Adriano Correia de Oliveira Musical artist
Adriano Maria Correia Gomes de Oliveira, GCIH, ComL, or just Adriano (April 9, 1942 – October 16, 1982) was a Portuguese musician, born to a conservative Roman Catholic family in Porto. His family moved to Avintes after his birth. He went to Coimbra to study at the University of Coimbra, and eventually dropped out, albeit being involved in the student activism and Coimbra fado music.Adriano was part of a generation of composers and singers of political songs that used music and lyrics to fight against the Estado Novo dictatorial regime. For that, he became famous among the democratic resistance and was persecuted by the political police, PIDE for his subversive actions. Adriano was a personal friend of many musicians like Zeca Afonso, Padre Fanhais, Sérgio Godinho, or Luísa Basto, with whom he collaborated in the recording of many albums.Is first EP, Fado de Coimbra, was released in 1963. Accompanied by António Portugal and Rui Pato, in this record he presents the first registration of Trova do Vento Que Passa, poem by Manuel Alegre, which would become a sort of anthem of resistance to the dictatorship. In 1967 he recorded the album Adriano Correia de Oliveira with, among other songs, Canção com Lágrimas.He was at the military service when publishes O Canto e as Armas, with Manuel Alegre's poems, in 1969, flollowed by Cantaremos (1970) and Gente de Aqui e de Agora (1971). After the Carnation Revolution, launches Que Nunca Mais, with poems by Manuel da Fonseca. The record, directed and produced by Fausto Bordalo Dias, includes a rare participation of the legendary guitarist Carlos Paredes. That year, he was nominated artist of the year by Musicweek.Adriano was also a member of the Portuguese Communist Party and participated many times in the Avante! Festival. He was also a friend of the socialist Manuel Alegre, who wrote many of his lyrics. He died in Avintes at the age of 40 due to a vascular accident.