A Very Exciting Event

It was a very exciting time of my artistic career. I had the opportunity to honor the writer and playwright Ariano Suassuna, a very important person for the Brazilian culture. This happened at a place called Marco Zero (in the city of Recife, Brazil). I was together with my friends from the group Um Bloco em Poesia. We were before an audience of over 30.000 people. Our group played a song that I and my musical partner Adalberto Cavalcanti have created especially for this event (the song is called Monumento Armorial and can be listened here). On the stage, I recited a poem and offered it to the master Ariano Suassuna.

Monumento Armorial

Monumento Armorial 

composers: João Araújo and Adalberto Cavalcanti 

The song "Monumento Armorial" is a tribute that I have made to Ariano Suassuna that was a Brazilian playwright, author and poet. He founded the Student Theater at Federal University of Pernambuco and the "Movimento Armorial". Some of his plays have been filmed, and he was considered one of Brazil's greatest playwrights. For example, he was the author of, among other works, the "Auto da Compadecida" and "A Pedra do Reino". He was a defender of the culture of the Northeast, and his works dealt with the popular culture of the Northeast.

In the song that I and my musical partner have composed, there are 3 parts (3 different rhythms): Inselência, Maracatu and Frevo. Enjoy and Share it !