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Pedro Ayres Magalhães
Pedro Aires Ferreira de Almeida Gonçalves Magalhães (born 31 July 1959), known as Pedro Ayres Magalhães, is a Portuguese musician, best known as a founding member and the main songwriter of the musical group Madredeus. Magalhães has also been a member of the pop rock band Heróis do Mar and the Portuguese supergroup Resistência. Early life Pedro Ayres Magalhães was born on 31 July 1959. He attended the Colégio Militar in Lisbon until the 5th grade, quitting shortly after the Carnation Revolution. Afterwards he joined the Academy of Musical Amateurs (''Academia dos Amadores de Música''), where he stayed until the age of 20. Magalhães studied music and classical guitar during his youth. Career 1977–1985: First bands and Heróis do Mar In 1977, aged 17, Pedro Ayres Magalhães joined his first band, a punk rock group called Os Faíscas, as a bass player. He left the band about one year later, and formed the new wave band Corpo Diplomático, where he also played ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Order Of Prince Henry
The Order of Prince Henry () is a Portuguese order of knighthood created on 2 June 1960, to commemorate the quincentenary of the death of the Portuguese ''infante'' Prince Henry the Navigator, one of the main initiators of the Age of Discovery. Minor reforms of the constitution of the Order occurred in 1962 and 1980. It is a five-tier order, whose titles are awarded for relevant services to Portugal and for services in the expansion of the Culture of Portugal, Portuguese culture, its History of Portugal, history and its values (with a particular focus on its maritime history). The number of members in each grade is restricted by its constitution, and titles are conferred by special decree by the Grand Master of the Order, i.e., the President of Portugal. Grades The order includes several classes; in decreasing order of seniority, these are: * Grand Collar ( – GColIH) * Grand Cross ( – GCIH) * Grand Officer ( – GOIH) * Commander ( – ComIH) * Officer ( – OIH) * K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Os Dias Da MadreDeus
''Os Dias da MadreDeus'' (English: "The days of MadreDeus") is the debut studio album by Portuguese group Madredeus. It was released in December 1987 by EMI-Valentim de Carvalho. Recording ''Os Dias da MadreDeus'' was recorded between 28 and 30 July 1987, at the Teatro Ibérico facilities in the old Church of the Xabregas Convent, in Lisbon. Legacy In 2009, Portuguese music magazine Blitz (Portuguese magazine), Blitz placed ''Os Dias da MadreDeus'' as the 5th greatest Portuguese album of the 1980s, in a list ranking the greatest Portuguese albums of the previous four decades. Track listing LP release (1987) Personnel Credits are adapted from the album's inner notes. Madredeus * Teresa Salgueiro * Pedro Ayres Magalhães * Rodrigo Leão * Gabriel Gomes * Francisco Ribeiro Production * Pedro Ayres Magalhães – project concept, artistic production, arrangements, cover concept * Rodrigo Leão – project concept * Pedro Bidarra de Almeida – recording production assis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mexico
Mexico, officially the United Mexican States, is a country in North America. It is the northernmost country in Latin America, and borders the United States to the north, and Guatemala and Belize to the southeast; while having maritime boundary, maritime boundaries with the Pacific Ocean to the west, the Caribbean Sea to the southeast, and the Gulf of Mexico to the east. Mexico covers 1,972,550 km2 (761,610 sq mi), and is the List of countries by area, thirteenth-largest country in the world by land area. With a population exceeding 130 million, Mexico is the List of countries by population, tenth-most populous country in the world and is home to the Hispanophone#Countries, largest number of native Spanish speakers. Mexico City is the capital and List of cities in Mexico, largest city, which ranks among the List of cities by population, most populous metropolitan areas in the world. Human presence in Mexico dates back to at least 8,000 BC. Mesoamerica, considered a cradle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United States
The United States of America (USA), also known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It is a federal republic of 50 U.S. state, states and a federal capital district, Washington, D.C. The 48 contiguous states border Canada to the north and Mexico to the south, with the semi-exclave of Alaska in the northwest and the archipelago of Hawaii in the Pacific Ocean. The United States asserts sovereignty over five Territories of the United States, major island territories and United States Minor Outlying Islands, various uninhabited islands in Oceania and the Caribbean. It is a megadiverse country, with the world's List of countries and dependencies by area, third-largest land area and List of countries and dependencies by population, third-largest population, exceeding 340 million. Its three Metropolitan statistical areas by population, largest metropolitan areas are New York metropolitan area, New York, Greater Los Angeles, Los Angel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Europe
Europe is a continent located entirely in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Eastern Hemisphere. It is bordered by the Arctic Ocean to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the west, the Mediterranean Sea to the south, and Asia to the east. Europe shares the landmass of Eurasia with Asia, and of Afro-Eurasia with both Africa and Asia. Europe is commonly considered to be Boundaries between the continents#Asia and Europe, separated from Asia by the Drainage divide, watershed of the Ural Mountains, the Ural (river), Ural River, the Caspian Sea, the Greater Caucasus, the Black Sea, and the waterway of the Bosporus, Bosporus Strait. "Europe" (pp. 68–69); "Asia" (pp. 90–91): "A commonly accepted division between Asia and Europe ... is formed by the Ural Mountains, Ural River, Caspian Sea, Caucasus Mountains, and the Black Sea with its outlets, the Bosporus and Dardanelles." Europe covers approx. , or 2% of Earth#Surface, Earth's surface (6.8% of Earth's land area), making it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ainda (Madredeus Album)
''Ainda: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack From The Film «Lisbon Story»'' is a soundtrack album by Portuguese group Madredeus for the 1994 film ''Lisbon Story'', directed by Wim Wenders. It was released on 7 March 1995 by EMI-Valentim de Carvalho. Recording ''Ainda'' was recorded between 27 March and 5 May 1994 at the Great Linford Manor and Lansdowne Recording Studios, in England. Recording and mixing were done by António Pinheiro da Silva and Jonathan Miller. The mixing was done at the Tritonius Studios in Berlin, in October 1994. The bonus track "Maio Maduro Maio" was recorded on 4 and 5 October 1993 at the Estúdio Angel 2. Legacy This album is present in the Brazilian edition of the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die. Track listing Personnel Credits are adapted from the album's inner notes. Madredeus * Teresa Salgueiro – vocals * José Peixoto – guitar * Pedro Ayres Magalhães – guitar * Francisco Ribeiro – cello * Gabriel Gomes – a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1995 Cannes Film Festival
The 48th Cannes Film Festival took place from 17 to 28 May 1995. French actress Jeanne Moreau served as jury president for the main competition. French actress Carole Bouquet hosted the opening and closing ceremonies. Serbian filmmaker Emir Kusturica won the ''Palme d'Or'', the festival's top prize, for a second time with the comedy-drama film ''Underground (1995 film), Underground''. The festival opened with ''The City of Lost Children'' by Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Marc Caro and Jean-Pierre Jeunet, and closed with ''The Quick and the Dead (1995 film), The Quick and the Dead'' by Sam Raimi. Juries Main competition * Jeanne Moreau, French actress - Jury President * Gianni Amelio, Italian filmmaker * Jean-Claude Brialy, French actor and director * Nadine Gordimer, South African author * Gaston Kaboré, Burkinabé filmmaker * Michèle Ray-Gavras, Michele Ray-Gavras, French producer and journalist * Emilio García Riera, Mexican actor, writer and film critic * Philippe Rousselot, French ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wim Wenders
Ernst Wilhelm "Wim" Wenders (; born 14 August 1945) is a German filmmaker and photographer, who is a major figure in New German Cinema. Among the honors he has received are prizes from the Cannes Film Festival, Cannes, Venice International Film Festival, Venice, and Berlin International Film Festival, Berlin film festivals. He has also received a BAFTA Award and been nominated for four Academy Awards and a Grammy Awards, Grammy Award. Wenders made his feature film debut with ''Summer in the City (film), Summer in the City'' (1970). He earned critical acclaim for directing the films ''Alice in the Cities'' (1974), ''The Wrong Move'' (1975), and ''Kings of the Road'' (1976), later known as the ''Road Movie trilogy''. Wenders won the BAFTA Award for Best Direction and the Palme d'Or for ''Paris, Texas (film), Paris, Texas'' (1984) and the Best Director Award (Cannes Film Festival), Cannes Film Festival Best Director Award for ''Wings of Desire'' (1987). His other notable films inclu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lisbon Story (1994 Film)
''Lisbon Story'' (; ) is a 1994 feature film directed by Wim Wenders. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1995 Cannes Film Festival. As part of Lisbon's programme as the European City of Culture in 1994, Wenders and three Portuguese filmmakers were invited to make a documentary about the city. The result was the fictional ''Lisbon Story''. Plot ''Lisbon Story'' is partially a sequel to Wenders' 1982 film, '' The State of Things''. The fictitious film director in the previous film, Friedrich Munro, reappears, again played by Patrick Bauchau. In ''Lisbon Story'' Friedrich has moved to Lisbon, Portugal (the country where ''The State of Things'' was set). The principal character, Philip Winter (Rüdiger Vogler), a sound engineer, receives a postcard invitation from Friedrich to come to Lisbon to record sounds of the capital city for his forthcoming film. On arriving, Winter finds Friedrich's house occupied with his film editing equipment and many reels of film, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
O Espírito Da Paz
''O Espírito da Paz'' (English: "The Spirit of Peace") is the third studio album by Portuguese group Madredeus. It was released on 23 June 1994 by EMI-Valentim de Carvalho. Recording ''O Espírito da Paz'' was recorded and mixed between 27 March and 5 May 1994 at the Great Linford Manor and Lansdowne Recording Studios, in England. Recording and mixing were done by António Pinheiro da Silva and Jonathan Miller. The mastering was done at the CTS Studios in London, on 4 May 1994. Track listing Personnel Credits are adapted from the album's inner notes. Madredeus * Teresa Salgueiro – voice * José Peixoto – guitar * Pedro Ayres Magalhães – guitar * Francisco Ribeiro – cello * Gabriel Gomes – accordion * Rodrigo Leão Rodrigo Costa Leão Muñoz Miguez (born 15 October 1964), known professionally as Rodrigo Leão, is a Portuguese musician and songwriter. He became known in the 1980s as a member of the Portuguese groups Sétima Legião and Madredeus. In the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Delfins
Delfins was a Portuguese pop-rock band, from Cascais. Its lead vocalist was Miguel Ângelo. Other members of the group were Rui Fadigas, Fernando Cunha, Silvestre Magalhães, Pedro Molkov and João Carlos Magalhães. The band was one of the major pop-rock music groups in Portugal in the 90s, and made various appearances in the Portuguese National Finals for the Eurovision Song Contest. In 1998, the Delfins contributed "Canção De Engate (In Variações Memory Remix)" to the AIDS benefit compilation album '' Onda Sonora: Red Hot + Lisbon'' produced by the Red Hot Organization ''Red Hot Organization'' (RHO) is a non-profit, 501(c) 3, international organization with goals to promote diversity through equal access to healthcare through pop culture. Since its inception in 1989, over 400 artists, producers and directors .... The Band sold more than half a million records, and in 2009 the group officially announced a permanent band retirement. They would revive the project ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Xutos & Pontapés
Xutos & Pontapés () are a Portuguese Rock music, rock band. The band was founded in 1978, in Lisbon, by the late Zé Pedro, Zé Leonel, Kalú and Tim. Their current lineup consists of Tim (vocals, bass), João Cabeleira (guitar), Gui (saxophone, keyboards) and Kalú (drums). Xutos & Pontapés are often considered the most successful rock band from Portugal. The band is popularly known by its fanbase as simply Xutos. History 1978: Formation and band name In 1978 Zé Pedro and Zé Leonel decided to start a punk rock band, with Zé Pedro on the guitar and Zé Leonel on vocals. Together with Paulo Borges they started with the name Delirium Tremens. They auditioned Kalú for the drums part and decided to change their name to Xutos & Pontapés. Shortly after, Paulo Borges was replaced on the bass by Tim. The band had their first rehearsal in December 1978. Both ''xutos'' (a misspelling of the word ''chutos'') and ''pontapés'' are Portuguese words that mean "kicks", but ''xuto'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
