JP Simões
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JP Simões is a Portuguese singer and musician. He was born in Coimbra
Coimbra
Coimbra is a city in the municipality of Coimbra in Portugal. Although it served as the nation's capital during the High Middle Ages, it is better-known for its university, the University of Coimbra, which is one of the oldest in Europe and the oldest academic institution in the...

, Portugal
Portugal
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, in 1970. Due to the Carnation Revolution
Carnation Revolution
The Carnation Revolution , also referred to as the 25 de Abril , was a military coup started on 25 April 1974, in Lisbon, Portugal, coupled with an unanticipated and extensive campaign of civil resistance...

 of 1974 and subsequent turmoil, at age five he emigrated to Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro , commonly referred to simply as Rio, is the capital city of the State of Rio de Janeiro, the second largest city of Brazil, and the third largest metropolitan area and agglomeration in South America, boasting approximately 6.3 million people within the city proper, making it the 6th...

, Brazil
Brazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...

, where he stayed about a year. Back in Portugal, Simões studied journalism, screenwriting, saxophone and Arabic language, but had essentially working in music many years with Pop Dell'Arte, Belle Chase Hotel and Quinteto Tati. He wrote short stories, song lyrics, film scripts and participated as a musician and actor in films by Fernando Vendrell and Edgar Pêra
Edgar Pêra
Edgar Henrique Clemente Pêra is a Portuguese cinematographer.He enrolled in the Escola de Cinema do Conservatório Nacional in 1980, with a concentration in film editing...

, and signing some soundtracks for documentaries. In 2007, he premiered his solo album 1970. In 2009 he published his second album Boato.
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