Orquestra Popular de Câmara

Orquestra Popular de Câmara

The Orquesta Popular de Câmara brings a new sonority to the Brazilian musical universe by the encounter of the contemporary world with the traditional. Of the linked instruments to the urban culture, as the saxophone, piano, cello and bass to the rural of the viola caipira, of the mandolin, of the acordeom, of the zabumba and pífanos. Winner of “Movimento” award in 99.

 

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1- Bayaty (E. Mansurov) 12:37
2- Vinheta da Espanha ou do Agreste 0:35
3- Parafuso (Ronen Altman) 4:50
4- Choro Moreno (Mané Silveira) 5:44
5- Gaúcho Corta-Jaca (Chiquinha Gonzaga) 7:24
6- Choreto (Mané Silveira) 5:20
7- Suíte pra Pular da Cama (E Ver o Brasil) (Benjamim Taubkin) 16:27

Lulinha Alencar (acordeom)
Nascido em Rafael Godeiro no sertão do Rio Grande do Norte seu primeiro contato com a música foi tocando triangulo e zabumba junto com seu pai o sanfoneiro Zé de Cezário pelos pés de serra daquela região. Hoje o nome desse jovem instrumentista vem sendo lembrado cada vez com mais freqüência quando se trata da talentosa cena de música instrumental feita no país atualmente, visto que suas composições aliadas ao seu jeito peculiar de tocar os teclados (piano e acordeom) vêm lhe possibilitando uma trajetória independente dentro do restrito círculo de festivais brasileiros e internacionais. Integrante da Orquestra Popular de Câmara de São Paulo ao lado de um time musical de notáveis referências, Lula ainda trabalha como músico de apoio de nomes importantes da MPB. Transitando entre áreas diversas mas afins, seu som revisita suas origens sertanejas e completa-se com a urbanidade em arranjos pautados na modernidade e nas tradições enraizadas sob a influência de mestres. Dono de um repertório rico e expressivo, sua música tem se destacado e vem abrindo portas para lhe capacitar a ser mais um bom representante da música produzida aqui no Brasil.

Ari Colares (percussion)
Music professor at the Universidade Livre de Música and at the University of Sao Paulo (the most important university in Brazil.) Ari has played with: Naná Vasconcelos, Egberto Gismonti, Winton Marsalis, Césa Camargo Mariano, among others.
Recently, he has been playing with: Vanessa da Mata, Fortuna, Banda Heartbreakers and others. Besides that, Ari has an instrumental project with Heloisa Ferandes, a percussion/piano percussion duo, which started when they were nominated for the best Instrumental album in the VISA Awards.

Benjamim Taubkin (piano)
Benjamim Taubkin started his career in the 70s and since then he has played with Rafael Rabello, Paulo Moura, Marlui Miranda, among others. Playing with Zizi Possi, he participated in her CD “Valsa Brasileira” – chosen as the best Brazilian Popular Music album by the SHARP Award in 1993 – and also participated in her program “Sobre todas as Coisas”.
In 1989, Benjamim created the Brazilian Memory Project, where he produced several concerts as “Violões” (Guitars), “Piano” and “Arranjadores” (Masters of Arrangers) , that were all released by his Núcleo Contemporâneo label, which he founded together with Teco Cardoso. His first CD, “A Terra e o Espaço Aberto”, was released in 1997, also by his label, and was a nominee for the ´Prêmio Movimento´ and ´Sharp´ Award.

Caíto Marcondes (percussion)
Caíto had his CD “Porta do Tempo” released in Brazil and Europe. Airto Moreira considered him the Villa Lobos of percussion”. Together with Teco Cardoso, he has made the soundtrack for the movie “O Cineasta da Selva”. The soundtrack was released by Núcleo Contemporâneo in 1998.
In August of 2001 Caíto had his CD “North Meets South / Sul Encontra o Norte” (a duo with the american violinist Tracy Silverman) released by the same label.

Dimos Goudaroulis (violoncello)
Born in Greece, he studied with Phillipe Muller and Reine Flachot. Living in Brasil since 1996, Dimos has been presenting in several musical formations: baroque music with the Tripo Contínuo group; and the contemporary music, of the Novo Horizonte group.

Guello (percussion)
Guello has been playing with major musicians such as Zizi Possi (her latest four CD´s), Chico César, Joyce, and others. He is also former member of the Bonsai Group, which released the latest CD “Desdobraduras”.

Lulinha Alencar (acordeon)
Pianist, composer, arranger and acordion player, Lulinha began studying piano and jazz improvisation. He formed the instrumental trio LSD´Jazz and also formerly was in the Banda Buscapé, focusing on regional music. As an accordion player, Lulinha has been playing with groups such as Mafuá, Mawaca, Antônio Barros and others.

Mané Siveira (sax and flutes)
Mané had three Cd´s released by Núcleo Contemporâneo record: ” Sax sob as Árvores” (nominee for the Sharp Award), ” Bonsai Machine” and “Imã” (a duo with Swami Jr.).

Mônica Salmaso (vocal)
Considered the best new vocal talent in Brazil, Mônica released her CD “Trampolim” in 1998 and “Afrosambas” (together with Paulo Bellinatti) in 1996.
She won the VISA Award in 1999 as best singer in Brazil and in the same year released her latest CD “Voadeira”, with special participation of Marcos Suzano and Toninho Ferragutti.

Ronem Altam (mandolim)
Representing the new generation of mandolinists, Ronem performed on the soundtrack of Walter Salles Jr.´s movie “Terra Estrangeira” and in several editions of the choro festival “Festival Chorando Alto”.

Sylvinho Mazzucca (bass)
Sylvinho Mazzucca has played with major Brazilian artists such as Ivan Lins and Zona Azul. He is one of the most busy bass players in Brazil.

Teco Cardoso (sax and flutes)
Winner of the Sharp Award in 1998 (best instrumentalist) with his CD “Meu Brasil”, Teco is one of the owners of Núcleo Contemporâneo record. He has been touring with his own group and also with artists such as Joyce and Dori Caymmi, among others. Together with Caíto Marcondes, Teco was responsible for the soundtrack of the movie “Cineasta da Selva”. In 1999 Teco and flutist Léa Freire released the CD “Quinteto.

Zezinho Pitoco (percussion)
Pitoco was involved in the founding of several Brazilian music groups such as “Mexe com Tudo” and “Mistura e Manda”. He is now the musical director for Antônio Carlos Nóbrega. 

Produção: Benjamim Taubkin e Teco Cardoso
Co-produção: Mane Silveira
Gravação: André Magalhães, nos estúdios Zabumba
Mixagem: Kátia Stumbing e Marcos Miranda (Banda Sonora), André Magalhães e Benjamim Taubkin (Estúdios Zabumba)
Masterização: Fábio Lamas (Cia. De áudio)
Design gráfico: Nuno Bittecourt (Letra e imagem)
Fotos: Cristian Knack e Teco Cardoso
Fotos dos músicos: Eduardo Castanho, Gal Oppido, Marco Aurélio, Rita Mendonça e Zé Rubens Moldero