Eva Corrêa José Maria (born 17 September 1951), known professionally as Evinha, is a Brazilian singer.

Life and career

Born in

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, Evinha began her professional career in 1961 as a member of

Trio Esperança Trio Esperança is a Brazilian vocal trio, formed in the city of Rio de Janeiro in 1958, by the siblings Mário, Regina and Evinha Correia José Maria. They had several hits in Brazil, such as "Festa do Bolinha" and "Filme Triste" - a version of ...

alongside her siblings Mário and Regina. In 1968, when Regina got pregnant and the trio went on hiatus, she made her solo debut with "Casaco Marrom", which turned to be a hit. In 1969, she won the fourth Festival Internacional da Canção with "Cantiga por Luciana" and released her first album ''Eva 2001''. In the 1970s she got several hits, notably "As canções que você fez pra mim" (composed by Roberto and

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), "Teletema", and "Que bandeira". In the second half of the decade she started a collaboration both in studio and live performances with

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and his orchestra. After marrying Mariat orchestra's pianist Gerard Gambus, she moved to Paris and slowed her activities. In the 1990s Evinha rejoined Trio Esperança, with her sister Marisa replacing her brother Mario. In 1999, she returned to perform in Brazil and recorded a new album, ''Reencontro''. In the 2020s, her success revamped when her 1971 song "Esperar pra ver" was used in a

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commercial campaign and was later sampled by rapper . Evinha was included by

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in their list of the 100 greatest voices in Brazilian music.

Discography

;Album * ''Eva 2001'' (1969) * ''Eva'' (1970) * ''Cartão Postal'' (1971) * ''Evinha'' (1973) * ''Eva'' (1974) * ''Reencontro'' (1999) * ''Uma Voz, um Piano'' (2016) * ''Evinha Canta Guilherme Arantes'' (2019)

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* * {{Authority control 1951 births Living people Singers from Rio de Janeiro (city) Música Popular Brasileira singers 20th-century Brazilian women singers 20th-century Brazilian singers 21st-century Brazilian women singers Women in Latin music