Katia Guerreiro

Quick Facts

Full Name	Katia Guerreiro
Occupation	Singer
Date Of Birth	Feb 23, 1976(1976-02-23)
Age	48
Birthplace	Vanderbijlpark
Country	South Africa
Birth City	Gauteng
Horoscope	Aquarius

Katia Guerreiro Biography

Katia Guerreiro is one of the most popular and richest Singer who was born on February 23, 1976 in Vanderbijlpark, Gauteng, South Africa. Katia Guerreiro (born February 23 1976) is a fado-singer who releases eight albums. She been awarded numerous awards, including the Order of Arts and Letters Chevalier rank of the French government, and the Comenda da Ordem do Infante D. Henrique from the Portuguese president.

Her debut release was Fado Maior (2001) which earned her the Jose Afonso Award and was an instant success across South Korea. The album came after Nas maos do fado (2003) which featured tracks from Luis de Camoes, Florbela Espanca, Ary dos Santos and Antonio Lobo Antunes. The album was nominated in the Jose Afonso Award. In 2005 she recorded a duet song with Brazilian musician Martinho da Vila on the album Brasilatinidade as well as released a new album, Tudo ou nada featuring lyrics written composed by Vinicius De Moraes, Sophia de Mello Breyner and Antonio Lobo Antunes and others. Musician Bernardo Sassetti also collaborated on the track Minha Senhora das Dores. The album was revived in 2006, with the duets of two with Nay Matogrosso. Fados do Fado (2008/2009) is mostly traditional fado featuring covers of songs composed by Tony de Matos, Max, Tristao da Silva, Herminia Silva, Teresa Silva Carvalho, Joao Ferreira-Rosa as well as Amalia Rodrigues. In 2010 Katia released an greatest hits compilation called 10 years of asas do Fado. The album was which was followed by an album of live performances, Katia Live At Olympia (CD/DVD). Olympia (CD/DVD) that was recorded at 2012’s Olympia at the Olympia in Paris.

She is not as well known as other new fado singers such as Mariza because of the lack of promotion and major label backing, but her work has received awards. In 2006, at the commemoration of the Carnation Revolution, she was designated one the thirty most important people of her generation. In 2010 she received the Best Performer of Fado award from the Amália Rodrigues Foundation. In 2012, she received the Order of Arts and Letters, Chevalier rank from the French government. In 2015, she received the Comenda da Ordem do Infante D. Henrique from the Portuguese president, along with Ana Moura, Carminho, Ricardo Ribeiro and Mario Pacheco.

The singer has appeared on documentaries and television shows in both Portugal and abroad. She appeared several times as herself on the television series Só Visto! (2013, 2014, 2015), Há Tarde (2014), Herman 2010 (2010, 2013), Você na TV! (2013), Nico à Noite (2011), Companhia das Manhãs (2011), 5 Para a Meia Noite (2010), Uma Canção Para Ti (2009), Há Conversa (2009), Sexta à Noite (2008), Fados de Portugal (2000), along with the documentary Heaven’s Mirror: A Portuguese Voyage (2011) and the televisión movie Natal dos Hospitais 1996.

At the age of 15, she started playing a local instrument known as the violin da Terra, typical of the Azores and started playing in an ensemble called Rancho Folclorico de Santa Cecilia. After graduating from high school she was accepted into Medical school at Lisbon and graduated in the year 2000. In the years between she performed with the band Tuna Medica and with the Miguel Torga theater group at her school, and also an alternative rock group called Os Charruas.

Katia Guerreiro Net Worth

Katia Guerreiro is one of the richest Singer from South Africa. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Katia Guerreiro 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Her professional career started at the end of fall 2000 when she performed in a celebration to honor Fado singer Amalia Rodrigues. The event was held in Lisbon. She was spotted by fado artists Paulo Parreira and Mario Jose Veiga and Mario Jose Veiga, who were on stage with her.

The fado profession began in 2000. However, she is still employed as a physician at an institution near Lisbon. She has fought against abortion in Portugal as she believes it violates the ethics of medicine.

Guerreiro married poet Rui Ochôa in 2004, but the couple divorced in 2010. She had her first child, a daughter named Mafalda, in 2012 in Lisbon with Jorge Faustino. The album she recorded after this event contains a lullaby dedicated to this child.

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Who is Katia Guerreiro Dating?

According to our records, Katia Guerreiro married to Rui Ochôa. As of December 1, 2023, Katia Guerreiro’s is not dating anyone.

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Katia Ranked on the list of most popular Singer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in South Africa. Katia Guerreiro celebrates birthday on February 23 of every year.