António Marques da Silva 

Mindelo, São Vicente, 1929 – USA, 2017 

Instrumentalist (piano), songwriter 

Member of the group Ritmos Cabo-Verdianos, Tony Marques, just like his brother Lulu, was a telegraph operator, employed by Italcable. Immigrated to the USA in the 1960s. Returned and came back again, living in New York since then, where he worked until his retirement at a Portuguese entity linked to tourism.   

Chico Serra, as a child, spent hours watching him play at the Grémio club (Cabo Verde & a Música – Dicionário de Personagens). Among his compositions is the well-known koladera “Intentaçon de Carnaval”. 

Compositions 

Bá m’bora; Intentaçon de Carnaval; Resposta de Minininha de Salamansa. 

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