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Brazilan Pop
Gilberto Gil
| Brazil
Booking-Agent:
Frank Abraham
+49 30 261032920
fa@f-cat.de
Gilberto Gil is probably the famous musician in Brazil: He has released 51 albums, got 12 gold records, 5 platinum albums, won 7 Grammys and sold more than 4 million records. The 67-year-old beloved figure has already lived in the music scene for 46 years. The singer, composer and guitarist has had his albums released abroad since 1978, the year of his successful perform-ance at the Montreux Jazz Festival, in Switzerland, which was recorded live. Every year he tours Europe, North America, Latin America and Japan with his contagious pop music spoken in portuguese-brazilian and international language. A music with a strong rhythmic appeal and melodic richness, it is as mixed as its fans.
Rhythms from the northeast of Brazil like the baião, apart from samba and bossa-nova were fundamental in his formation. Using them as a starting point, Gil forged his own music to which he incorporated rock, reggae, funk and rhythms from Bahia such as afoxé. Gil has tackled a wide variety of issues in his lyrics, all relevant to modern reality: from social inequality to the question of race, from African to Oriental culture, from science to religion, amongst many others. The masterful way in which Gil explores these subjects makes him one of the greatest Brazilian composer-lyricists.
Gilberto operated as a politician alongside his music. His political career began in 1987, when he was elected to a local post in Bahia and be-came the Salvador secretary of culture. In January 2003 he was chosen as Brazil's new Minister of Culture which he gave up in July 2008 to focus on his musical career. The Brazilian President Lula said on this occasion that Gil was "going back to being a great artist, going back to giving priority to what is most important" to him.
For his unflinching creative commitment in bringing the heart and soul of the Brazilian music to the world, Gilberto Gil has been honoured by several establishments and personalities, and has also received many prizes in Brazil and abroad such as The Polar Prize in 2005.
In 2009 Gilberto Gil will play a unique “The Strings Concert”, an acoustic concert in the trio with the famous musician and artist Jacques Morelenbaum and Ben Gil, Gilberto’s son. It will take place in Haus der Kulturen der Welt in Berlin on the November the 21st. In summer 2010 we’re planning great shows at festivals with the Northeast-Brazilian project. Their music is at once danceable and instrumentally virtuoso. Don’t hesitate to contact us if you’re interested.
