Chico Buarque

Francisco Chico Buarque de Hollanda , popularly known simply as Chico Buarque , is a Brazilian singersongwriter, guitarist, composer, dramatist, writer and poet. He is best known for his music, which often includes social, economic and cultural commentary on Brazil and Rio de Janeiro in particular.

Buarque came from an intellectually privileged family backgroundhis father Srgio Buarque de Holanda was a wellknown historian, sociologist and journalist and his mother Maria Amlia Cesrio Alvim was a painter and pianist. He is also brother of the singer Micha and politician Ana de Hollanda. As a child, he was impressed by the musical style of bossa nova, specifically the work of Tom Jobim and Joo Gilberto. He was also interested in writing, composing his first short story at 18160years old and studying European literature, also at a young age. One of his most consuming interests, however, was playing football, beginning at age four, which he still does today. Born in Rio de Janeiro, Buarque spent much of his childhood there and in So Paulo and Italy.

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