She is an actress. She is a singer. Sometimes it acts. Sometimes he sings. On stage, he often acts and sings at the same time, mixing his two roles, his two talents.
Maria Teresa began her career in the early 90s. She sang in Parisian cabarets such as Brasília, Berkeley, Les 3 Maillets… Her partnership with Brazilian guitarist Toninho do Carmo allowed her to build a musical bridge between Brazilian music and Portuguese music .
Since 1998, he has performed at several festivals, such as Musiques du Sud de Bastia and the Festival de Évora, in Portugal, where he performed, alongside Georges Moustaki, “Fado Tropical”, by Chico Buarque. From then on, Moustaki regularly invited her to share the stage with him, especially in 2001 and 2003 when she opened at the Olympia. She also participated in Georges Moustaki’s album recorded at Olympia.
In 2000, he recorded his first album, O Porto das Palavras, on the M10 record label. In 2003, he presented the album O Marno Café de la Danse, followed by a tour in Portugal, Spain and France.
The launch of the album Lusofonia, in 2005, took place at L’Européen, followed by performances at festivals such as Festival du Bout du Monde (Crozon), Fiesta Latina (Bordeaux), Festival d’Angers and Festival Migractions. He toured Switzerland, Spain and Portugal.
The album Era Uma Vez Um Jardim was released with more than fifty concert dates in France, Portugal, Switzerland and Spain, including performances at the Théâtre du Rond-Point and the Théâtre Toursky, in Marseille.
Parallel to her musical career, Maria Teresa also works as an actress. Since 1998, she has participated as an actress/singer in several productions, such as Beco das Garrafas (1998), Dans l’Ombre (2001/7), L’État de Nos Droits (2002), Traversée (2003/6), Emplacement Réservé ( 2005), Parfums de Plaisir et Mort (2008/9), La Terre (2010), Nelson de Rio (2012), Vinicius (2013) and Remarquables Utopies (2014), presented in Paris, São Paulo, Porto Alegre, Tehran, Milan, Pisa, Genoa and other places.