Events
Conference | Vargas, Salazar and the Fate of the Violas
22.05.2024 | 4 p.m | Departamento de Comunicação e Arte, Universidade de Aveiro | Room 21.2.20 | Room zoom
On May 22nd, 2024, at 4 p.m, the Department of Communication and Art at the University of Aveiro will host a conference entitled “Vargas, Salazar and the Fate of the Guitars”, led by Ivan Vilela, a professor at the University of São Paulo. The session will take place in room 21.2.20 and will be open to the public, both in person and online, via a Zoom session.
Vargas, Salazar e and the Fate of the Violas | Conference
What organological transformations have taken place in Portuguese and Brazilian violas to the point where they have become so different today? Could factors such as their inclusion in the music market since the 1930s, with large sales of the genre (música caipira) with which they were initially associated, radio, the establishment in São Paulo of chordophone factories run by Italians from the beginning of the 20th century and the performance demands of musicians from the 1970s onwards have contributed to these differentiations? Were these the only levers for the changes that took place? Could the macro-event of how the Estado Novo treated the popular cultures of the two countries in Portugal and Brazil have contributed to these distinctions since the 1930s?
Ivan Vilela | Ivan Vilela is a professor at the Faculty of Music of the School of Communications and Arts of the University of São Paulo in the areas of music and popular music, where he also teaches Brazilian viola, history of Brazilian Popular Music, and musical perception. He holds a doctorate in Social Psychology from the University of São Paulo, a master's degree and a bachelor's degree in Musical Composition from the University of Campinas, and a doctorate and free lecturer from the University of São Paulo. His writings and research focus on the study of popular cultures and popular music. He works as a composer, arranger, and instrumentalist. He maintains an intense artistic-musical and teaching activity in Brazil and abroad. He has won several important awards and has recorded 20 albums. He is the author of several articles, chapters, and books, including Cantando a Própria História - Música Caipira e Enraizamento (USP 2015) and História e Cultura no som da Viola: Ensaios e relatos sobre cultura popular (Ateliê 2024).
