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Manuel Escórcio

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Manuel Escórcio
Birth nameManuel Maria Lamarque Escórcio
BornLourenço Marques, Mozambique
OriginMozambique
South Africa
GenresAfrikaans pop
OccupationMusician
InstrumentVoice
Websitewww.manuelescorcio.co.za

Manuel Escórcio is a South African tenor who performs in Afrikaans, English and Portuguese. Escórcio was born in Lourenço Marques, Mozambique but started his musical career at the Helderberg College in Somerset-West, South Africa when he was 16 years of age.[1]

Escórcio has performed in South Africa, the US, Canada, Brazil, Portugal, Venezuela, the Philippines and Australia.[2]

In 1981, Escórcio was awarded the Order of Prince Henry.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Communicaciones al XV Congreso internacional de las ciencias genealogíca y heráldica. Instituto Salazar Y Castro. 1983. p. 194. ISBN 84-00-05342-7.
  2. ^ "Manuel Escórcio vier tuiskoms met nuwe album". Beeld. 6 June 2000. Retrieved 19 June 2010.