Quinteto Villa-Lobos is a Brazilian
wind quintet, founded in 1962 with the intention of popularizing Brazilian
chamber music
Chamber music is a form of classical music that is composed for a small group of instruments—traditionally a group that could fit in a palace chamber or a large room. Most broadly, it includes any art music that is performed by a small numb ...
, featuring the diverse compositions of
Heitor Villa-Lobos
Heitor Villa-Lobos (March 5, 1887November 17, 1959) was a Brazilian composer, conductor, cellist, and classical guitarist described as "the single most significant creative figure in 20th-century Brazilian art music". Villa-Lobos has become the ...
. The founding original quintet were Celso Woltzenlogel, Paolo Nardi, Wilfried Berk, Carlos Gomes de Oliveira, and Airton Lima Barbosa. The Quinteto Villa-Lobos has celebrated over 50 years of performances and recordings, replenishing its membership with instrumentalists that are active as soloists in Brazil and internationally, featuring
flute
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,
oboe,
clarinet
The clarinet is a musical instrument in the woodwind family. The instrument has a nearly cylindrical bore and a flared bell, and uses a single reed to produce sound.
Clarinets comprise a family of instruments of differing sizes and pitches ...
,
horn and
bassoon
The bassoon is a woodwind instrument in the double reed family, which plays in the tenor and bass ranges. It is composed of six pieces, and is usually made of wood. It is known for its distinctive tone color, wide range, versatility, and virtuo ...
.
History
Quinteto Villa-Lobos has played in towns and cities across Brazil. In 1987, they opened the commemorations for the Unesco "Year of Villa-Lobos" in Paris. In July 2010, the ensemble played with
Egberto Gismonti in "Tocar la Vida" festival, in
Argentina.
In 2001, and again in 2009, the ensemble received the Carlos Gomes Award, as the best Brazilian chamber group, from the
São Paulo state government.
In March 2002, the quintet celebrated its 40th anniversary with a series of concerts entitled "Quinteto Villa-Lobos – 40 years of Brazilian Music", in the
Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil
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The CCBB began i ...
, Rio de Janeiro. That same year it participated in the Projeto Sonora Brasil –
SESC, playing in 32 Brazilian cities.
In 2006, it was one of the winners of the project "Concert Music Circulation", provided by CEMUS-Funarte and in the same year the quintet played in the "Culture Cup" in
Berlin, Germany.
The group participated in the 2008 project "Oi apresenta: Quinteto Villa-Lobos no Rio de Janeiro."
In 2009, the quintet played in several African countries and also in a festival in honoring Villa-Lobos in the Radio-France, Paris.
In 2012, the ensemble celebrated its 50th anniversary by releasing a DVD and Blu-ray of a concert series recorded at venues in Rio de Janeiro.
Discography
* ''Quinteto Villa-Lobos ''(1966) Forma LP
* ''Reencontro. Silvinha Telles,
Edu Lobo, Tamba Trio e Quinteto Villa-Lobos''" (1966) LP
* ''Vanguarda''. Quinteto Villa-Lobos &
Luizinho Eça
* ''Quinteto Villa-Lobos interpreta ''(1977) Marcus Pereira" LP, CD
* ''Quinteto Villa-Lobos, with works by Mário Tavares,
Radamés Gnattali e Ernst Widmer'' (1979) Funarte LP
* ''O grande palhaço'' – soundtrack of the film with the same name (1979) Coomusa LP
* ''Airton Lima Barbosa'' (1981) CBS LP
* ''Quinteto em forma de
choro
''Choro'' (, "cry" or "lament"), also popularly called ''chorinho'' ("little cry" or "little lament"), is an instrumental Brazilian popular music genre which originated in 19th century Rio de Janeiro. Despite its name, the music often has a ...
s'' (2000) Kuarup CD
* ''Fronteiras'' (2000) RioArte Digital CD
* ''Quinteto Villa-Lobos convida'' (2002) RioArte CD
* ''Um Sopro Novo'' (2006) Radio MEC CD
[Cardoso, Monique. ''Sopro de Ineditismo e Juventude, in'' Jornal do Brasil, Caderno B. 30 de maio de 2006, p B8.]
* ''Villa-Lobos – um clássico popular'' (2009) Kalamata CD
See also
*
Choro
''Choro'' (, "cry" or "lament"), also popularly called ''chorinho'' ("little cry" or "little lament"), is an instrumental Brazilian popular music genre which originated in 19th century Rio de Janeiro. Despite its name, the music often has a ...
References
External links
Quinteto Villa-Lobosat AllMusic.com
Brazilian musical groups
Musical groups established in 1962
Chamber music groups
Brazilian chamber groups
1962 establishments in Brazil
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