By Shirley Farmer 
Catarina Furtado took the stage at the Coliseu de Lisboa during the Golden Globes to remember Sarah Tavares. Mayra Andrade, Ana Moura, Dino Santiago and Nuno Guerrero also paid tribute to the singer.
Sara Tavares' career began by winning the final of the first edition of the SIC Chuva de Estrelas program, in 1994, under the slogan Whitney Houston.
In the same year, he won the RTP Song Festival award under the slogan “Chamar a Música”, thus opening the doors to Eurovision, where he took eighth place. Two years later, in 1996, she made her debut with the album “Sara Tavares & Shout!”.
Over the next two decades, she released several albums that brought her closer to her Cape Verdean roots, most notably “Balancê” (2005), which earned her a platinum record and a nomination as new artist at the BBC Radio 3 World Music Awards.
Had to stop
In 2009, Sarah Tavares had to put her career on hold due to being diagnosed with a brain tumor, but the singer ended up returning to music.
In 2011, she received the award for Best Female Vocal at the Cape Verdean Music Awards, and the following year she continued the international tour “Xinti”, the title of the album released in 2009, which received the Career Award at the Africa Festival in Germany.
With her characteristic calmness, Sara Tavares shared with Daniel Oliveira on the SIC Alta Definição program how she lived that difficult period. “I knew I would have to reinvent another life.”
“I lived every moment very intensely.”
He added at the time: “I only miss one person, and that's my grandmother. But I don't miss anything else, because I lived every moment very intensely. I'm kind of disconnected. I live this a little bit as if it were a passage.” “I'm also interested in getting to the other shore.”.
In 2018, she was nominated for a Latin Grammy Award with her fifth album “Fitxadu” (2017), in which she deepened her connection with Cape Verdean music, and guests included Manicas Costa, Nancy Vieira, Tuti Samed and Clave Ibalanga. .
In addition to her career, Sara Tavares has collaborated with several names in Portuguese and Portuguese-speaking music, including Alaa Dosdados, Dani Silva, Paulo Flores, Buraca Sum Sistema and Carlao.
In the last year of his life, he released some new topics, after five years of silence. The singer leaves a career legacy full of timeless songs, always in the ears and minds of Portuguese-speaking music lovers.
“A warrior of incredible sweetness.”
Sarah Tavares was born on February 1, 1978 in Lisbon, and is of Cape Verdean descent, which she carries into her music. He grew up in Bragal, in the municipality of Almada.
On November 19, 2023, many messages spread that highlighted the brilliance and talent of Sarah Tavares. The President of the Republic, the governments of Portugal and Cape Verde, and many artists and strangers wrote about the girl with the sweet voice.
Singer Paulo Flores remembered Sara Tavares as a warrior. “He was a light that illuminated all of us.” The singer's friend adds that she was “a warrior with incredible sweetness.”
Sixteen singers will join the musicians and the team that accompanied Sara Tavares' song in a concert on November 19 at the Coliseo dos Recreos in Lisbon, to honor the artist.