Yolanda Soares is a Portuguese

Portugal

Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...

 soprano

Soprano

A soprano is a voice type with a vocal range from approximately middle C to "high A" in choral music, or to "soprano C" or higher in operatic music. In four-part chorale style harmony, the soprano takes the highest part, which usually encompasses the melody...

 singer, songwriter

Songwriter

A songwriter is an individual who writes both the lyrics and music to a song. Someone who solely writes lyrics may be called a lyricist, and someone who only writes music may be called a composer...

 and "crossover

Crossover (music)

Crossover is a term applied to musical works or performers appearing on two or more of the record charts which track differing musical tastes, or genres...

" solo artist. Soares' performances are operatic productions which blend pop arrangements and classical

Classical music

Classical music is the art music produced in, or rooted in, the traditions of Western liturgical and secular music, encompassing a broad period from roughly the 11th century to present times...

 vocals, most notably fado

Fado

Fado is a music genre which can be traced to the 1820s in Portugal, but probably with much earlier origins. Fado historian and scholar, Rui Vieira Nery, states that "the only reliable information on the history of Fado was orally transmitted and goes back to the 1820s and 1830s at best...

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Early life and career

Soares was born in Lisbon, the daughter of Fernando and Mila Soares. She credits her parents for her background in traditional fado

Fado

Fado is a music genre which can be traced to the 1820s in Portugal, but probably with much earlier origins. Fado historian and scholar, Rui Vieira Nery, states that "the only reliable information on the history of Fado was orally transmitted and goes back to the 1820s and 1830s at best...

 and dance. Soares entered the "Conservatorio Nacional de Lisboa" (Lisbon's National Conservatory) to study ballet, but soon changed to singing.

In 2007 Soares released her first album, entitled Music Box - Fado em Concerto. For the CD, she received a nomination as Musical Newcomer of the Year (Revelação do Ano) at the 2007 Portuguese Golden Globe

Golden Globes, Portugal

The Golden Globes are awards given each year in Portugal since 1996 by SIC TV and Caras magazine which award several areas of art and entertainment in the country, with theatre, sports, cinema, fashion and music.-1996:Cinema:...

 awards. Soares released her second album, Metamorphosis, in 2010.

Discography

• 2007 – Music Box- Fado em Concerto 
• 2010 – Metamorphosis
  Metamorphosis (Yolanda Soares album)
  METAMORPHOSIS is the second album by Portuguese crossover singer Yolanda Soares, released in 2010.-Track listing:# ‎Mare Magnificat# A Quem Pertenço# Rollis Lied # Keni Indero# Olissipo# Nem Tudo Me Parece...
  
  

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