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Gal Costa

Gal Maria da Graça Costa Penna Burgos (born Maria da Graça Costa Penna Burgos; 26 September 1945 – 9 November 2022), known professionally as Gal Costa ([ɡaw ˈkɔs ta] ),[1] was a Brazilian singer of popular music. She was one of the main figures of the tropicalia music scene in Brazil in the late 1960s and appeared on the acclaimed compilation Tropicália: ou Panis et Circencis (1968).[2] She was described by The New York Times as "one of Brazil's greatest singers."[3]

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Costa Penna and the second or paternal family name is Burgos.

Gal Costa

Maria da Graça Costa Penna Burgos

(1945-09-26)26 September 1945
Salvador, Bahia, Brazil

9 November 2022(2022-11-09) (aged 77)
São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Singer

1965–2022 (her death)

Awards[edit]

In 2011, Costa received the Latin Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.[5]


In 2023, Rolling Stone ranked Costa at number 90 on its list of the 200 Greatest Singers of All Time.[17]

Personal life[edit]

Gal was bisexual. She dated singer Marina Lima in the 1990s.[18] She had one adopted son, Gabriel.[19][3]

Death[edit]

Gal died in São Paulo on 9 November 2022, at the age of 77.[20][3] The cause of death was not shared; she had been recovering from an extraction of a nodule of her nasal cavity and had canceled her show at the Primavera Sound.[11] Multiple Brazilian celebrities paid tribute to her following her death including then President-elect Lula da Silva, Maria Bethânia, Caetano Veloso, and Gilberto Gil.[21][22] She was also honored posthumously at the 2022 Latin Grammy Awards.[23]

1971:

-Fa-Tal- Gal a Todo Vapor

1976: (with Caetano Veloso, Gilberto Gil, and Maria Bethânia)

Doces Bárbaros

1986: : Rio Revisited (with Antonio Carlos Jobim)

Jazzvisions

1997: Acústico MTV

1999: Gal Costa Canta Tom Jobim Ao Vivo

2006: Gal Costa Live at the Blue Note

2006: Gal Costa Ao Vivo

2013: Recanto Ao Vivo

Il popolo del samba, La vicenda e i protagonisti della storia della musica popolare brasiliana, Preface by Chico Buarque de Hollanda, Introduction by Gianni Minà, RAI-ERI, Rome 2005, ISBN 8839713484

De Stefano, Gildo

Saudade Bossa Nova: musiche, contaminazioni e ritmi del Brasile, Preface by Chico Buarque, Introduction by Gianni Minà, Logisma Editore, Firenze 2017, ISBN 978-88-97530-88-6

De Stefano, Gildo

(in Portuguese)

Official website

(in Spanish and Portuguese)

Official Argentinian website

at AllMusic

Gal Costa

discography at Discogs

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at IMDb

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at Slipcue.com – English-language discography with reviews

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at kellerjazz.com – photo collection

Gal Costa