Paraula clau Brazilian Music

L’any 1969, el cantant, compositor i productor francès Pierre Barouh (fundador del llegendari segell de jazz Saravah) va viatjar a Rio de Janeiro per explorar una música que el fascinava: la samba. Enregistrades a cantines, patis i clubs, trobem un grapat de converses i improvisacions musicals, espurnejants i informals, amb figures de la talla de João da Bahiana, Pixinguinha, Baden Powell, Maria Bethânia o Paolino da Viola.

Crònica d'una recerca impossible, la del misantrop creador de la bossa nova João Gilberto, per part d'un fan alemany que segueix les indagacions detectivesques d'un escriptor que ho havia intentat abans. Fa molt de temps, el pare de la bossa nova va decidir aïllar-se i reduir tota comunicació amb el món exterior al telèfon i a notes per sota la porta. Ll'escriptor alemany Marc Fischer, obsessionat per la música i el misteri que envolta João Gilberto, va decidir buscar el seu amagatall i sentir-lo cantar en persona. Per fer-ho, es va transfigurar en una mena de Sherlock Holmes i va indagar entre les persones properes i els llocs clau de la seva trajectòria vital i artística. Per què buscar un home que no vol ser trobat?

Laertes, un violinista de gran talent que ha estat rebutjat a la prestigiosa Orquestra Simfònica de l'Estat, comença a donar classes de música a adolescents d'una escola pública d’Heliópolis, un barri d'una zona deprimida de Sao Paulo.

A four-part biography on the life of the Brazilian singer Gal Costa, from her humble beginning singing in the streets of Salvador, where she became friends with many artists who would be other great names in Brazilian music in the following decades to her 50th career anniversary in 2015.

Ivete Sangalo invites the audience to go inside the creative process of her new project in a five-episode limited series. Each episode, the singer introduces a featured artist.

Enredos da Liberdade – O Grito do Samba Pela Democracia is a Brazilian documentary series available on Globoplay that delves into the pivotal role of samba schools during Brazil's transition from military dictatorship to democracy in the 1980s. Spanning five episodes, the series showcases how samba-enredo compositions became powerful tools of political resistance, addressing themes like censorship, economic hardship, and racial inequality. Through rare archival footage and interviews with prominent figures such as Martinho da Vila, Leci Brandão, and Rosa Magalhães, the documentary highlights the creative defiance of these cultural institutions. Each episode concludes with a reimagined performance of a significant samba, featuring artists like Teresa Cristina and Mart’nália, underscoring the enduring impact of these musical expressions in Brazil's democratic journey.