13.10.10

Viola Caipira

  
Ivan Vilela
Paisagens

1998

Tracks:

1. Prá Matar a Saudade de Minas
2. Armorial
3. Saudade da Minha Terra
4. Cururu prá São João
5. Asa Branca
6. Valsa para Viver um Grande Amor
7. Paisagens
8. Calma Roceira
9. Nananenem
10. Pula brincando
11. Cabriolinha
12. Catira de Mariamar
13. Cururu prá São João
14. No Balanço do Jacá
15. Baiãozim Calungo
16. Solidão
17. A Força do Boi

Ivan Vilela: Viola Caipira (Ten String Guitar)

Ilustração e projeto gráfico: Fernando Vilela
  
   
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Ivan Vilela
  
Ivan Vilela is one of the main ten-string guitarists nowadays. With a special style and very developed technique, he has more than 13 albums recorded, solo or with different groups, and was nominated or awarded in several prestigious prizes in Brazil.

He is also the director and arranger of the Orquestra Filarmônica de Violas and a researcher of the traditional music from São Paulo and Minas Gerais - two Brazilian states rich in countryside culture.

He has been frequently performing not only in Brazil, but also in Spain, France, Britain, Italy and Portugal.
 
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Ivan Vilela (born August 28, 1962 in Minas Gerais) is a Brazilian composer, arranger, research, teacher and viola caipira player. Ivan Vilela is teacher of the School of Arts and Communication, University of São Paulo. He is director of Orquestra Filarmônica de Violas, a Brazilian orchestra composed by Brazilian violas. Ivan Vilela is one of the main ten-string guitarists (viola caipira) nowadays. With a special style and very developed technique, he has more than 15 albums recorded, solo or with different groups, and was nominated or awarded in several prestigious prizes in Brazil.
  
Biography

Ivan Vilela is the youngest of a family of eleven children. When he was 11 years, Ivan has gained from his father a guitar. The first guitar teacher was in 1973, Amaury Vieira, Itajubá. He began his artistic career at 18 years, integrating the "Pedra" Group and then the "Àgua doce" Group, who did research on the music roots from the state of Minas Gerais. Vilela attended the faculty of history before joining the course in Music Composition from the Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP) where he completed a BA and MA in Arts. In 1989, he moved to Campinas. In 1995, he assumed the viola as a solo instrument. Since 1996 he has been frequently performing not only in Brazil, but also in Spain, France, Britain, Italy and Portugal. Vilela worked for over 20 years of research with popular culture. He is currently completing a doctorate in social psychology from the University of São Paulo with a thesis on the social history of Brazilian country music.
  


 

4 comments:

kokolo said...

Listening all evening, nice flow :)
Thanks again

Miguel said...

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kokolo said...

Exactly!

Miguel said...

Je Je :) :) :)