Marília Medalha

Having got her big break earning the III Event de Música Popular Brasileira/FMPB (Event of Brazilian Popular Music, Television Record, 1967) with “Ponteio” (Edu Lobo/Capinam), Marília Medalha began her profession in the first ’60s carrying out with Tião Neto and Sergio Mendes in Niterói (Rio de Janeiro). In 1965, she participated in the play Market Conta Zumbi (Augusto Boal/Gianfrancesco Guarnieri), having been granted the Revelation Celebrity of the entire year prize from the Association of Theatre Criticis of São Paulo. In 1967, she got a time of year with Edu Lobo in the Zum Zum nightclub (Rio), having participated in the same yr in it Excelsior display Ensaio Geral, as well as Caetano Veloso, Gilberto Gil, Maria Bethânia, and Sérgio Ricardo. Following the achievement with “Ponteio,” Medalha experienced a stage of national recognition, having released her 1st recording, Marília Medalha, in the same yr. In 1968, she earned second place in the IV FMPB with “Memórias de Marta Saré” (Edu Lobo/Gianfrancesco Guarnieri) and third place in the I Bienal perform Samba with “Pressentimento” (Elton Medeiros/Hermínio Bello de Carvalho), that was included on her behalf second LP, Marília Medalha. In 1970, Medalha performed with Vinicius de Moraes and Toquinho in Salvador, Bahia, and in Buenos Aires, Argentina, where in fact the LP Como Dizia o Poeta/Vinicius, Toquinho e Marília Medalha was documented live in the La Fusa nightclub. She continuing to tour internationally with Moraes and Toquinho for another 2 yrs. In 1972, her compositions for Moraes’ lyrics had been released for the recording Encontro e Desencontro/Marília Medalha e Vinícius de Moraes. In 1974, she participated in the historical display Opinião (Oduvaldo Viana Filho/Paulo Pontes/Armando Costa), as well as Zé Kéti and João perform Vale, in the part previously performed by Nara Leão and Maria Bethânia. Although she under no circumstances once again reached the same popularity of the past due ’60s and early ’70s, she continuing to work positively in the town of São Paulo, documenting the 1992 record Bodas de Vidro, with her compositions created with many collaborators and in addition songs by various other composers.