
- 13.Samantha, McArthur. Teresa Salgueiro. Europe. 40–41. April 1996. 0191-4545.
- 14.Moretti, Carlo. Sogni portoghesi di terra e mare Teresa Salgueiro, grande interprete del fado. La Repubblica. 29 March 2012.
- 15.Teresa Salgueiro tem disco a solo. Correio da Manhã. 15 February 2009.
- 16.Judas, Miguel. Teresa Salgueiro: O regresso da voz. Visão. 8 October 2016.
- 17.Vitória, Ana. Teresa Salgueiro lança "Matriz" no final do mês. Jornal de Notícias. 4 March 2009.
- 18.Teresa Salgueiro apresenta novo álbum, "Horizonte", em outubro no Porto e Lisboa. Observador. Lusa News Agency. 12 May 2016.
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