Francisco Buarque de Hollanda, better known as Chico Buarque, was born June 19, 1944 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Chico Buarque feels at home in a vast variety of settings: not only as a singer, songwriter, and guitarist, but also as a poet and writer of novels and theater plays, and even as a forward on a soccer pitch.
Although he never considered himself a protest singer, he was one of the heroes of the democratic movement during the years of the oppressive Brazilian military regime. Like his contemporaries Gilberto Gil and Caetano Veloso, Chico was forced to leave Brazil and lived in exile in Italy for two years.
After his return to Brazil, the quiet and shy artist tried to trick the still existing board of censors with encoded lyrics or by publishing his songs under a pseudonym. This attitude brought him the love and respect of the Brazilian intellectuals as well as the ordinary people.
Up to these days, each of Chico Buarque’s albums is eagerly awaited, even more the rare live recordings of this singer who doesn’t like to be in the limelight. The enthusiasm that Chico Ao Vivo generated did not come by chance. This double-CD is only the fourth live album Chico made over the decades of his career. The Brazilian concerts, in which Chico presented the repertoire of his studio album As Cidades plus some of his classics, attracted more than 150.000 of his fans.
“Chico Ao Vivo” is the rare and complete document of a show Chico did at The Palace in São Paulo. And it’s certainly the best present he could have given to his countless fans all over the world that celebrated his 35th anniversary as a professional musician.
Discography:
Chico Buarque de Hollanda Vol. 1 (1966)
Morte e Vida Severina (1966)
Chico Buarque de Hollanda Vol. 2 (1967)
Chico Buarque de Hollanda Vol. 3 (1968)
Umas e outras – compacto (1969)
Chico Buarque na Itália (1969)
Apesar de você (1970)
Per un pugno di samba (1970)
Chico Buarque de Hollanda (Vol. 4) (1970)
Construção (1971)
Quando o carnaval chegar (1972)
Caetano e Chico – juntos e ao vivo (1972)
Chico canta (1973)
Sinal fechado (1974)
Chico Buarque & Maria Bethânia ao vivo (1975)
Meus caros amigos (1976)
Cio da Terra compacto (1977)
Os saltimbancos (1977)
Gota d’água (1977)
Chico Buarque (1978)
Ópera do Malandro (1979)
Vida (1980)
Show 1º de Maio compacto (1980)
Almanaque (1981)
Saltimbancos trapalhões (1981)
Chico Buarque en espanhol (1982)
Para viver um grande amor (1983)
O grande circo místico (1983)
Chico Buarque (Vermelho) (1984)
O Corsário do rei (1985)
Ópera do Malandro (1985)
Malandro (1985)
Melhores momentos de Chico & Caetano (1986)
Francisco (1987)
Dança da meia-lua (1988)
Chico Buarque (1989)
Chico Buarque ao vivo Paris le Zenith (1990)
Para Todos (1993)
Uma palavra (1995)
Terra (1997)
As cidades (1998)
Chico Buarque da Mangueira (1998)
Chico ao vivo (1999)
Cambaio (2001)
Chico Buarque – Duetos (2002)
Carioca, CD + DVD with the documentary Desconstrução (2006)
Carioca Ao Vivo (2007)
Chico (2011)
Caravanas (2017)
DVDs
Chico e as cidades (2001)
Chico ou o país da delicadeza perdida (2003)
Meu Caro Amigo (2005)
A Flor da Pele (2005)
Vai passar (2005)
Anos Dourados (2005)
Estação Derradeira (2005)
Bastidores (2005)
O Futebol (2006)
Romance (2006)
Uma Palavra (2006)
Author: Angel Romero
Angel Romero y Ruiz has dedicated his life to musical exploration. His efforts included the creation of two online portals, worldmusiccentral.org and musicasdelmundo.com. In addition, Angel is the co-founder of the Transglobal World Music Chart, a panel of world music DJs and writers that celebrates global sounds. Furthermore, he delved into the record business, producing world music studio albums and compilations. His works have appeared on Alula Records, Ellipsis Arts, Indígena Records and Music of the World.
