Fernando Lona(1937-1977)
- Composer
- Actor
- Soundtrack
Son of Rita de Cassia and Manoel de Oliveira Lona, a Portuguese
immigrant from Viana de Castelo, Fernando Lona was born in the city of
Salvador, state of Bahia, Brazil on March,19th,1937. His family lived
in Ubaitaba area, (southern Bahia) not in Salvador, they went to
Salvador only for Rita de Cassia to give birth to Fernando Lona,
because Ubaitaba didn't have a good maternity hospital. Fernando Lona
was raised in Ubaitaba area. Later, he went to Salvador in order to
follow his "singing poet" dream. Once there, he met Caetano Veloso, Tom
Ze, Capinam and really entered the music universe. He went to Sao Paulo
where he won on June, 1966 the first place in the Festival de Musica
Popular da TV Excelsior (Excelsior TV Popular Music Festival) with his
song "Porta Estandarte" together with Geraldo Vandre. Fernando Lona had
only one record released: "Cidadao do Mundo" (Citizen of the World) in
1977, the same year of his death.
