Olga Praguer Coelho

Olga Praguer Coelho (12 August 1909 – 25 February 2008) was a Brazilian folk singer and guitarist. She was one of the famous soprano-guitarists with an ability to sing in different languages.

Biography Olga Praguer Coelho was born on 12 August 1909 in Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil, and raised in Salvador, Bahia. In 1923 her family moved to Rio de Janeiro where she began to learn the guitar and to train her voice. Following her debut in 1922, she performed at the National School of Music in 1923.

In 1924, she began studying guitar with Patrício Teixeira (1893–1972), a Brazilian singer and guitarist. She later started learning music theory, harmony, and composition from Oscar Lorenzo Fernández, a Brazilian composer of Spanish descent. She also studied voice from Gabriella Besanzoni, a noted Italian opera singer. She had her first public performance on the Patricio Teixeira's Radio Club do Brasil in 1927. In 1931 she married the poet Gaspar Coelho (1898–1986). She occasionally released musical albums. In the 1970s she returned to Brazil and settled at her childhood home in Rio de Janeiro.

She died at the age of 98 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on 25 February 2008.