Biography

Socorro Lira won the Brazilian Music Award in 2012 and was nominated in 2016 and 2017. Socorro Pereira, and Socorro Lira, as an artist, was born in hinterland, city of Brejo do Cruz, state of Paraiba, northeast of Brazil.Poet, songwriter, singer, musician and producer, she has a Bachelor’s degree in Social Psychology from the State University of Paraiba. At first, she was self-taught at the guitar, but later on she studied classic guitar and its techniques at the Arts Department of the Federal University of Campina Grande, Paraiba. She lives in São Paulo, capital, since 2004.

Discography
She started her music career in 2001 and since then released and produced 13 CDs, 1 DVD and 2 EPs.
Link for discography https://www.socorrolira.com.br/discografia/
Link for Wikipedia https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socorro_Lira

Literature
• 2020 – Falar dos meus amores invisíveis (Talking about my invisible lovers) Novel, Carpe Librum Publishing
• 2018 – Da perspectiva das orquideas (From orchyds’ point of view) Poetry – Patuá Publishing
• 2018 – A língua que a gente fala (The language we speak) – Children’s tales IMEPH Publishing
• 2015 – A pena secreta da asa (Wing’s secret feather) Poetry – Uka Publishing
• 2007 – Aquarelar (Watercoloring) – Poetry Published by the author

Awards
Socorro Lira won the Brazilian Music Award for best regional singer in 2012 and was nominated in 2016 and 2017. This is the country’s most important music award. She also won the Wind vane Award as best song for “Pata humana pata” (Paw human paw) from the Culture FM Radio – Solano Ribeiro’ s Show from 2013. In 1998 she won the 98 Europe Award fron the “Associazone Senza Frontiere”, from Lentate Sul, Seveso, Milan, Italy

Audiovisual Works
• Here we have coco, one day at Caiana dos Crioulos – short movie, documentary
• Zefa – mini short movie, documentary

Others
As a solo artist, performed in several European countries, Africa, Asia and South America, including her own country: Brazil.
• Created and is the director of the Music Grain Award (www.premiograodemusica.com.br)
• Co-founder and president of Mata Branca Cultural Association – Mata Branca Cultural Center, located at her birth city – Brejo do Cruz, Paraiba, Brazil. Entity that develops cultural and artistic activities with and for the community, mainly children. (www.socorrolira.com.br)
• Created and is the director State of Paraiba’s musical memory project (musical production and direction)