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Vitorino
Vitorino
	Vitorino in March 2014
Background information
Birth name	Vitorino Salomé Vieira
Born	11 July 1942 (age 82); Redondo, Portugal
Origin	Portugal
Occupation	Singer-songwriter
Website	www.vitorinosalome.pt

Vitorino Salomé Vieira (born 11 July 1942), commonly known simply as Vitorino, is a Portuguese singer-songwriter.^[1] His music combines the traditional music of his native region of Alentejo and urban popular song.

Biography

Vitorino was born in 1942 in Redondo, to a family of musicians. His father was a Fado de Coimbra singer and mandolin player, as did his grandfather. Vitorino's uncle meanwhile was active in the Lisbon Fado scene. His younger brother, Janita Salomé, is also a musician.

At the age of 11 Vitorino started learning the piano at a monastery in his home town, although he quickly abandoned it and did not go back to formal musical training afterwards. Instead, he sang in local choirs and associations and at private gatherings.^[2]

In 1968 he went to Lisbon in pursuit of his artistic studies, where he soon became acquainted with, and became part of, a group of friends encompassing José Afonso, Adriano Correia de Oliveira, Fausto and José Mário Branco. Together with Branco, he left Lisbon in 1969 for Paris, where he, like his friend, began his career as a song writer and protest singer. A notable concert was his appearance at the Théâtre de la Mutualité, where Vitorino joined José Afonso, José Mário Branco, Luís Cília, Sérgio Godinho and Tino Flores in what became one of the most prolific concerts of Portuguese dissidents against the Estado Novo dictatorship. ^[3]

In 1973 Vitorino returned to Portugal, where he continued his career as a singer. He also joined José Afonso as a guitarist at the I. Encontro da Canção Portuguesa on March 29, 1974 at the Coliseu dos Recreios. His first official release, an 7"-EP named Morra Quem não Tem Amores, was published after the Carnation Revolution in April 1974.^[2]^[3]

His first album, Semear Salsa Ao Reguinho, was released in 1975. Produced by Fausto and featuring José Afonso and Sérgio Godinho, this album is notable for Vitorino's arrangements of traditional folk songs, like Menina estás à janela, which later became a staple of his live concerts, and for songs Cante Alentejano, a traditional style of music from his home region. Until the 1980s Vitorino often relied on rearranging traditional tunes with help from Pedro Caldeira Cabral; after that the amount of own compositions in his repertoire grew, influenced by different genres, from jazz to classical music and world music.^[2]^[4]

Vitorino is a founding member of the 1990 Lua Extravagante project, and participated the band Rio Grande, a Portuguese supergroup active from 1996 to 1998 and featuring Portuguese stars like Rui Veloso, Xutos & Pontapés singer Tim, Jorge Palma, and João Gil of Trovante.

For his album Eu Que Me Comovo Por Tudo E Por Nada he received 1993 the José Afonso award, and during the same year he released his Best of album named As Mais Bonitas. ^[2]

In 1994, Vitorino received the Order of Liberty in the rank of Official.^[5]

Discography

Albums

Semear Salsa ao Reguinho (LP, Orfeu, 1975) co-produced with Fausto Bordalo Dias
Se fores ao Alentejo
Semear salsa ao reguinho
Cantiga dum marginal do séc.XIX
A Primavera do Outono
Ó patrão dê-me um cigarro
São saias, senhor, são saias
Dizem p'ra 'í que chegou
Cantiga de uma greve de Verão
Temos a força dos ventos
O tudo é todo nosso
Menina estás à janela
Morra quem não tem amores
Vou-me embora vou partir
Os Malteses (LP, Orfeu, 1977)
Alentejo és nossa terra
Rouxinol repenica o cante
Oh Beja, terrível Beja
Barrancos és minha terra
Saias da União Cooperativa do Redondo
O maltês
Cantares do mês d' Outubro
Fui colher uma romã
Marcha da patuleia
Chamaste-me extravagante
Maio
Lindo ramo verde escuro
Não Há Terra Que Resista – Contraponto (LP, Orfeu, 1979)
Delicada da cintura
Não há terra que resista
Litania para um amor ausente
Contos do príncipe real
Maria dos mil sorrisos
Maria da Fonte
Dá-me cá os braços teus
Porque me não vês Joana
Quadras soltas (de embalar)
Viva a rainha do sul
Diz a laranja ao limão
Sedas a vento
Romances (LP, Orfeu, 1981)
Catrapiado
Laurinda
Dona Filomena
Bela Nau Catarineta
Eu hei-de amar uma pedra
Em 25 de Março
Senhora Maria
Levantar ferros
Mana Isabel
Sospirastes baldovinos
Indo eu por 'í abaixo
Oh! que janela tão alta
Flor de La Mar (LP, EMI, 1983)
Leitaria Garrett (LP, EMI, 1984)
Abertura
Saias da vila do Redondo
Menina estás à janela
Postal para D.João III (ao Zeca Afonso)
Cantiga partindo-se
Poema
Ai os modos de ser lágrima
Confissões (Nunca fui além)
Leitaria Garrett
Andando pela vida (a Lia Gama [pt])
Tragédia da rua das Gáveas
Tinta verde
Carbonárias (final)
Sul (LP, EMI, 1985)
Negro Fado (LP, EMI, 1988) PJA
Cantigas de Encantar (Cassette, EMI, 1989)
Eu Que Me Comovo Por Tudo e Por Nada (CD, EMI, 1992) PJA
As Mais Bonitas (Compilação, EMI, 1993)
A Canção do Bandido (CD, EMI, 1995) CAND PJA
Fado alexandrino
Tocador da concertina
Fado triste
Fado da prostituta da rua S. António da Glória
Nasci para morrer contigo
Fado do pedinte da Igreja dos Mártires
Cruel vento
Fado Isabel
Veste de noite este quarto
Fado da pré-reforma
Rigoroso do pescador da marginal
Fado do jovem velho
Os nomes do amor
La Habana 99 (CD, EMI, 1999) with Septeto Habanero
Alentejanas e Amorosas (CD, EMI, 2001)
As Mais Bonitas 2 – Ao Alcançe da Mão (Compilation, EMI, 2002)
Utopia (CD, EMI, 2004) with Janita Salomé
Ninguém Nos Ganha Aos Matraquilhos! (CD, EMI, 2004)
Tudo (Compilation, EMI, 2006)
Abril, Abrilzinho (CD, Público/Praça das Flores, 2006)
Ao Vivo- Vitorino a preto e branco (CD, Magic Music/Vitorino, 2007)
Tango (CD, Magic Music/Vitorino, 2009)
Viva a República (CD de dois originais, comemoração centenário implantação da República, Diário de Notícias/Montepio, 2010)

Other compilations

Queda do Império – Colecção Caravela (Compilation, EMI, 1997)
O Melhor dos Melhores nº 43 (Compilation, Movieplay, 1996)
Clássicos da Renascença nº 84 (Compilation, Movieplay, 2000)
Menina Estás À Janela – Colecção Caravelas (Compilation, EMI, 2004)
Grandes Êxitos (Compilation, EMI, 2006)

Singles

Morra Quem Não Tem Amores (Single, 1974)
Menina Estás À Janela/Tinta Verde dos Teus Olhos (Single, Orfeu, 1983)
Joana Rosa (Máxi, EMI, 1986)

References

^ "Macao Arts Festival". Retrieved 14 June 2010.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Salwa Castelo-Branco: Enciclopédia da Música em Portugal no Século XX, P–Z., 1. Edition, Temas e Debates, Lisbon 2010 (ISBN 978-989-644-114-2), S. 1345f
^ ^a ^b Personenlexikon Quém É Quém - Portugueses Célebres. 1. Edition, Temas & Debates, Lisbon 2009 (ISBN 978-989-644-047-3), S. 536
^ Eintrag zu Vitorino Infopédia. Retrieved 2023-12-02.
^ Portuguese database of awarded honours. Retrieved 2023-12-02.