Bïa Krieger

Bïa Krieger
Bïa Krieger
Background information
Genres	World
Occupation(s)	Singer, songwriter
Instrument(s)	Vocals
Years active	1996–present
Website	Bïa Krieger official website

Bïa Krieger, better known mononymously as Bïa, is a Brazilian-born singer and recording artist^[1] who lives in France and Quebec.^[2] She sings in French, Portuguese and Spanish.^[3] Her recording career began in 1996 and currently she has at least eight albums.

Early years[edit]

During the years of the military dictatorship in Brazil, her parents were forced into exile. They moved the family to Chile, then Peru and finally Portugal. She was 12 when the family went back to their homeland after the Brazilian Amnesty Law.

While attending school Krieger was listening to music; Brazilian, Latin-American, English pop, as well as singing and playing guitar to her friends. She began a university degree in Journalism at São Paulo but quit and relocated to Europe, where she spent a few years sailing around the Atlantic and Mediterranean. In 1995, she decided to pursue music professionally.

Professional career[edit]

In 1996, French author and producer Pierre Barouh offered Bïa an opportunity to record, after listening to her demo. This first album, La Mémoire du Vent; translations in French of some of the songs of the Brazilian songwriter Chico Buarque, earned the Grand Prix de l'Académie Charles Cros.

In 1998 she recorded the soundtrack for a Claude Lelouch film, and went touring in Japan, Italy and Canada.

She released her second album, Sources, in 2000. Partly recorded in Rio de Janeiro, this album was a return to her country's sources of inspiration. She also paid tribute to the Beatles, by covering Golden Slumbers.

In 2003, Krieger released her third album, Carmin. Most of the songs are hers, but she still paid homage to favourite songwriters; Chico Buarque, Gianmaria Testa and Henri Salvador. She also recorded an Inca mantra, Inti, a Pre-Columbian hymn to the sun. This album was partly recorded in Paris, partly in Montreal, where she spends much of her time.^{[citation needed]}

Krieger sings in French as well as in her mother tongue Portuguese, and Spanish. She creates mixes between bossanova or samba rhythms and French language, pop flavours sung in South American style, and some very Brazilian or afro-Brazilian songs.^{[citation needed]}

Her album Carmin has been produced by Robson Galdino, a carioca guitar player living in Paris, and Erik West Millette, a bass, guitar and slides player from Montreal.

Bïa played at the 2003 Montreal International Jazz Festival and was a 2007 Juno Award World Music nominee.^[1]^[2]

Discography[edit]

2015 : Navegar
2014 : Chi.Coração
2011 : Concert Intime
2008 : Nocturno
2005 : Coeur vagabond
2003 : Carmin
2000 : Sources
1997 : La memoire du Vent

Videos[edit]

2006 : Estrela Do Mar

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b "Anglophones make mark in Quebec - singing en français - thestar.com". Toronto Star. Archived from the original on October 23, 2012. Retrieved December 20, 2017.
^ ^a ^b [1] ^{[dead link]}
^ "Fresh Face | Bia Krieger at Schema". Archived from the original on November 11, 2012. Retrieved April 5, 2020.

External links[edit]

[Star_2009-1] "Anglophones make mark in Quebec - singing en français - thestar.com". Toronto Star. Archived from the original on October 23, 2012. Retrieved December 20, 2017.

[cbc_2010-2] [1] ^{[dead link]}

[3] "Fresh Face | Bia Krieger at Schema". Archived from the original on November 11, 2012. Retrieved April 5, 2020.

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