António Chainho
| António Chainho | |
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Chainho in a 1938 performance in Santiago do Cacém | |
| Background information | |
| Born |
1938 Santiago do Cacém, Portugal |
| Origin | Coruche, Portugal |
| Genres | Fado |
| Occupation(s) | Musician |
| Instruments | Portuguese guitar |
| Website | António Chainho |
António Chainho (born Santiago do Cacém, 1938) is a Portuguese fado guitarist. He has worked with many of the great names in fado music, like Hermínia Silva, Carlos do Carmo and José Afonso, and world music, like Paco de Lucía.[1]
In 1998, Chainho contributed "Fado Da Adiça" and "Interlude: Variações Em Mi Menor" to the AIDS benefit compilation album Onda Sonora: Red Hot + Lisbon produced by the Red Hot Organization.
Discography (incomplete)
- 1980 - Guitarra Portuguesa
- 1996 - António Chainho with the London Philarmonic Orchestra
- 1998 - A Guitarra e Outras Mulheres
- 2000 - Lisboa-Rio
- 2010 - Lisgoa
References
- ↑ "António Chaínho". Macua de Moçambique (macua.org). Retrieved 26 December 2012.