Fernando de Ouro Preto (April 27, 1964), better known as Dinho Ouro Preto, is a Brazilian singer and songwriter. He is the lead singer of the band Capital Inicial, brother of musician Ico Ouro Preto, and half-brother of fellow musician Dado Villa-Lobos.
Biography
Early years and education
Fernando de Ouro Preto is the great-great-grandson of the Viscount of Ouro Preto, who was the 32nd and last Primer Minister of the Brazilian Empire. He is also the great-grandson of the Count of Afonso Celso, one of the founders and a member of the Academia Brasileira de Letras (ABL).
Son of an ambassador and a historian, Fernando was born in Curitiba, Paraná state capital, on April 27, 1964. He was the third child, after Ico and Ana. His father's career led the family to move to the United States, Austria and Switzerland, before settling in Brasília. During these travels, in 1974, the son of another diplomat, Dado Villa-Lobos, who would later become his stepbrother. At the age of 11, he was introduced to rock music through Herbert Vianna and Bi Ribeiro, who later formed the band Os Paralamas do Sucesso.
He left Brazil and returned at the age of 16, when punk culture was beginning to emerge in the streets of Brasilia. He started attending meetings of the group known as Turma da Colina, located at a strategic spot from where the city could be viewed.
