Official Clip of the song Rival do Destino by João Araújo
Filming held in December 2016 in Lisbon, Portugal.
Director of Video Ricardo Almeida.
João Araújo is a Brazilian composer, poet, percussionist and record producer. He was
born in Recife, a melting pot of a city with infuences from European, African and the
Indigenous peoples of the American continent. These infuences have informed the
eclectic expressions in his work. He comes from a multidisciplinary academic
background, with a master degree in Physics and Contemporary Literature. During his
career he wrote essays about Brazilian culture, science papers, short stories and poems.
With his new CD, Rival do Destino, João Araújo celebrates 20 years as a composer and invites the listener on a journey through various musical genres. The repertory ranges from traditional Brazilian samba and frevo to American jazz. This is a CD inspired by multiplicity, including several musical rhythms, sound atmospheres and the participation of various singers. It also features some of João Araújo’s musical partners like the Brazilian singer Claudya (who developed her career in São Paulo in the 60s participating in the program “O Fino da Bossa” and excelled in the music scene in 1982 with the song “Don't Cry for Me Argentina” from the musical Evita), the guitarist Luciano Magno (who has extensive international experience with several tours by European countries and the United States) and the saxophonist Márcio Resende (who has a master's degree in music from the New England Conservatory of Music in the USA and has played with artists such as Wilson Simonal, Raimundo Fagner, Toninho Horta, Elza Soares and Belchior).
João Araújo has produced many CD’s. Among them, the CD Valsas Pernambucanas, made with the participation of other composers like Capiba, Nelson Ferreira, Edgard Moraes, Levino Ferreira, Maestro Duda e Adalberto Cavalcanti. He composes also Frevo, the musical symbol of his hometown and has produced the CDs Um Bloco em Poesia, Pernambucarnaval, 10 Anos de Poesia and Um Bloco em Poesia - 15 Anos. These CDs contain all three frevos’ genres: frevo-de-bloco, frevo-canção and frevo-de-rua. Still available in the musical production, João Araújo produced the CD Verso e Canção, with the rhythm Forró, a musical genre of North eastern Brazil.
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With his new CD, Rival do Destino, João Araújo celebrates 20 years as a composer and invites the listener on a journey through various musical genres. The repertory ranges from traditional Brazilian samba and frevo to American jazz. This is a CD inspired by multiplicity, including several musical rhythms, sound atmospheres and the participation of various singers. It also features some of João Araújo’s musical partners like the Brazilian singer Claudya (who developed her career in São Paulo in the 60s participating in the program “O Fino da Bossa” and excelled in the music scene in 1982 with the song “Don't Cry for Me Argentina” from the musical Evita), the guitarist Luciano Magno (who has extensive international experience with several tours by European countries and the United States) and the saxophonist Márcio Resende (who has a master's degree in music from the New England Conservatory of Music in the USA and has played with artists such as Wilson Simonal, Raimundo Fagner, Toninho Horta, Elza Soares and Belchior).
João Araújo has produced many CD’s. Among them, the CD Valsas Pernambucanas, made with the participation of other composers like Capiba, Nelson Ferreira, Edgard Moraes, Levino Ferreira, Maestro Duda e Adalberto Cavalcanti. He composes also Frevo, the musical symbol of his hometown and has produced the CDs Um Bloco em Poesia, Pernambucarnaval, 10 Anos de Poesia and Um Bloco em Poesia - 15 Anos. These CDs contain all three frevos’ genres: frevo-de-bloco, frevo-canção and frevo-de-rua. Still available in the musical production, João Araújo produced the CD Verso e Canção, with the rhythm Forró, a musical genre of North eastern Brazil.
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