Brazilian singer Gal Costa passed away this Wednesday at the age of 77, according to the artist’s team. The cause of death is still unknown, but Gal Costa was recovering from surgery and will return to the stage only at the end of this month.
The singer was going to perform at the Primavera Sound Festival in Sao Paulo this weekend, but the performance was canceled shortly before the concert. According to the singer’s team, Gal Costa needed to recover after removing a knot from her right nasal cavity and had to leave the stage before the end of November on the recommendation of a doctor.
The singer underwent surgery in September, shortly after a concert at another music festival in Sao Paulo, Coala. Since then, he has not returned to the stage, but he already had tour dates. Many dots of a star scheduled for December and January.
Gal Costa was born Maria da Graça Costa Penna Burgos in Salvador, Bahia, in 1945. Mother always encouraged Gal Costa to pursue a musical career. Her father, who died in the artist’s teens, was an absent figure.
Early in his adult life, he worked behind the counter of a record store in Bahia’s state capital, Roni Discos, one of the city’s premier stores. In the early 1960s, she met Cayetano Veloso, a meeting that resulted in a personal and artistic connection that would last until his death.
The singer was just over 20 years old when she appeared on the album. Tropicalia ou Panis et Circencis, the cornerstone of the Tropics movement. Shortly thereafter, in 1971, he performed one of the most influential shows in the history of Brazilian pop music. Fa Talwhich would also become a cult album.
