JOAO FRADE & MUNIR HOSSN
Albufeira, Faro, Portugal | Established. Jan 01, 2014 | SELF | AFTRA
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XVI Tarptautinio akordeono festivalio pradžia – su portugališkais ir braziliškais prieskoniais. Unikalus duetas – akordeonistas iš Portugalijos João Frade ir gitaristas bei bosistas Munir Hossn iš Brazilijos – kviečia į vaizduotės kelionę, kurią lydi afro-braziliški ritmai ir portugališkos melodijos. Jau pats programos pavadinimas „Piriquitos e Botonetes“ – yra žodžių žaismas, atskleidžiantis muzikantų kultūrines šaknis ir nusakantis muzikos charakterį.
Nuo aštuoniolikto amžiaus portugalams besiblaškant tarp gimtinės ir Brazilijos, susilydė jų melodijos bei afro-braziliški ritmai ir atsirado naujas, darnus, charakteringas ir išskirtinis muzikos stilius. João Frade ir Munir Hossn išradingai ir virtuoziškai atskleidžia šių susipynusių tradicijų žavesį. Jų programoje ryškūs dviejų šokių portugališko Corridinho ir braziliško Chula, kuriuos šokdamos poros sukasi beprotišku greičiu, ritmai.
Dueto muzikantai teigia pajutę ypatingą empatiją nuo pirmojo susitikimo. Tas „trumpas sujungimas“ davė stulbinančių rezultatų. Savo meistriškumu ir ypatinga grojimo maniera jie atgaivina labiausiai pamirštas, bet vertas pažinti muzikines šaknis ir pademonstruoja, kaip Portugalijos Algarvės muzika, kurioje akordeonas yra pagrindinis instrumentas, susilieja su Bahijos afrikietiškuoju paveldu. Šį kultūrinį mišinį atlikėjai praturtina džiazo ir world muzikos elementais. -
Discography
Joao Frade & Munir Hossn Piriquitos e Botonetes (2012)
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Knowing Munir Hossns compositions and arrangements, one can only begin to imagine his musical and cultural path. He was born in Paran, a southern state in Brazil, one of the greatest Indian concentration, and rased in Salvador Bahia, heart of the African-Brazilian culture. After going from South, South-East to North, North-East and West in Brazil, his curiosity and interest grew even more and did not settle for the great diversity in his country. Touring around the world along with all kinds of artists, Cubans, Africans, French, Spanish, Indians, Venezuelans, Deutch, Morocans, AmericansWhich different cultures and languages contributed to his search for authenticity. He inherited his name from his grand-father who was lebanese. At the age of 5, his music begins to express itself, he spends hours on his first guitar, a gift from his uncle. By then he already plays several instruments. At the age of 10, he shares the great music stage in Salvador, Bahia, with several projects, he then joins a Brazilian latin jazz group in which he plays with older musicians and more experienced than him, from whom he will learn a lot. He has a very peculiar way of playing, mixing harmonies and Afro-brazilian rhythms such as Samba, Agure, Adabi, Adarrum, Aruj He has recorded with Brazilian alternative musicians, among them, Peu Meurray, Saul Barbosa, Gilberto Gil, Lenine and Tito Oliveira, among many others It is at the age of 23 that he feels the urge to travel the world and here he is in Europe. First Spain then France. He has collaborated with great artists such as Alex Acua, Javier Ruibal, Joe Zawinul Syndicate, Mokhtar Samba, Seamus Blake, Kirk Covington, Gary Willis, Vincent Bidal, Hermeto Pascoal, Catia Werneck, Rim Banna, Paulinho Lmos, Mayra Andrade, Woz Kaly, Jerry Gonzales, Roberto Fonseca, Etienne MBapp He of course has his own projects. Pedra Preta, a trio formed with two great musicians from Switzerland, Iyex, a pure afro-brazilian group, formed in Barcelona, and a duet with Portuguese Accordion player, Joo Frade. But also many other solo projects that are yet to be discovered.
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