The Minister of Culture, Youth and Sport, Margarida Balseiro Lopes, today thanked the legacy of musician Jorge Palma, who died on Monday, considering him an “extraordinary singer”.
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22/09/2026
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Information on funeral ceremonies will be released later.
Born in Lisbon in 1950, Jorge Palma began to take music lessons at the age of six, and entered the Conservatory of Music in Lisbon at 10.
Although his career began to be told in 1972, the year he recorded the first single on his own name, “The Nine Billion Names of God”, the course in the song began eight years earlier, at age 14, when he left classical music to dedicate himself to pop-rock.
Before performing on his own behalf, Jorge Palma was part of the Union group, which played in the first edition of the Vilar de Mouros festival in 1971, and the Black Boys.
In the 1990s he advanced with the Palma’s Gang (band with Zé Pedro and Kalu, of the Xutos & Pontapés, and Flak and Alex Cortez dos Rádio Macau), made music for theater, was in the Rio Grande group and composed for other musicians.
In May last year the show “3 palms in hand” premiered, in which she performed on stage with her two children, Vicente Palma, born in 1983 and who joined the band that accompanied her father about 20 years ago, and Francisco Palma, born in 1995.
Jorge Palma won the José Afonso Award in 2002 with “Jorge Palma”, and the first edition of the Pedro Osório Award, from the Portuguese Society of Authors, in 2012, with the album “With all due respect”.
In 2020, Jorge Palma was distinguished with the medal of cultural merit of the City of Lisbon, at the end of a concert of celebration of his 70 years, and was awarded by the then President of the Republic, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, as commander of the Order of Infante D. Henrique.
In April this year, he received the Career Award of the 8th PLAY – Awards of Portuguese Music, decided by the Audiogest director, who manages and represents the rights of multinational, national and independent publishers.