Adriano Maria Correia Gomes de Oliveira, GCIH, ComL, or just Adriano (April 9, 1942 - Oct 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 for study at the University of Coimbra, and eventually dropped out, albeit has involved himself in the student activism and Coimbra fado music.
Adriano made 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 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.
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.
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Um verdadeiro Mestre da Música Portuguesa, a par do José Afonso, do Fausto, do Luís Cília, do José Mário Branco, do Sérgio Godinho... E, para mim, talvez o melhor!
A Antena 1 da RDP está obrigada, por lei, a passar 60% de música portuguesa. Mas qual é efectivamente a música portuguesa que se pode lá ouvir? E porquê (apenas) aquela e não outra? E como se explica que a maior parte da música anglo-americana que lá abunda seja tão medíocre? Conheça as razões aqui: http://nossaradio. blogspot. com/2008/11/playlist-da-antena-1-uma-vergonha. html
Companheiro de tantas noites, presente ou através das tuas canções, onde quer que estejas, jamais serás esquecido pela tua generosidade e pelas tuas qualidades artisticas e humanas! De vez em quando venho aqui visitar-te e hoje apeteceu-me deixar esta pequenina homenagem, Jaime
Muito obrigao pelo add. Quero dizer-lhes que com muita honra e muito prazer que fui um dos participantes(Musico),na homenagem ao Adriano C.Oliveira na Marinha Grande,onde fizemos o c.d."ADRIANO SEMPRE",lamento que a organizacao deste trabalho nao o tenha feito com a intencao de divulgar Adriano e a Musica e Musicos Portugueses , mas sim com a pura intencao de se autopromoverem, os Musicos que Adriano representava e defendia serao sempre maltratados por estas organizaçoes falsificadas. ADRIANO SEMPRE, ABRACO Joao Miguel Pereira
Adriano Maria Correia Gomes de Oliveira, GCIH, ComL, or just Adriano (April 9, 1942 - Oct 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 for study at the University of Coimbra, and eventually dropped out, albeit has involved himself in the student activism and Coimbra fado music.
Adriano made 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 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.
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.
