Deceased at the age of 77 this Wednesday, 9, Gal Costa has one of the most outstanding names in Brazilian music
Brazil received the hard news of the death of Gal Costa this Wednesday, 9th. At the age of 77, the singer, who has become one of the biggest names in Brazilian popular music, took her last breath. The information was confirmed by the artist’s team to the website Aventuras na História, which has not yet provided further details about the singer’s cause of death.
With a unique voice and remarkable talent, galfascinates different generations. The artist would perform last weekend at the Primavera Sound festival, however, her participation in the festival was canceled at the last minute. The singer’s team informed that she would step away from the stages to recover from the removal of a lump.
++ In 2019, Gal Costa compared an album censored by the dictatorship with the repression in Brazil today;
Although it has been immortalized in the hearts of Brazilians as Gal Costa, this was not the singer’s real name. She was registered as Maria das Graças Penna Burgos. The name that marked the stages, in fact, only came into existence in the singer’s trajectory much later.
the nickname is born
In an interview with Jo Soares in 2013, the singer spoke on the topic. “I entered the Gal in my registry. Gal Maria da Graça Penna Burgos Costabecause when I traveled there was Borges Maria, and who is Borges Maria?”, said the singer in a good-natured tone.
But who called her that? The name Gal was an idea of Guilherme Araújoproducer, who removed the ‘Maria Grace’ of the shows. However, the choice did not please everyone. The site Memória da Ditadura has repercussions that the illustrious Caetano Veloso didn’t think it was a good choice.
This is because ‘Gal’ is an abbreviation for ‘General’, thus indirectly relating the singer to the General Costa e Silva, then president of Brazil during the military dictatorship.
