Raquel Tavares


Raquel Filipa Tavares is a Portuguese former Fado singer. In January 2020 she decided to end her professional career to pursue a life away from the stage.

Career

Raquel Tavares won the biggest song contest dedicated to fado in Portugal: “Grande Noite do Fado”.
She sings regularly at “Bacalhau de Molho”, one of the most famous fado houses in Lisbon, and has made shows all around Europe, in cities like Paris, Rome or Madrid.
Her first album was released in 2006 and this was also the year when she was the winner of the Amália Rodrigues Revelation Prize.
Her second album, Bairro, just came out in May 2008.
She has been named one of the most representative fado singers of the new generation and no longer just a promising voice.

Curiosities

In 2004, Raquel played a small part, as a Fado singer, in Mário Barroso's film "O Milagre Segundo Salomé".
She entered in the Eurovision Dance Contest 2008 with João Tiago. They took the 8th place.

Discography

Albums