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Lecture | Tia Amélia - the piano and the incredible life of the composer

06-12-2024 | 16h30 | Anfiteatro João Branco, Departamento de Comunicação e Arte | Universidade de Aveiro
 
 
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Tia Amélia - the piano and the incredible life of the composer
 

Jeanne de Castro | Faculdade Cásper Líbero

Tia Amélia: the piano and the incredible life of the composer (São Paulo: Tipografia Musical, 2024) is the result of four years of research. Amélia Brandão (1897-1983) was a composer and pianist who specialized in Choro, a Brazilian musical genre, which in 2024 became Brazil's Cultural Heritage. Tia Amélia led a remarkably original life, defying patriarchy and ethnism to achieve her greatest goal: to become a major reference in Brazilian popular music. She stood out as a composer of Choros who delighted audiences with the quality of their composition and interpretation, especially with her remarkable left-hand swing.

Tia Amélia had a very successful weekly television show for 10 years (1958-1968), recorded four LPs and was widely admired by her contemporaries, such as Vinicius de Moraes, Dorival Caymmi, Pixinguinha, among others. In addition, she formed a generation of notable composers, such as Egberto Gismonti, Angela Ro Ro and many others. Despite her career and legacy, Tia Amélia was erased from Brazilian culture, a phenomenon that is now widely discussed internationally. With the recording of the CD Tia Amélia Para Sempre (2020), pianist Hercules Gomes gave visibility to her work. With Jeanne de Castro's biography, Tia Amélia returns to her place in the history of Brazilian music, where she should never have left.

 
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Jeanne de Castro | Brazilian, born in São Paulo, graduated in Journalism. She has worked as a cultural producer for over 20 years. She was one of the producers of the program “Brasil Toca Choro” (TV Cultura - 2018), creator, co-writer and producer of the web series “Izaías e a Memória Viva do Choro” (YouTube - 2021) and the CD “Tia Amélia Para Sempre”, by pianist Hercules Gomes (SESC Seal - 2020), among many projects. She was selected in 1st place in the PROAC 2022 Non-Fiction Literature competition to write the biography of Tia Amélia. In 2024, Jeanne de Castro released the biography “Tia Amélia - o piano e a vida incrível da compositora”, by Editora Tipografia Musical, crowning the life of the composer and pianist. The biography has received critical and public acclaim. Since its launch at the Mário de Andrade Library in São Paulo on 08/03/2024, Jeanne de Castro has been invited to give several talks at universities, cultural associations and festivals