Victim of cancer complications, died on Sunday (20), at 74, singer and songwriter Cristina Buarque. The information was confirmed by his son Zeca Ferreira on social networks. Daughter of historian and sociologist Sérgio Buarque de Hollanda, he was the sister of singers Chico Buarque, Miúcha and Ana de Hollanda. She was living on Paquetá island a few years ago. 
“A reverse singer to the spotlight. How to explain such a business at any time? But how to explain this at this specific time? But that’s that the whole life of this woman we had, the big luck to have as a mother.
A lifetime of love for the craft and good shadow. “Good is the choir,” she said, and would live the life hidden in the midst of the voices, if it wasn’t such a refined, the love to turn the shadows of Brazilian music in search of small pearls not played by success, because success, in those and times, has a short range. It is beautiful and clear image but it blurs the other beauties that would be lost in the shadow were not these immune people to the immediate. Human being more whole I have ever met. Lighthouse, head, braba, the whole fucking owner.
Go in peace, mother, “says a message signed by Ana, Zeca, Paulo, Antonio, Piiizinha, posted on Instagram by Zeca.
Lula manifests regret
In a statement, President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva expressed regret for the death of Cristina Buarque.
“I want to express my deep feelings for the death of Cristina Buarque. Talented singer and songwriter, she played an extraordinary role in Brazilian music by playing the songs of some of the most important composers of carioca samba, helping the poetry and rhythm of the river hills to conquer Brazilians. To her family and my friend Chico Buarque, I let my solidarity and a big hug.”
Portela
In regretting the death of Cristina Buarque, the Portela samba school recalled that the singer was born in São Paulo and dedicated her life to samba and Brazilian popular music (MPB). His career gained notoriety with the release in 1974 of a album that presented compositions of big names of MPB, such as Cartola, Tom Jobim, Paulinho da Viola, Manacéa and his brother, Chico Buarque.
Always present alongside the old Guard of Portela, Cristina leaves five children and an eternal legacy for samba and Brazilian music.
The president of Portela Fábio Pavão, the vice president, Junior Escafura, the old Guard of Portela and the entire Portelense family sympathize with family, friends and fans at that time, wrote the representatives of the association.
“Rest in peace, Cristina!”, End the message.
Discography
According to the Cravo Albin dictionary of Brazilian popular music in 1968, Cristina’s brother Chico Buarque, older six, took her to record in her LP Chico Buarque Volume 3sharing with it the track Fantasyauthored by the composer himself.
In 1974, he released the first LP Cristinain which he interpreted one of his greatest successes, How many tearsfrom Manacia, composer of the Old Guard of Portela. In the same album, he recorded compositions from other samba holders, such as Dona Ivone Lara, from the Serrano Empire, and Nelson Cavaquinho and Cartola, both from Mangueira. By this time, one of its characteristics was already striking: rescuing songs from former composers of samba schools, in a real work of panning. So he did with Candeia, still in the 1970s, recording on tape several of his unpublished sambas and unfinished melodies.
Still according to the dictionary in 1980, he recorded the LP I see dawnwhich was attended by the Golden Time Set in the track Singby Godofredo Guedes, father of singer and songwriter Beto Guedes, being the title of the album taken from the song I see dawnfrom Noel Rosa. The following year, launched the LP Cristinawith the special participation of the old guardian of Portela in the track Queen’s lifeof Alvaiade and Monarco, and also from Clementina de Jesus in When the police arrivefrom João da Baiana. Later this year, invited to participate in a album in honor of Geraldo Pereira, recorded the music Could it be?by Geraldo Pereira and Marino Pinto, and was part of the choir in the track If you get cryingby Geraldo Pereira and Nelson Teixeira.
In 1987, he recorded a double compact, with independent production, along with Mauro Duarte, in which the two played the songs Rescue and Let me live in the orgy”The first is by Duarte and Paulo César Pinheiro and his second, his and Cristina.
In 1988, co -produced and participated in the LP Lamplaunched by the National Arts Foundation (Funarte), recording the track Morro do Sossegoof Candeia and Artur Poerner. The following year, the record company Livre released the album Tribute to Paulo da Portela And again, in duet with Mauro Duarte, Cristina played the song Who always expects reaches. In the same year, he participated in the choir in several tracks of the album Mangueira arrivedfrom the old guard of the hose.
In 1998, participated in the CD Chico Buarque de Mangueirainterpreting several tracks, such as Slumby bustle and jorginho pessanha, How will the year 2000,, from padeirinho, in duet with Carlinhos Vergueiro, Police on the hill, of Geraldo Pereira and Arnaldo Passos, Dying but does not dieby Nelson Sargento, also with Carlinhos Vergueiro, and choir in almost the entire album.
In 2002, alongside the Chico, Miúcha and Ana de Hollanda brothers, and Martinho da Vila, Paulinho da Viola, Inezita Barroso and Carlinhos Vergueiro, participated in the four -record box Paulo Vanzolini’s Accountslaunched by the cookie record label, in which he played three compositions of the honoree: Lack of me, long nighthis and toquinho, Mind and Death is peace.
In 2003, alongside Dona Ivone Lara, Wilson Moreira, Elton Medeiros, Renato Braz, Monarco, Old Guard of Portela, Elza Soares, Teresa Cristina, Martnália, Nilze Carvalho, Seu Jorge and Walter Tailor, among others, participated in the CD A being of light – Greeting to Clara Nunesin which he interpreted Spilling tears.
In 2007 presented the show Cristina Buarque and Terreiro Grande, at the Fecap Theater, in São Paulo, in show produced by Homero Ferreira.
Friends lament loss
Singer -songwriter Teresa Cristina recalled that Cristina Buarque was a great samba researcher and greatly influenced her generation.
“I am sure that Cristina was largely responsible for what everyone came to call the revitalization of samba da lapa, because it was through the ribbons and later the CDs that we began to enrich our repertoire. And Cristina had a desire to spread this repertoire around the city. A very important person for samba, averse to any kind of spotlight. Her cigarette. They were friends for a long time and then she went to Paquetá, where she spent the end of her life. ”
The president of the Brazilian MEMORY INSTITUTE, João Carino, says that produced a disc from Cristina. “Together we made the album It gets little, but it’s funsinging the work of Wilson Batista. She was an encyclopedia of Brazilian music. Cristina Buarque will miss you a lot. She had a unique way of singing. ”
Known as Pratinha, the musician Tiago Prata was a longtime friend of Cristina and played with the singer at the famous bar Bip Bip in Copacabana.
“Cristina had a giant importance for Brazilian music, for the defense of samba, the composers. She did not surrender to the whims of the music market so she could keep the flame of samba composers. She formed a whole generation of Lapa from the early 2000s as Teresa Cristina and Pedro Miranda. It is a huge loss.”
The singer Alice Canto wrote on Instagram that Cristina was the singer, mother, grandmother and the most generous and less vain researcher she has ever known in her life.
“Cristina was completely averse to honors and warned me, when she wanted to honor her in life, for her 70 years:” And I’m already warning, I don’t want tributes when you die! ” It was something I never understood much: because it recorded records and did a job so rich if I didn’t want to be gone down if I didn’t have the desire to “appear”, to reap the fruits. Born there “there”, because he was not a character, but an admirer from the outside. “
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