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Who are... John & Lisa Santos
“Amália, Mulher e Povo”. From that
time on, the fado became part of the
Duo Santos’ repertoire, featuring the
unmistakable voice of Lisa. The videos
of the fados sung by Lisa may be heard
at www.duosantos.com, along with
other Duo Santos favorites.
More recently, John and Lisa spent
three years working for Disney, coming
away with a Gold Medal for their art-
istic achievements. Later on, Disney’s
agent offered John the position of
Musical Director but, given that John
and Lisa now had two children, the of-
fer was deferred.
Each of the Duo Santos’ recordings Receiving a Gold Medal from Disney One of John and Lisa’s most striking
is an original, written expressly for
Lisa, Mike Sargeant and John
them by José Cid, Tó Maria Vinhas, Mike
Sergeant, Tozé Brito, José Mário Coelho,
Filipe Neves, Fernando Correia Marques,
Valdemar Mejdoubi, Hernâni Raposo,
Raúl Lucas, José Pereira, Zé da Vesga,
João Paulo, Remo, and the singers them-
selves, John and Lisa.
After the birth of James Manuel Santos,
their first child, in December 2005, John
took part in a short, North American
tour with the Trio Odmira. In July 2007,
the nuclear family was increased to four
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With Amália Rodrigues
John, Mike Sargeant, Lisa
and José Cid in 2002
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The Santos Family 2019 - John, Kyla, James & Lisa
by the welcome arrival of a daughter,
Kyla. Looking after a family and orga-
nising the Amateur Singing Contest
have kept John and Lisa very busy
but, when they can, they want to act
on pending invitations to perform in
Portugal, Hawaii and Australia and
to record over the next two years. In
August 2010, they will tour California.
This year, 2010, to mark the occasion
of their 25th artistic anniversary, Duo
Santos is releasing a double CD with
40 successes, including three new ori-
ginals: “25 anos”, “Foi a música” and
“Papel de Quatro Cores”, in collabor-
ation with Fernando Correia Marques.
attractions is the variety of instru-
ments that they play and their ability
to sing in Portuguese, English, Greek,
Italian, Croatian, French, Spanish and
Hawaiian.
John and Lisa: well-matched in art as
in life!
Very best wishes!
José Mário Coelho
Toronto, April 24, 2010
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