Biography
Chico Serra
Real name: Francisco José Coelho Pereira Serra
Effective period / Period of releases: 1969 - 1993
Pianist, but also plays violin, sax, cavaquinho, percussions and guitar.He started playing the piano at the age of 4, influenced by his family, which was connected to music.
The pianist and composer was one of the active participants in the Cape Verdean intervention music movement.
Born in 1947 in Praia, Cape Verde, but moved to Mindelo aged 2, where he lives.