The cause of death is unknown
Gal Costa (Photo: Reproduction/Instagram)
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Singer Gal Costa, one of the most striking and popular voices in Brazil in recent decades and an icon of Tropicália, a movement that marked popular music in the late 1960s, has died at the age of 77, the press office said. artist's press this Wednesday.
The cause of death was not disclosed, as well as any other details about the singer's death.
Maria da Graça Costa Penna Burgos was born in Salvador and began her singing career in the 1960s, after meeting Caetano Veloso. Alongside him, she was one of the main figures of Tropicalismo, a movement that also had among its exponents Maria Bethânia, Gilberto Gil and Tom Zé.
"Very sad and impacted by the death of my Gaúcha sister @GalCosta," she wrote.
In an interview with GloboNews, Bethânia said she was "in shock" and "too sad" with the death of her friend.
"I never thought that one day I would come to you guys to talk about the pain of losing Gal. The Brazil that she always enchanted with her unique, masterful voice today all cry, like me", she said.
President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva also commented on the death of Gal Costa, whom he called "one of the greatest singers in the world, one of our main artists to take the name and sounds of Brazil to the entire planet".
"The country, which Gal Costa sang to show her face, today loses one of its great voices. But the legacy, the work, the memory and the songs will be eternal as your name Gal. My feelings and solidarity to family, friends and millions of admirers", wrote Lula.
The singer expressed support for PT during this year's presidential election on her social media.
Also singer Zélia Duncan also mourned Gal's death, saying she felt an "empty" and "endless sadness".
In addition to the political and cultural world, the singer's death also generated commotion in the sports world. Clubs from Salvador, Bahia and Vitória mourned Gal's death, as did Corinthians, Flamengo, Palmeiras, Cruzeiro and Botafogo, among others, who also expressed their views on their social networks.
With external influences, such as the use of the electric guitar, Tropicália emerged in the late 1960s, at the height of prior censorship during the military dictatorship and generating controversy among ardent supporters of MPB who criticized what they saw as foreignisms in Brazilian music.
Last month, the singer canceled her concert at the Primavera Sound festival and all performances until the end of this November, while recovering from a procedure to remove a lump in her nasal cavity.
Among the singer's biggest hits are "Chuva de Prata", "Dia de Domingo", in a duet with Tim Maia, and "Modinha para Gabriela", which was the opening theme of the soap opera "Gabriela", on TV Globo, based on the novel "Gabriela, Cravo e Canela", by Jorge Amado.
Source.brasil247.com
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