Teresa Salgueiro

Teresa Salgueiro.

Teresa Salgueiro (Portuguese pronunciation: [tɨˈɾezɐ saɫˈɡejɾu]) (also spelled as Tereza Salgueiro), OIH (born Lisboa, 8 January 1969^{[citation needed]}) is a Portuguese singer. She is best known as the lead singer of Madredeus from 1987 until 2007.

As a young girl, Teresa Salgueiro sang the traditional Portuguese music Fado and Brazilian bossa nova in the streets and taverns of Lisbon. She moved to old Lisbon to live with friends at the age of 16 and continued her singing.

Salgueiro met guitarist and producer Pedro Ayres Magalhães in 1987 and formed Madredeus together with Francisco Ribeiro on cello, Gabriel Gomes on accordion and Rodrigo Leão on keyboards. The band has been together since 1987, recording 11 albums released through record companies such as Blue Note Records, Nettwerk and EMI Records, all subsidiaries of EMI. Madredeus has also played throughout the world.

Teresa Salgueiro played a prominent part in the 1994 Wim Wenders' Lisbon Story (Viagem a Lisboa) together with Magalhães. Salgueiro and Magalhães recorded the soundtrack with Madredeus, released as Ainda in 1994.

Salgueiro has sung on albums by Carlos Nuñez and António Chainho released in 2000.

In November 2005 Teresa Salgueiro edited her first CD (Obrigado), with the participation of other musicians such as Caetano Veloso, Carlos Núñez, José Carreras and Angelo Branduardi. She is currently one of Portugal's most acclaimed singers.

In 2009 she changed the spelling of her artistic name to Tereza Salgueiro (now with a z) and edited her album Matriz (Matrix).

Current Solo Discography

• 2006 Obrigado (Thank You)
• 2007 Você e Eu (You and Me)
• 2007 La Serena (The Mermaid)
• 2007 Silence, Night and Dreams
• 2009 Matriz (Matrix)
• 2012 O Mistério (The Mistery)

External Reference

• An early Tereza singing a Fado
• Haja o que Houver with José Carreras
• Official Website (in Portuguese and English)
• Official MySpace
• Tereza in Italy
• La Serena Spot
• biography at Clepsidra