singer released "Cantada". In the meantime, Adriana toured Europe and Japan (as she has done many times since). After the release of that album, Adriana took on the persona of Adriana Partimpim, an alias the singer claims to have used as a child. Adriana Partimpim released her self-titled "debut" in 2004, an album of covers featuring essentially traditional children's songs, but which also included familiar pop songs made to resemble children's songs. Examples of such songs are the covers of Paula Toller's Oito Anos (a song Toller wrote for her own son, Gabriel) and Claudinho & Buchecha's Fico Assim Sem Você, which became a hit on adult radios. A live CD/DVD combo of the show was also released the following year. Her most recent album, Maré, was released in early 2008 and features a guest appearance by the singer's personal friend, Marisa Monte as well as a cover of Marina Lima's song Três. She toured Brazil to promote the record, as well as once again touring Europe, Japan and the United States. Adriana has chronicled her adventures on tour in the book Saga Lusa (Portuguese Saga), in which she shares her memoirs of the Portuguese leg of her most recent tour. The book was released on October 28 in Rio de Janeiro. On October 23, 2009, Adriana performed in front of an adoring crowd at the Canadian Museum of Civilization in Gatineau, Quebec, Canada in a free performance presented by the Embassy of Brazil. Since 2015, Calcanhotto had joined Universidade de Coimbra as a university ambassador, acting as visiting lecturer on song composition courses and as an artist-in-residence. Discography Albums References External links Adriana Calcanhotto's official website (in Portuguese) "Musica Popular Brasileira e mais" Something Has Changed In Brazil: An Interview with Adriana Calcanhotto 1965 births Living people Brazilian women composers 21st-century Brazilian women singers 21st-century Brazilian singers 20th-century Brazilian women singers 20th-century Brazilian singers Brazilian people of Italian descent Música Popular Brasileira singers Latin Grammy Award winners People from Porto Alegre Brazilian LGBT singers Latin music composers Latin music songwriters 21st-century LGBT people Women in Latin music LGBT people in Latin music