Célia Mara (born July 27, 1961) is a Brazilian singer-songwriter and producer who has lived since the 1990s in

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and since 2003 also partly in

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Style

She defines herself as ''"bastardista"'': violating race, gender and class structures; a hybrid; mostly women made,

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mixed, out of rules, illegitimate, from an impure race...; or "nu Brazilian flavor", presenting a Latinized worldbeat – multicultural world music with strong Brazilian roots, singing in Portuguese, English, German, French and Spanish. Célia Mara is part of the famous movement – famous: platform for famous female culture. Célia Mara was born in

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, Minas Gerais, a small town in the Vale do Jequitinhonha, one of today's poorest regions of the world. Politically, she grew up under a

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. She began her musical career as a 14-year-old girl, as an autodidact on the guitar. Highly influenced by the revolutionary Tropicalismo, she started early to play songs from

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but also from

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and her own compositions on local events. In 1979, she was the first girl (and Female composer) of the Vale de Jequintinhonha participating to a regional event, "Los procurados" festival, organized by Tadeu Martins. Later she lived in

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, (had shows at cabare mineiro, "Palacio das Artes") performing as well in

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and

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sesc Pompeia, presenting a fusion between rural and urban songs. TV appearances such as in Som Brasil de Rolando Boldrin, in

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gave a push to her career.

Europe

In the early 1990s, her first European tour brought her to small clubs and minor festivals in Germany, Switzerland, Austria and Northern Italy. In 1993, she moved to Austria, having a solo and duo-career, performing at important regional jazz festivals Jazzfestival–Burghausen and Jazzfest–Jena. In 1997, she founded the Austria-based Latin-band potênciaX – with Herwig Gradischnig, Ingrid Oberkanins and others. Using of sound-programs, she was influenced by

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and the art of remixing. Célia Mara's "bastardsound" is a central-European-Brazilian mix, connected with the Spanish mestiço-movement –

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, Amparo Sanchez,

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, viennese fusion

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and Brazilian music

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, Lenine,

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. Célia Mara is managed and produced since 1996 by Silvia Jura Santangelo. They run the label: globalista: no border media. On March 8, 2011, Célia Mara got the

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by honor.

Discography

* ''Santa Rebeldia'' (2008; globaCD_SR08) * ''Bastardista'' (2005; globa_CD05) * ''Necessàrio'' – live at ORF Radiokulturhaus (2000; art libre/ORF globa_CD00) * ''Hot Couture do samba'' (1998; art libre) globa_CD98)

Awards

* 2000: Concerto Poll: best world music artist Austria * 2003: ''herta pammer preis'' for the event: culture is our weapon * 2006: ''copa da cultura'',Brazilian culture export award for ''Bastardista''

Notes

References

World Music

Funk Haus EuuropaMany Musics

External links

célia mara's site

célia mara's myspace
{{DEFAULTSORT:Mara, Celia 1961 births Living people 21st-century Brazilian women singers 21st-century Brazilian singer-songwriters Brazilian record producers Brazilian women songwriters Austrian people of Brazilian descent English-language singers from Brazil Feminist musicians French-language singers of Brazil German-language singers of Brazil Spanish-language singers of Brazil Latin pop singers Musicians from Belo Horizonte Women record producers 20th-century Brazilian women singers 20th-century Brazilian singers