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In 2010 Jozef Kapustka has spent several months in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), working with the favela youth string orchestra Orquestra de Cordas da Grota conducted by Ubiratan Rodrigues ( read more about this extraordinary orchestra, created in 1995 by two Fluminense Federal University professors Marcio Selles and Lenora Mendes : http://www.arte.tv/de/1178008,CmC=1182598.html ). Intense music making sessions in the Grota favela lasted from November 2010 to January 2011 and were particularly dramatic: during this time special police units (BOPE) , Policia Pacificadora, army and marine have launched a massive military operation on the Rio de Janeiro favelas in what was later described as the worst drug bust related violence in the recent history, ultimately claiming more than 150 lives.
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The " Bach in Rio" project resulted in series of performances and recordings of selected Bach keyboard concertos, including in some of the prestigious central Rio venues ( Centro Cultural Justica Federal).
The "making of" has been subject of a British documentary by Martin Voll. ( read about Martin : http://www.freewilltravel.com/default.aspx?id=41, also watch trailer on the CNN iReport: http://ireport.cnn.com/docs/DOC-525209?ref=feeds%2Fpeople%2Fconnect%2Fmartinvoll
and read about "Bach in Rio" in The Juilliard Journal on-line:http://www.juilliard.edu/journal/1109/keeping-rio-youth-streets
The "making of" has been subject of a British documentary by Martin Voll. ( read about Martin : http://www.freewilltravel.com/default.aspx?id=41, also watch trailer on the CNN iReport: http://ireport.cnn.com/docs/DOC-525209?ref=feeds%2Fpeople%2Fconnect%2Fmartinvoll
and read about "Bach in Rio" in The Juilliard Journal on-line:http://www.juilliard.edu/journal/1109/keeping-rio-youth-streets
I would like to express my most profound gratitude to all involved in the "Bach in Rio" project and who will recognize themselves here, in particular Marcio Selles, Ubiratan Rodrigues, Gilles Rabinovitch of Belize Conservatory of Music, Martin Voll, Tatiana de Albuquerque, Maria do Rosàrio Malcher; Cecilia Fernandez Conde, President of the Conservatorio Brasileiro de Musica http://www.cbm-musica.org.br/ , Prof. Ueslei Banus, Nayran Pessanha, Wilfred Paulse, Paulo Tarso, Prof. Francisco Frias and many others. Without their enthousiasm and generosity this project would have not existed. The video clips that you see on this page are exceptionnal documents that have been created in the context of extreme hardship. They would have not existed without the passion and the courage of artists that form the unique Orquestra de Cordas da Grota.
Queria exprimir uma profunda gratidao a todas as pessoas que se entregaram ao projecto "Bach in Rio" no qual se reconherao, bem Marcio Selles, Ubiratan Rodrigues, Gilles Rabinovitch, Martin Voll, Tatiana de Albuquerque, Maria do Rosàrio Malcher; Cecilia Fernandez Conde, Prof. Ueslei Banus, Nayran Pessanha, Wilfred Paulse, Paulo Tarso, Prof. Francisco Frias como a todas as outras. Sem o seu entusiasmo e jenerosidade,este projecto nao teria existido.
Os videos-clips que verao nesta pàjina sao documentos excepcionais que foram criados num contexto extremamente àrduo. Nao poderia ter sido finalizado sem a paixao e a corajem dos artistas da grandiosa"Orquestra de Cordas da Grota". (trad. Eunice Ferreira)
Orquestra de Cordas da Grota: Simone Carvalho, Marcos José Vieira Dias, Leandro Justino, Mayara Feitosa, Alexandra Seabra, Soraya Vieira, Nathan Feitosa, Luiz Ricardo Vidal, José Carlos "Katunga" Vidal, Jefferson Rocha, Fernando Bittencourt
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Queria exprimir uma profunda gratidao a todas as pessoas que se entregaram ao projecto "Bach in Rio" no qual se reconherao, bem Marcio Selles, Ubiratan Rodrigues, Gilles Rabinovitch, Martin Voll, Tatiana de Albuquerque, Maria do Rosàrio Malcher; Cecilia Fernandez Conde, Prof. Ueslei Banus, Nayran Pessanha, Wilfred Paulse, Paulo Tarso, Prof. Francisco Frias como a todas as outras. Sem o seu entusiasmo e jenerosidade,este projecto nao teria existido.
Os videos-clips que verao nesta pàjina sao documentos excepcionais que foram criados num contexto extremamente àrduo. Nao poderia ter sido finalizado sem a paixao e a corajem dos artistas da grandiosa"Orquestra de Cordas da Grota". (trad. Eunice Ferreira)
Orquestra de Cordas da Grota: Simone Carvalho, Marcos José Vieira Dias, Leandro Justino, Mayara Feitosa, Alexandra Seabra, Soraya Vieira, Nathan Feitosa, Luiz Ricardo Vidal, José Carlos "Katunga" Vidal, Jefferson Rocha, Fernando Bittencourt
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copyright: Espaco Cultural da Grota. (December 2010). From left: Alexandra Seabra, Leandro Justino, Jefferson Rocha and Katunga Vidal
photo courtesy: Pedro Santos
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photo courtesy: Alaor Andrado
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2012 Venise Biennale
The clip below has been competing to be screened during the 2012 Mostra of Venise opening days.
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Image source: Wilfred Paulse, Paulo Tarso, Centro Cultural da Grota, Google images. All images belong to their respective owners.