22/08 | Nelson Latif Trio / Featuring Joeri de Graaf (NL) on guitar and Alaor Soares (BR) on percussion.

Cavaquinho and acoustic guitar player Nelson Latif formed his musical identity in the legendary jazz scene of 1980's São Paulo. With roots in choro and jazz, Latif merges Brazilian styles and a classical guitar technique with diverse musical influences. In his melodic phrasing one hears bebop and Brazilian syncopations, and in his virtuosity the energy of flamenco.Latif started his studies at age fourteen. During the 90's he moved to Amsterdam and started performing on the cavaquinho, an instrument that has since become his trademark.
http://www.nelsonlatif.com/

16/08 | Film "3 Blood Brothers". Opening concert with Marcos Souza (BR), Nelson Latif (BR) and Olaf Keus (NL)

The event on 16/8 is a must for people interested on brazilian culture and history. The movie "3 Blood Brothers" will tell the story of the 3 brothers, 3 resisting human beings, who performed a very important role in the social, politic and artistic history of their country. Each one, acting in a total different area, played an important role in the struggle against dictatorship in Brazil. They were: Betinho, a social scientist; Henfil, a cartoonist; and Chico Mario, a musician. Chico Mario's sun, pianist Marcos Souza will open the evening playing compositions specially composed for the film.
http://www.3irmaosdesangue.com.br/

Marcos Souza
Composer, pianist, journalist, producer and director of the company Atelier Cultural since 1998, Marcos Souza started his career as a musician at the age of 16. As a musician, he founded and organized in 1994 the group Conversa de Cordas, which released two CDs. In 1998, he recorded a CD with a Duo of piano and cavaquinho, named Duo2. In 1999, he released the CD Marionetes with the singer Regina Spósito, from Minas Gerais. His fifth CD, Marcos Souza, was released in 2004, and was his first solo work and the soundtrack of the film-documentary Evandro Teixeira, Instantâneos da Realidade. In 2005, he released another soundtrack CD, Chapada Diamantina, about the film Brilhante from the Director Conceição Senna.
www.myspace.com/marcossouza

Nelson Latif
Check out the post: 25/07 (Rogério Bicudo & Nelson Latif)

Olaf Keus
Olaf Keus was born in Amsterdam, the Netherlands and started to play percussion when he was seven years old. He attende the Conservatory in Amsterdam and Rotterdam, where he percussion and drums. He also attended lessons at Conjuncto Folclorico Nacional de Cuba, and practiced percussion in Africa, New York and Brazil. Olaf frequently performs with artists from Brazil, like Ceumar, Diana Miranda, Badi Assad and Macleim.
www.olafkeus.nl

31/07 and 01/08 | Clube da Música Atibaia/Amsterdam

Clube da Música Atibaia is a project that takes place since 2000 in the city of Atibaia, at the Sao Paulo State. Approaching 10 years of success, the project mixed brazilian musicians with guests from all around the world.

Wilson Matuoka, project's founders says “The idea of this project is to promote a place that musicians can present their work (pocket shows) an join together and their guests at the end in a big jam session".

In its first Dutch edition the project will present the fusion between dutch and brazilian musicians.

Cellist Ernst Reijseger and Martin Fondse toured Brazil in March 2008. Both musicians are highly individual and combine an open ear, versatility and creativity with a great deal of humor. Their concerts are always surprising, challenging and moving. Cello player Djoeke Klijzing writes and sings original, poetic lyrics and melodies.

Martijn Grootendorst and Saskia Meijs are the Barockpuppies. They create poetry with film, hands and feet, but with little words. Special Guests these two days are the guitar players.

Paulinho Paes and tropet player Roger Brito . They raised in Atibaia. The duo has developed an extensive repertoire of Brazilian music since 2007.Blending Choros and Sambas with diverse influences, such as Flamenco and jazz,they present innovations to ol standards, as well as new compositions .

The instrumental group Diogo Guanabara & Macaxeira Jazz was created in Natal (Brazil), in 2004. This young and promising group combines Jazz with Brazilians styles like Bossa Nova, Frevo, Samba and Baião. You will hear also elements of Blues, Funk, Salsa and Bolero. In 2008, Diogo Guanabara e Macaxeira Jazz released on DVD a live concert, that made the quartet internationally known.

31/07 - Martin Fondse (NL), Ernst Reijseger (NL), Djoeke Klijzing (NL), Paulinho Paes (BR) and Roger Brito (BR)
01/08 - Barockpuppies (NL), Martin Fondse (NL), Diogo Guanabara & Macaxeira Jazz (BR), Paulinho Paes (BR) and Roger Brito (BR)

www.myspace.com/paulinhopaes
http://www.martinfondse.com/
http://www.ernstreijseger.com/
http://www.barockpuppies.nl/

www.macaxeirajazz.com

25/07 | Rogério Bicudo & Nelson Latif

Rogério Bicudo


Rogério Bicudo (1957) grew up in Rio de Janeiro. You could almost say with a guitar in his hands. He had already started playing Brazilian folk music by the time he was eight. Barely four years later, he was working as a professional musician. As a soloist, Rogério Bicudo plays Brazilian Choros and Valsas, in addition to a classical repertoire. Choro is a musical genre that came into being in Rio de Janeiro at the end of the 19th century, a cross between European classical music and African and Brazilian rhythms. A remarkable virtuosity is required for the optimal rendering of Choro.

http://www.myspace.com/rogeriobicudomusica

Rogério Bicudo & Sean Bergin at Bim Huis

Nelson Latif

Cavaquinho and acoustic guitar player Nelson Latif formed his musical identity in the legendary jazz scene of 1980's São Paulo. With roots in choro and jazz, Latif merges Brazilian styles and a classical guitar technique with diverse musical influences. In his melodic phrasing one hears bebop and Brazilian syncopations, and in his virtuosity the energy of flamenco.

http://www.nelsonlatif.com/

Acoustic Brazil Festival

In july and august, at the Roode Bioscoop Theater, brazilian and dutch musicians will join forces for a series of five concerts. In the small and cozy theater in Amsterdam, musicians will present a wide range of brazilian traditional and modern sonorities. Nelson Latif and Martin Fondse will be hosting and playing together with several special guests.
The festival will also be the place dutch edition of the Clube da Música, project that happens already for many years in the brazilian city of Atibaia.

25/07 20.30

Rogério Bicudo (BR) & Nelson Latif (BR)

31/07 and 01/08 20.30

Clube da Música Atibaia - Amsterdam

• 31/07 Martin Fondse (NL), Ernst Reijseger (NL), Djoeke Klijzing (NL), Paulinho Paes (BR), Roger Brito (BR)


• 01/08 Barockpuppies (NL), Martin Fondse (NL), Paulinho Paes (BR), Roger Brito (BR)

16/08 17.00

Film "3 Blood Brothers"

Opening concert with Marcos Souza (BR), Nelson Latif (BR) and Olaf Keus (NL)

22/08 20.30

Nelson Latif Trio

Featuring Joeri de Graaf (NL) and Alaor Soares (BR)

De Roode Bioscoop
Haarlemmerplein 7
1013HP Amsterdam
Reservations: 020 6257500
Ticket: 12.50,-
http://www.roodebioscoop.nl/

info: acousticbrazil@gmail.com

Acoustic Brazil Festival
Concept: Nelson Latif, Martin Fondse and Tami Toledo Matuoka
Partners: Mix Mundi Productions, Clube da Música Atibaia and De Roode Bioscoop.
Production: Pachamama Productions