Cover from Guitarra Portuguesa by Carlos Paredes.

Coimbra Fado (Portuguese: Fado de Coimbra) is a genre of fado originating in the city of Coimbra, Portugal. It was adopted as the music of the university students of this city, also known as Student Fado (Fado de Estudante), but is usually considered the typical music of Coimbra itself. Image File history File links Carlos_Paredes_Guitarra_Portuguesa_cover. ... Image File history File links Carlos_Paredes_Guitarra_Portuguesa_cover. ... Cover from Guitarra Portuguesa. ... Fado singer Débora Rodrigues performs in Lisbon Fado (translated as destiny or fate) is a music genre which can be traced from the 1820s in Portugal, but probably with much earlier origins. ... District Coimbra Mayor   - Party Carlos Encarnação PSD Area 316. ...

It is performed with the traditional Guitarra de Coimbra (a kind of Portuguese guitar born in Coimbra), a modified version of Lisbon's fado guitar allegedly created by Artur Paredes, and usually accompanied by classic acoustic guitar and male voices. The Portuguese guitar was developed based on the English guitar, which was created in England in the late 18th century out of a Renaissance instrument called cittern. ...

Guitarists Artur Paredes and his son Carlos Paredes are considered the pioneers and masters of this musical genre. Among its most renowned singers are Edmundo Bettencourt and António Menano, in the 1930s and 40s, and José Afonso, Adriano Correia de Oliveira and Luís Goes, in the 1950s and 60s, corresponding to the two so called "golden ages" of the genre. Cover from Guitarra Portuguesa. ... José Manuel Cerqueira Afonso dos Santos, known as Zeca Afonso José Manuel Cerqueira Afonso dos Santos, better-known as Zeca Afonso or only Zeca (August 2, 1929 - February 23, 1987) was born in Aveiro, Portugal, son of José Nepomuceno Afonso, a judge, and Maria das Dores. ... Adriano Correia de Oliveira, or only Adriano (April 9, 1942 - May 16, 1982) was born in Avintes (near Oporto), Portugal. ...

The University of Coimbra's students' union (Associação Académica de Coimbra) has a fado section, teaching this genre to musically inclined students and promoting musical projects and events related to it. Its fame throughout Portugal has led to the creation of similar structures in other cities, such as Lisbon and Porto, where there are also Fado de Coimbra groups organized by students and ordinary people. AACs Symbol The Associação Académica de Coimbra (AAC) is the students union of the University of Coimbra. ...

See also

• Fado
• University of Coimbra
• Associação Académica de Coimbra
• Orfeon Académico de Coimbra