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| birth_place = [[Campo Grande]], [[Mato Grosso]], Brazil |
| birth_place = [[Campo Grande]], [[Mato Grosso]], Brazil |
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| genre = [[Música sertaneja| |
| genre = {{hlist|[[Folk music|Folk]]|[[blues]]|[[Música sertaneja|sertanejo]]|[[Música Popular Brasileira|MPB]]}} |
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| occupation = Singer, composer, actor |
| occupation = Singer, composer, actor |
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| instrument = [[Viola caipira]], guitar |
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| Birth name | Almir Eduardo Melke Sater |
| Born | November 14, 1956 Campo Grande, Mato Grosso, Brazil |
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| Occupation(s) | Singer, composer, actor |
| Instrument(s) | Viola caipira, guitar |
| Years active | 1981–present |
| Labels | Velas |
Almir Eduardo Melke Sater (born November 14, 1956), best known as Almir Sater, is a Brazilian singer-songwriter and actor.
Biography
Born in Campo Grande, Mato Grosso (now located in Mato Grosso do Sul), Sater went to Rio de Janeiro when was 20 to attend the Law School of Universidade Cândido Mendes.[1] Influenced by Tião Carreiro & Pardinho, Tonico & Tinoco, Délio & Delinha,[1] he started his singing career under the pseudonym Lupe in a duo called Lupe and Lampião.[2] After being featured on Tetê Espíndola's band Lírio Selvagem in 1979, which was dissolved the same year, his composition, "Sonhos guaranis", was recorded by Sérgio Reis in 1980.[2]
His debut studio album was published in 1981 by Continental Records and mixed sertanejo with blues and local genres like Paraguayan polka, guarania and chamamé.[2] In 1982 he started to write along with Renato Teixeira, a frequent contributor.[2] In 1986, he debuted as an actor on Ozualdo Candeias's film As Bellas da Billings.[2] He acted on Rede Manchete's Pantanal in 1990, the same year he received the Sharp Award for "Tocando em Frente", a hit recorded by Maria Bethânia.[2] In the following year, he starred on A História de Ana Raio e Zé Trovão.[2] He was one of the best-selling composer of record label Velas in the 1990s.[3][4] After a ten-year hiatus, Sater released 7 Sinais in 2007.[5]
Discography
- Estradeiro (1981)
- Doma (1982)
- Almir Sater Instrumental (1985)
- Cria (1986)
- Rasta Bonito (1989)
- Instrumental Dois (1989)
- Almir Sater Ao Vivo (1992)
- Terra de Sonhos (1994)
- Almir Sater no Pantanal (1996)
- Caminhos Me Levem (1997)
- 7 Sinais (2007)
References
- ^ a b "Almir Sater - Biografia". Dicionário Cravo Albin da Música Popular Brasileira (in Portuguese). Retrieved August 25, 2014.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Almir Sater - Dados Artísticos". Dicionário Cravo Albin da Música Popular Brasileira (in Portuguese). Retrieved August 25, 2014.
- ^ "Brazil". Billboard. 107 (48). Nielsen Business Media: 62. December 2, 1995.
- ^ "Brazil". Billboard. 108 (42). Nielsen Business Media: 74. October 19, 1996.
- ^ Bergamo, Mônica (December 11, 2006). "Canta viola". Folha de S.Paulo (in Portuguese). Grupo Folha. Retrieved August 25, 2014.
External links
- Almir Sater at AllMusic
- Almir Sater at IMDb
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