Gilberto Gil

Brazilian recording artist, singer, guitarist, songwriter and politician

Photo by: Ricardo Stuckert / PR · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Born:June 26, 1942

Age:84

Zodiac Sign:Cancer

Children:8

Born in:Salvador, Brazil

Languages:Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese

Politician Musician Songwriter Bandleader Singer Guitarist Composer Jazz Guitarist

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Famous For

Movies & TV

RiP!: A Remix ManifestoMaria Bethânia: Music Is PerfumeEl Milagro de CandealJorge Mautner - O Filho do Holocausto

Books

Toda menina baianaReflorestaRefazendaAndar com Fé

Songs & Albums

FESTAC 77Água VivaTropicália 2RealceGilberto Gil

Awards

Gold Medal of Merit in the Fine Arts (2018)Grammy Award for Best Global Music Album (2016)Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour (2005)Grammy Award for Best Contemporary World Music Album (2005)Latin Recording Academy Person of the Year (2003)

Gilberto Gil

Brazilian recording artist, singer, guitarist, songwriter and politician

Biography

Gilberto Passos Gil Moreira (Brazilian Portuguese: [ʒiwˈbɛʁtu ˈʒiw]; born 26 June 1942) is a Brazilian singer-songwriter and politician, known for both his musical innovation and political activism. From 2003 to 2008, he served as Brazil's Minister of Culture in the administration of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. Gil's musical style incorporates an eclectic range of influences, including rock, Brazilian genres including samba, African music, and reggae. Gil started to play music as a child and was a teenager when he joined his first band. He began his career as a bossa nova musician and began to write songs that reflected a focus on political awareness and social activism. He was a key figure in the música popular brasileira and tropicália movements of the 1960s, alongside artists such as longtime collaborator Caetano Veloso. The Brazilian military regime that took power in 1964 saw both Gil and Veloso as a threat, and the two were held for nine months in 1969 before they were told to leave the country. Gil moved to London, but returned to Bahia in 1972 and continued his musical career, while also working as a politician and environmental advocate. His album Quanta Live won Best World Album at the 41st Annual Grammy Awards, and the album Eletracústico won the Best Contemporary World Music Album at the 48th Annual Grammy Awards.

This biography uses content from the Wikipedia article “Gilberto Gil”, available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License.

Quotes

“Brazil was, is, and will be in fashion.”

— "Brazil's Gilberto Gil, minister of cool". Reuters via CNN. 2003-09-01. Retrieved on 2008-03-16.

“Like most artists and musicians, I considered myself detached from the political life…but I had an insight that maybe we would have a political contribution to make in the future.”

— Burkeman, Oliver (2005-10-14). "Minister of counterculture". The Guardian (Guardian Media Group).

“[on the "tropicalization" of intellectual property laws] To make the digital world join in the samba…”

— Dibbell, Julian (November 2004) . "We Pledge Allegiance to the Penguin". Wired 12 (11). Retrieved on 2008-03-16.

Quotes sourced from the Wikiquote article "Gilberto Gil", available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License.

Photos

Gilberto Gil in 2026. Author: Ricardo Stuckert

27.03.2022-LULA NO RIO - Visita a Gilberto Gil, com Gleisi Hoffmann e Janja. Foto: Ricardo Stuckert

18/09/2022 - BELO HORIZONTE / MG - FESTIVAL SENSACIONAL CELEBRA SHOW DO GILBERTO GIL Foto: Bruno Figueiredo / Área de Serviço

Diálogos entre Gilberto Gil e Mia couto refletiram sobre a potência do diálogo, em uma conversa que cruza fronteiras, atravessa oceanos e conecta todos nós. Realizado no Multipalco Teatro Simões Lopes Neto Crédito da foto: Luiz Munhoz/Festival Fronteiras