As an 'outsider' he was the surprising winner of the Eurovision Song Contest in 2017. Salvador Sobral won Portugal for the very first time in Eurovision history. In fact, Sobral was averse to the whole media circus and only participated at the request of his sister , who wrote the sensitive Amar Pelos Dois. Thanks to the Eurovision Song Contest, Sobral has become internationally known. After an
… unfinished study in psychology, Sobral attended the prestigious Taller de Músics music training in Barcelona. His album Paris, Lisboa is an honorable reference to Wim Wenders' road movie Paris, Texas. Sobral's lover lives in Paris: the French actress Jenna Thiam. Besides Portuguese as the main language, he also sings some songs in French, English and Spanish. His singing is flexible, intimate and vulnerable with a raw edge. Sobral's health was also fragile until he underwent a heart transplant in late 2017. In the first song he tells how this felt like a rebirth. Audible sources of inspiration are the flowing jazz, emotional soul and sunny bossa nova. (SvdP)more
