Chico Buarque






















Francisco Buarque de Hollanda, whose father was the famous historian Sergio Buarque de Hollanda, was born in 19/06/1944., in Rio de Janeiro. When he was young, he lived in São Paulo and Rome because of his father’s job. He had always a close contact with many personalities of Brazilian culture, such as Vinicus de Morais, Baden Pawel, and his singer sister Miucha.

He entered the university to study architecture, but he quit in the 3rd year, when he got known by his music.
In 1964, he started to play his own compositions in festivals, starting to become known. His musics “A banda”, “Roda Viva”, “Carolina” and “Sabiá” were very successful. In 1965, he started his performance in teather too, doing the songs for “Morte e Vida Severina”. Then, he wrote “Roda Viva”, “Calabar”, “Gota D’Água” and “A Ópera do Malandro”.
As a writer, he did a book for children, Chapeuzinho Amarelo, and then wrote Estorvo, Benjamin and Budapest, for which one he won the Jabuti prize.
Besides his talent for the teather and books, his biggest talent is music, that’s why he was considered the Brazilian musician of the century! His influence in the MPB can be seen since the 60’s.

He spent some time in Europe, because of the dictatorship, where he improved his skills as composer and, when he came back to Brazil, in 1970, his importance in the society grew. The great music “Apesar de Você” became a hymn for those who were fighting for democracy. At this time, he recorded one of his best albums, Construção.
He is also considerated the man who can best understand the women and write music as one of them. The best example of this talent is “Mulheres de Atenas”.
For his poetry, his melody and the content of his musics, he is seen as one of the best Brazilian musicians and his work is recognized as a masterpiece.

Project from
Maria Fernanda de Carvalho Almeida
Advanced 3
Teacher Nilce

Centro Britânico
Pompéia Branch