# Celso Fonseca > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Celso_Fonseca > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Celso_Fonseca.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celso_Fonseca > Source revision: 1341792527 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Celso Fonseca Genres Música popular brasileira Labels Dubas, Ziriguiboom/Crammed Discs, Six Degrees, EMI Brasil, Universal Musical artist **Celso Fonseca** (born November 15, 1956) is a Brazilian composer, producer, guitarist and singer. He is noted as part of the [Música popular brasileira](/source/M%C3%BAsica_popular_brasileira) since the 1980s, initially as accompanist and composer, then producer, and since the mid–1990s as an artist in his own right. Celso Fonseca was born in [Rio de Janeiro](/source/Rio_de_Janeiro). He began on guitar at age 12 and by 19 dedicated himself to music as a profession. He counts [Baden Powell de Aquino](/source/Baden_Powell_de_Aquino) as an influence. In the beginning of the 1980s he worked as guitarist for [Gilberto Gil](/source/Gilberto_Gil). In 1983 his collaboration with composer Ronaldo Bastos began. Their song “Sorte” was recorded by [Gal Costa](/source/Gal_Costa) and [Caetano Veloso](/source/Caetano_Veloso) and later gave the title for Fonsecas second album in 1994. In 1986 he had released a first recording *Minha Cara* the same year he began to work as a producer for other musicians, debuting with an album by [Vinícius Cantuária](/source/Vinicius_Cantu%C3%A1ria) followed by productions for Gilberto Gil, Gal Costa, [Virgínia Rodrigues](/source/Virginia_Rodrigues_(singer)), [Daniela Mercury](/source/Daniela_Mercury), [Daúde](/source/Da%C3%BAde_Candeal) and others. He also worked with [Milton Nascimento](/source/Milton_Nascimento), [Djavan](/source/Djavan), [Adriana Calcanhotto](/source/Adriana_Calcanhotto), [Bebel Gilberto](/source/Bebel_Gilberto) and many more. His third collaborative album with Ronaldo Bastos *Juventude / Slow Motion Bossa Nova* was nominated for two [Latin Grammys](/source/3rd_Annual_Latin_Grammy_Awards#Brazilian) as Best MPB Album and the song “A Voz do Coração” as Best Brazilian Song. His best-known international releases so far are the two albums he has recorded for [Crammed Discs](/source/Crammed_Discs)' sublabel Ziriguiboom: *Natural* (2003) and *Rive Gauche Rio* (2005).[1][2] Fonseca was nominated again in 2016, earning three nominations for the [17th Annual Latin Grammy Awards](/source/17th_Annual_Latin_Grammy_Awards). The nominations were [Song of the Year](/source/Latin_Grammy_Award_for_Song_of_the_Year) for "Céu", [Best MPB Album](/source/Latin_Grammy_Award_for_Best_MPB_Album) for *Like Nice* and [Best Engineered Album](/source/Latin_Grammy_Award_for_Best_Engineered_Album), also for *Like Nice*.[3] ## Discography - *Minha Cara* (WEA, 1986) - *Sorte* (Dubas, 1994) with Ronaldo Bastos - *O Som do Sim* (Natasha, 1995) - with Ronaldo Bastos – *Paradiso* (Dubas, 1997) with arrangements by Eduardo Souto Neto and [Jaques Morelenbaum](/source/Jaques_Morelenbaum), and guest vocalist [Milton Nascimento](/source/Milton_Nascimento) - with Ronaldo Bastos – *Juventude / Slow Motion Bossa Nova* (Dubas, 2001) - *Natural* (Ziriguiboom/Six Degrees, 2003) with guest vocalist [Cibelle](/source/Cibelle) - *Rive Gauche Rio* (Ziriguiboom/Six Degrees, 2005) with guest artist [Jorge Drexler](/source/Jorge_Drexler) - *Feriado* (EMI Brazil, 2007) - *Ao Vivo* (EMI Brazil, 2008) with guest vocalists [Ana Carolina](/source/Ana_Carolina), [Gilberto Gil](/source/Gilberto_Gil) and [Roberta Sá](/source/Roberta_S%C3%A1) - *Página Central* (rec. 2007, Biscoito Fino, 2009) with [Marcos Valle](/source/Marcos_Valle) - *Voz e Violão* (Universal, 2010) solo concert recording - with Ronaldo Bastos – *Liebe Paradiso* (Dubas/Membran, 2011) with guest vocals by [Nana Caymmi](/source/Nana_Caymmi), Milton Nascimento, [Luiz Melodia](/source/Luiz_Melodia) a.o. - *No Meu Filme* (Universal, 2011) - *Like Nice* (Universal, 2015) - *Nossa Musica* (Joia Moderna, 2021) ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Biography on Fonsecas [homepage](http://www.celsofonseca.com.br/sec_bio.php) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20110912015905/http://www.celsofonseca.com.br/sec_bio.php) 2011-09-12 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine) 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** [All Music](https://www.allmusic.com/artist/p145305/biography) 1. **[^](#cite_ref-Billboard7517955_3-0)** Cobo, Leila (21 September 2016). ["Latin Grammys 2016 Nominations"](https://www.billboard.com/music/latin/latin-grammys-2016-nominations-full-list-7517955/). *[Billboard](/source/Billboard_(magazine))*. Retrieved 31 October 2016. ## External links - [Albums by Fonseca on Dubas Records](https://web.archive.org/web/20140304020527/http://dubas.net/site/busca?s=Celso+Fonseca) Authority control databases International ISNI VIAF GND WorldCat National United States France BnF data Czech Republic Korea Artists MusicBrainz People Deutsche Biographie Other IdRef This article on a Brazilian musician is a stub. 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