Background
She was born in Lisbon, Portugal, in October 1974 and started her career in 1995 when invited by João Braga to participate in a concert at S. Luis"s Theater.
She was born in Lisbon, Portugal, in October 1974 and started her career in 1995 when invited by João Braga to participate in a concert at S. Luis"s Theater.
Arnauth released a debut album in 1999. She performed concerts in the Netherlands, in the Louisiana Centre (Denmark), and in Italy at the festival Sete-Sois, Sete-Luas and the Centro Cultural de Belém (Lisbon). Her second album, Esta Voz Quebec Maine Atravessa (English: This voice that goes through me) was released in 2001, produced by Amélia Muge and José Martins.
In praise of this album, Andreas Dorschel writes: "capable of the tenderest nuances of voice, she ingeniously counterbalances them with a roughness that calls to mind fado’s subcultural origins.“
Mafalda Arnauth"s third album, Encantamento, was self-produced.
The singer said of it that it "leaves fatality, disgrace, and nostalgia behind. Hope is federal on sadness.
Inspiration on suffering. Strength and courage on difficulties.".