Caetano Veloso

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Caetano Emanuel Viana Teles Veloso (Santo Amaro da Purificação, 7 de agosto de 1942) é um compositor e cantor brasileiro.

Nascido na Bahia, é o quinto filho de José Teles Veloso (Seu Zezinho) e Claudionor Viana Teles Veloso (Dona Canô). Foi ele que escolheu o nome para a irmã, inspirado numa canção famosa da época (18 de junho de 1946) de Nelson Gonçalves, Maria Bethânia. A irmã tornou-se uma das maiores intérpretes da história da MPB; Caetano tornou-se tão reconhecido quanto a irmã, como um dos grandes cantores e compositores, respeitado e ouvido pela mídia e pela crítica especializada.

Começou a carreira cantando bossa nova mas logo ajudou a criar um estilo musical que ficou conhecido como MPB (música popular brasileira), deslocando o melodia pop na direção de um ativismo político e de conscientização social. O nome ficou então associado ao movimento hippie do final dos anos 60 e às canções do movimento da Tropicália. mais

Trilhas de filmes

Em 2004, foi considerado um dos mais respeitados e produtivos pop stars latino-americanos no mundo, com mais de cinqüenta álbuns lançados, incluindo canções em trilhas sonoras de filmes como Fale com ela, de Pedro Almodóvar, Frida, Cinema falado, Lisbela e o prisioneiro, Tieta de Cacá Diegues baseado no romance homônimo de Jorge Amado, O Quatrilho, Orfeu, Ó paí, ó entre outros. Em 2002 publicou um livro sobre o movimento da Tropicália, Tropical Truth: A Story of Music and Revolution in Brazil (Tropicália: uma história de música e revolução no Brasil) e em 1997, Verdade Tropical, onde relatou suas lembranças do Tropicalismo. Exibe alta produtividade também como compositor, com viés predominantemente poético e intelectual.

English

Caetano Veloso has the heart of a revolutionary as well as a musician. The singer/guitarist was born in a small town in the Bahia region of Brazil, in 1942. He was the fifth of seven children. One of his sisters, Maria Bethania, was a developing singer. In 1965, she landed a role in a musical play called Opinion. 
When Caetano heard of her good fortune, he joined his sister in Rio de Janeiro. He soon won a lyric writing contest with his song, "Un Dia," and was later signed to the Philips label. Caetano aligned himself musically with Gal Costa and Gilberto Gil. They developed the MPB musical sound, a Portuguese acronym for "musica popular Brasileira," which became the pop music of the day. 
As the musical careers of Veloso and Gil moved forward, so did their criticism of the military dictatorship running the Brazilian government. In 1968, the rebellious but popular musicians were forced into European exile by the Brazilian government. That lasted four years. Caetano became well known for his compositions of music scores for several Brazilian films, later adding screenwriting, directing, and producing to his expanding resume. 
Also, he was a frequent performer on Brazilian television variety shows. By 1978, his records were selling all over the world, including Europe, North America, Israel, and Australia. In the 1980s, his record sales continued to climb and awards were frequent. He was compared to John Lennon and Bob Dylan by a famous Brazilian journalist, Luiz Carlos Maciel. 
Caetano's first trip to North America was triumphant. He experienced sell-out performances in New York, at the age of 41. Although his recordings became more easily available in English-speaking countries during the '80s and '90s, he continued to record primarily in Portuguese, his native tongue. Still, his popularity continued. In March 2000, he received the Grammy Award for Best World Music Album for his album, Livro. In 2001, he released Noites do Norte, which won the Latin Grammy for Best Musica Popular Brasileira. Noites do Norte Ao Vivo, a live album, followed later in the year. He released another live album in 2002, the double-disc Live in Bahia. more in English

Veloso's first marriage in 1969 was with a dancing student named Andréa Gadelha, known as Dedé, who was the sister of Gilberto Gil's ex-wife Sandra Gadelha. With Dedé, he had his first son Moreno born in 1972. In 1982, Veloso started a relationship with Paula Lavigne. Veloso's marriage with Gadelha ended in 1983 and he married Lavigne in 1986 when she was 17. The couple had two sons Zeca (b. 1992) and Tom (b. 1997). Veloso and Lavigne divorced in 2004.