Cristina Branco is one of the most important Portuguese artists of recent decades, with a total of 17 albums released and countless concerts around the world. Her most recent album, Mae (2023), won over audiences and critics alike, confirming Cristina as one of the most versatile artists on the Portuguese music scene. She began her career in the Netherlands, with the album Cristina Branco in Holland (1997), which became a huge success. In the following years, Cristina’s name exploded across Europe, with sold-out dates in countless venues and cities. Her subsequent works, Murmúrios (1998) and Post-Scriptum (2000), reinforced the success of her first album, and Cristina received two Prix Choc, the prestigious prizes awarded by French magazine Le Monde de La Musique. Despite her achievements abroad, it was only at the beginning of the millennium, with Corpo Iluminado (2001), O Descobridor (2002), a double platinum album, Sensus (2003) and Ulisses (2005), that Cristina Branco finally began to be discovered and praised by the Portuguese public and press.

Comparisons with Amália Rodrigues prove to be recurring and inevitable. Branco is known for seamlessly linking tradition with innovation in the genre. She seeks freedom in the music, but with the emotional depth of fado. Through her modern approach to traditional fado, enriching it with jazz, world music, and pop, she has developed a completely unique style. The performer has been a well-received personality on Dutch stages for years and has collaborated in the past with BLØF among others. This year, Cristina is once again heading into the studio to surprise and entertain her audience with new music and a new show. Starting from spring, Cristina will embark on a tour across the Netherlands and will also be seen in this theater.