Pixinguinha
Acting
Biography
Alfredo da Rocha Viana Filho, known as Pixinguinha (April 23, 1897 – February 17, 1973) was a Brazilian composer, arranger, flautist and saxophonist born in Rio de Janeiro. Pixinguinha composed popular music, particularly within the genre known as choro. Description above taken from Wikipedia, licensed under Creative Commons.
Born: April 23, 1897
Place of Birth: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Known For
Os Afro-Sambas: The Brazil of Baden and Vinicius
Released in 1966 by Vinicius de Moraes and Baden Powell, the record Os Afro-Sambas is one of Brazil's most revered. Participants of the original recording, critics, friends and family of the musicians revisit the creation of this masterpiece. Filmed between Salvador and Rio, the documentary brings together archive footage and exclusive interviews with Maria Bethânia, Dori Caymmi, Russo Passapusso and Nelson Motta. A tribute to a classic that transformed Brazilian music.
Coisa Mais Linda - Histórias e Casos da Bossa Nova
Documentary about the birth of bossa-nova, in Brazil, and the major stars of this musical style.
Saravah
Documentary about Brazilian music circa 1969, with extremely rare scenes, such as the only color footage of Pixinguinha, images of João da Baiana, one of the fathers of Samba, Maria Bethânia rehearsing at Barroco nightclub, Baden Powell playing his acoustic guitar, Paulinho da Viola showing his masterpiece "Coisas do Mundo, Minha Nega", that he had just finished, and Márcia, a singer from São Paulo.
Pixinguinha, an Affectionate Man
The life of legendary Brazilian musician Alfredo da Rocha Vianna Filho, better known as Pixinguinha.
Vinicius de Moraes
To celebrate the life and the work of a multifaceted creator – playwright, poet, partner of the most important names of Brazilian pop music and, above all, an enlightened character of the Brazilian cultural history - director Miguel Faria Jr. gathered an incomparable cast of partners, singers, friends and rare images from the archives recalling Vinícius’ genial simplicity, with the spontaneity, the humor, and the freedom of a person chatting over a bar table, exactly how the eternal Vinícius would enjoy.
The Girl from Ipanema
Chronicles the life of a 17 year-old girl living in the upper-class Rio de Janeiro neighbourhood of Ipanema. Márcia lives a life of parties and spend her days among bohemians, musicians and intellectuals. While seeming happy in the outside, she's extremely anguished inside. Based on the famous song by Antonio Carlos Jobim and Vinicius de Moraes.
Viva Volta
A documentary on Brazilian trombone player Raul de Souza who, since 1996, has lived in Paris and suffers because he goes unnoticed, unrewarded in his native land. With the sound of his trombone for a background, the film takes him back to Bangu, in Rio de Janeiro, and retraces his trajectory.
Pixinguinha and the Old Masters of Samba
The documentary records the celebrations for the celebration of the fourth centenary of the city of São Paulo, in 1954. In charge of the party, Pixinguinha, Donga, João da Baiana and other representatives of the Old Guard.
Pixinguinha
Pixinguinha, one of the pioneers of Brazilian music, composer of some incredibly sophisticated melodies, talks about his music and life.
Conversa de Botequim
A film about the figure of João da Baiana, the Brazilian samba pioneer who, in an informal conversation, tells us the history of samba from the beginning. On the side of pioneers like Donga and Pixinguinha, he goes on to describe picturesque passages of his life alongside important figures like Pinheiro Machado, Santos Dumont and the beginnings of our popular music.
Filmography
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