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Marisa dos Reis Nunes ComIH (born 16 December 1973), known professionally as Mariza (Portuguese pronunciation: [mɐˈɾizɐ]), is a Portuguese fado singer. [1] [2] Mariza was born in Lourenço Marques , Portuguese Mozambique , to a Portuguese father, José Brandão Nunes, and a Mozambican mother, Isabel Nunes. [3]
Apr 29, 2024 · December 16, 1973, Mozambique (age 50) Mariza (born December 16, 1973, Mozambique) is a Mozambique-born Portuguese singer who popularized fado, a traditional Portuguese musical genre that combines a narrative vocal style with acoustic guitar accompaniment, to a global audience. Mariza and her family moved to Lisbon when she was age 3.
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Mariza, born, Mariza Nunes in 1973, is a fado singer-songwriter who is in fact on the World Connection label. Originally from Mozambique, she moved to Portugal when she was three years old. She has had such a fruitful career up until this point, selling out venues wherever she performs, one of he biggest successes was collaborating with Sting for the duet of “A Thousand Years” in 2004.
Mariza, is one of Portugal's top fado singers or fadistas, who has helped to spread the popularity of the music beyond its birth place in Portugal. Marisa dos Reis Nunes, born to a Portuguese father and Mozambique mother in the then Portuguese colony of Mozambique in 1973, grew up in Lisbon from the age of 3. Mariza experimented with a variety ...
Jul 20, 2003 · By updating the traditional fado style, Mariza has become a hit in her homeland and beyond.Mariza Nunes (best known by just her first name) has been challenging the traditional image of stern ...
Mariza. Soundtrack: Orphan Black. Mariza was born on 16 December 1973 in Mozambique. She is an actress, known for Orphan Black (2013), Mulheres (2014) and Alguém Como Eu (2017).
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Mariza Nunes, 16 December 1973, Mozambique. Portuguese fadista, Mariza, has been fêted as one of the most exciting new world music stars of the early twenty-first century. She has performed at New York’s Central Park, sang at the opening ceremony of the soccer World Cup in Seoul, South Korea, and was awarded the prize for the Best European Act at the BBC World Music Awards 2003.
