13 Facts About Dulce Pontes

Dulce Pontes is usually defined as a world music artist.

Dulce Pontes's songs contributed to the 1990s revival of Portuguese urban folk music called fado.

Dulce Pontes trained as a pianist, and started a career in singing after entering a competition in her hometown at the age of 18.

Dulce Pontes soon became an actress on Portuguese television and theatre.

Dulce Pontes finished 8th in the competition, which was at the time the third-best finish for a Portuguese performer.

Dulce Pontes started her career as a mainstream pop artist, but over the years she has evolved to become a world music singer.

Dulce Pontes introduced musical traditions of the Iberian Peninsula in her work, rediscovered many long forgotten popular tunes and found use for obsolete musical instruments.

Dulce Pontes's work is inspired and influenced not only by Iberian musical tradition, but, African, Brazilian, Arabic and Bulgarian sounds.

Dulce Pontes's album Focus is the fruit of a collaboration with Italian composer Ennio Morricone with whom she has toured and performed live.

Dulce Pontes sang in prestigious concert halls like Carnegie Hall in New York and the Royal Albert Hall in London, among many other places worldwide.

In June 2006, Dulce Pontes prepared her double LP O Coracao Tem Tres Portas.

In 2009, Dulce Pontes released Momentos, a career-spanning double disc collection that included previously unreleased tracks.

Dulce Pontes is the mother of a son, Jose Gabriel, who was born on 23 January 2002 in Lisbon and a daughter, Maria Jose, who was born on 24 January 2009 in Amadora.