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Villa-Lobos
Villa-Lobos is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Dado Villa-Lobos (born 1965), Belgian-born Brazilian musician *Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887–1959), Brazilian composer, conductor, cellist, and classical guitarist **Villa-Lobos Museum, a museum dedicated to exhibiting artifacts related to the composer Heitor Villa-Lobos ** Villa-Lobos: A Life of Passion, a movie about the composer Heitor Villa-Lobos **Villa-Lobos State Park, a park in São Paulo, Brazil, named after the composer Heitor Villa-Lobos **Teatro Villa-Lobos, a theater located in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, named after the composer Heitor Villa-Lobos **Quinteto Villa-Lobos, a Brazilian wind quintet that was founded in 1962, featuring the diverse compositions of Heitor Villa-Lobos *Juan Sanchez Villa-Lobos Ramirez ''Juan'' is a given name, the Spanish and Manx versions of ''John''. The name is of Hebrew origin and has the meaning "God has been gracious." It is very common in Spain and in other Spanish-speaking ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 globally become one of the most recognizable South American composers in music history. A prolific composer, he wrote numerous orchestral, chamber, instrumental and vocal works, totaling over 2,000 works by his death in 1959. His music was influenced by both Brazilian folk music and stylistic elements from the European classical tradition, as exemplified by his '' Bachianas Brasileiras'' (Brazilian Bach-pieces) and his Chôros. His Etudes for classical guitar (1929) were dedicated to Andrés Segovia, while his ''5 Preludes'' (1940) were dedicated to his spouse Arminda Neves d'Almeida, a.k.a. "Mindinha". Both are important works in the classical guitar repertory. Biography Youth and exploration Villa-Lobos was born in Rio de Janeiro. His father, Ra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dado Villa-Lobos
Eduardo "Dado" Dutra Villa-Lobos (born 29 June 1965) is a Belgian-born Brazilian musician, best known as the ex-guitarist of Brazilian rock band Legião Urbana. Along with singer Renato Russo and drummer Marcelo Bonfá, he was one of the founding members of that band, who formed in Brasília in 1982.Neder, Alvaro. " Legião Urbana – Biography, Allmusic, accessed November 7, 2007. Villa-Lobos remained with the band through all of their studio albums, until the group dissolved after the 1996 death of Russo. In 2005, he released his first solo album, ''Jardim de Cáctus'', produced by Laufer. On 30 May 2012, he attended the ''Tribute to Legião Urbana'' with Wagner Moura, where they clashed with a fan during the presentation. Early and personal life Villa-Lobos was born in Brussels, Belgium, to a Brazilian diplomat, and also lived in Montevidéu, Uruguay until 1971, when he moved to Brazil and lived in Brasília and Rio de Janeiro. In 1975, he went back abroad, this time to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quinteto Villa-Lobos
Quinteto Villa-Lobos is a Brazilian wind quintet, founded in 1962 with the intention of popularizing Brazilian chamber music, featuring the diverse compositions of Heitor Villa-Lobos. 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, oboe, clarinet, horn and bassoon. 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Villa-Lobos Museum
The Villa-Lobos Museum ( Portuguese: Museu Villa-Lobos) is a museum in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, that is dedicated to exhibiting artifacts related to the composer Heitor Villa-Lobos. History In 1960, the museum was founded by Arminda Neves d'Almeida, Heitor Villa-Lobos's second wife, who directed the museum for 24 years. The 19th-century building that houses it is listed by the National Institute of Historic and Artistic Heritage. The museum occasionally hosts concerts. In 2019, the museum digitized a collection of photographs it contained, in partnership with and Federal University of Goiás. In 2020, it launched a virtual exhibition titled "Native Brazilian Music" containing 50 photographs and audio recordings of Brazilian songs, as well as photographs of musicians in recordings. It was shown at Google Arts & Culture where letters between Leopold Stokowski and Villa-Lobos were shown as well as newspaper clippings. In June 2021, the museum launched a virtual exhibition titled "Me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Life Of Passion
''Villa-Lobos: A Life of Passion'' () is a 2000 Brazilian drama film directed by Zelito Viana. It was entered into the 22nd Moscow International Film Festival. It won the 2nd Grande Prêmio Cinema Brasil for Best Score, and the 5th Brazilian Film Festival of Miami for Best Art Direction. Its production started in 1997 as ''Villa Lobos - História de Uma Paixão''. Plot The film is a docudrama of Brazilian composer Heitor Villa-Lobos, portraying him at various ages. Cast * Antônio Fagundes as Heitor Villa-Lobos ** Marcos Palmeira as young Heitor Villa-Lobos * Letícia Spiller as Mindinha * Ana Beatriz Nogueira as Lucília * José Wilker as Donizetti * Marieta Severo as Noemia * Othon Bastos as Raul * Emílio de Melo as Arthur Rubinstein * Antonio Pitanga Antonio is a masculine given name of Etruscan origin deriving from the root name Antonius. It is a common name among Romance language–speaking populations as well as the Balkans and Lusophone Africa. It has been among the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Teatro Villa-Lobos
The Villa-Lobos Theater ( Portuguese: ''Teatro Villa-Lobos'') is located in the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro. It opened in 1979 and belongs to the Anita Mantuano Foundation for the Arts of the State of Rio de Janeiro (''Fundação Anita Mantuano de Artes do Estado do Rio de Janeiro'' - FUNARJ), which is linked to the Rio de Janeiro State Department of Culture (''Secretaria Estadual de Cultura do Rio''). History Construction and inauguration Located in Copacabana, the theater was designed by Raphael Matheus Peres, whose main concern was to adapt the structure to the site, located over an ocean interceptor. Financed by the Rio de Janeiro State Theater Foundation (''Fundação Estadual de Teatros do Rio de Janeiro'' - Funterj) and conceived by Adolfo Bloch and Geraldo Matheus, construction began in 1978 and finished thirteen months later. It was named after maestro Heitor Villa-Lobos, one of the greatest composers in Brazilian history. It opened on March 8, 1979 with the pl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Villa-Lobos State Park
Villa-Lobos State Park () is a park in São Paulo, Brazil. It is named after composer Heitor Villa-Lobos, and is located next to Pinheiros River. It was created in 1989 on a site that was previously used as a rubbish tip. The park now has around 37,000 trees. It hosted the annual Aberto de São Paulo from 2001 until 2014 and in 2025 will start to host the SP Open. Location The park is located the Alto de Pinheiros district to the west of the centre of São Paulo. History In the late 1980s the area where the park is now located was used as a rubbish tip. The western area was used by the Companhia de Entrepostos e Armazéns Gerais do Estado de São Paulo (Company of Warehouses and General Warehouses of the State of São Paulo, CEAGESP) for their garbage disposal, and around 80 families were scavenging for food and packaging there. The central part was used as a waste dump for civil construction, and the eastern part was used to hold dredging, dredged material from the Pinheiros ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juan Sanchez Villa-Lobos Ramirez
''Juan'' is a given name, the Spanish and Manx versions of ''John''. The name is of Hebrew origin and has the meaning "God has been gracious." It is very common in Spain and in other Spanish-speaking countries around the world and in the Philippines, and also in the Isle of Man (pronounced differently). The name is becoming popular around the world and can be pronounced differently according that region. In Spanish, the diminutive form (equivalent to ''Johnny'') is , with feminine form (comparable to ''Jane'', ''Joan'', or ''Joanna'') , and feminine diminutive (equivalent to ''Janet'', ''Janey'', ''Joanie'', etc.). Chinese terms * ( or 娟, 隽) 'beautiful, graceful' is a common given name for Chinese women. * () The Chinese character 卷, which in Mandarin is almost homophonic with the characters for the female name, is a division of a traditional Chinese manuscript or book and can be translated as 'fascicle', 'scroll', 'chapter', or 'volume'. Notable people * Juan (foo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
