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the world music professionals directoryLiana Singer
Born in Coimbra in the north of Portugal, soon moves to the capital Lisboa, and starts singing fado at the age of 9, in Coliseu dos Recreios. At 14, she wins the most important contest of fado music in the country "Grande Noite do Fado 94" as a juvenile and at 16 as a senior, being the first person to ever win the contest twice.
Among other 11 first prizes, she wins in 2000 the Festival RTP da Canção, the contest promoted by the national television to choose the Eurovision participant.
Under the direction of Filipe La Féria, she stars as the young Amália Rodrigues (the internationally recognised diva of fado) in "Amália - The Musical", playing the main role for five years in a play that became the most successful ever in Portugal, recording also a CD and a DVD of the show and winning a prize for best new actress and encouraging critics.
Having two recorded albums in tape from her first career years as a child (94 and 96), her first professional album is only released in 2004, under the title "Fado.pt", which by not obeying to the traditional patters of fado is not particularly well accepted in Portugal, but has great reviews on the international world music circuit.
She enrols the private cast of the «fado house» Velho Páteo de Santana, in Lisbon, for 2 years and at the same time, performs several musical styles, from jazz classics to Broadway standards and pop, under the direction of Óscar Romero.
In author´s edition releases the cd "Sombra" in 2005
She has been touring in Australia, USA, Canada and Brazil, alongside with several European countries (Spain, France, Luxembourg, Swiss, Sweden, England, Germany)
Joins the band Stockholm Lisboa Project, that mixes Portuguese and Swedish traditional songs and, with them, releases a new cd "Sol" in 2007. www.stockholmlisboa.com
Discouraged with the cultural and economic situation of her country, she resides in London since March 2007, while studying for a degree in Tourism and Events Management.
Prepares a new fado album with self production and compositions of her own.
