Fado princess takes her art worldwide following stint as a busker
Blind since the age of 4, Dona Rosa literally rose from the gutter in Lisbon to become a leading performer of her country's distinctive folk singing style
One day in 1999, when Dona Rosa was singing in Rua Augusta, a pedestrian street in downtown Lisbon, she met the well-known Viennese artist and impresario Andr�� Heller, who was looking for a fado singer for a TV production of an Austrian television company.
The blind woman's singing - she made her living by performing on the street - touched Heller deeply. He invited to Rosa to participate in the TV production filmed in Marrakech. That opened the doors for Rosa's musical career - during the shooting, she met her German agent Uli Balss, who produces CDs and organizes concerts for Rosa all over the world - including her China debut next month.
