JOZEF KAPUSTKA Concert pianist
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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

More on "Bach in Rio" project:

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Visit Espaço Cultural da Grota:  http://www.espacoculturaldagrota.org.br/new/
favela in Rio de Janeiro: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_RgovsemQiU&feature=related

Links in Portuguese (Brazil): http://www.vivamusica.com.br/index.php/para-quem-gosta/rio-de-janeiro/details/4681
http://www.concerto.com.br/agenda.asp?d=9&m=12&a=2010&tipo=r
http://www.nossadica.com/musica_rio.php
http://www.espacoculturaldagrota.org.br/new/agenda.php
http://riocult.wordpress.com/
http://oglobo.globo.com/infograficos/orquestras-de-periferia/

Photos by Wilfred Paulse:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/wilfredpaulse/sets/72157625483372290/ and
http://www.flickr.com/photos/wilfredpaulse/sets/72157625441452975/

Listen to the J.S.Bach Concerto BWV 1052 on last fm:
http://www.last.fm/music/Jozef+Kapustka/Jozef+Kapustka+and+Orquestra+de+Cordas+da+Grota+%28Rio+de+Janeiro
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MP3 files are available for purchase on all major on-line retailer stores. All benefits go directly to the Grota musical community in Niteroi, Brazil.
Buy on iTunes:http://itunes.apple.com/album/jozef-kapustka-and-the-orquestra/id415989068?v0=9988&ign-mpt=uo%3D1
Buy on Amazon.com: http://www.amazon.com/Kapustka-Orquestra-Conducted-Ubirata-Rodrigues/dp/B004KDWKM4/ref=sr_shvl_album_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1298761346&sr=301-3


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​Photos by Wilfred Paulse:​ ​http://www.flickr.com/photos/wilfredpaulse/sets/72157625483372290/ and
http://www.flickr.com/photos/wilfredpaulse/sets/72157625441452975/


Violence in Rio de Janeiro, November 2010


(video 1): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2Y2_bYP1_Y&feature=related
(video 2) :http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWdoOvmHPj8&feature=relmfu
photo gallery (The Guardian):
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/gallery/2010/nov/28/brazil-drugs-trade
http://oglobo.globo.com/rio/mat/2011/11/06/cinegrafista-morto-durante-operacao-da-policia-na-favela-de-antares-zona-oeste-do-rio-925744944.asp




MP3 files are available for purchase on all major on-line retailer stores.
All benefits go directly to the Grota musical community in Niteroi, Brazil.
Buy on iTunes:http://itunes.apple.com/album/jozef-kapustka-and-the-orquestra/id415989068?v0=9988&ign-mpt=uo%3D1
Buy on Amazon.com: http://www.amazon.com/Kapustka-Orquestra-Conducted-Ubirata-Rodrigues/dp/B004KDWKM4/ref=sr_shvl_album_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1298761346&sr=301-3.
Listen to the J.S.Bach Concerto BWV 1052 on last fm:http://www.last.fm/music/Jozef+Kapustka/Jozef+Kapustka+and+
Orquestra+de+
Cordas+da+Grota
+%28Rio+de+J
aneiro%29+play+Bach

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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copyright: Espaco Cultural da Grota. (December 2010). From left: Alexandra Seabra, Leandro Justino, Jefferson Rocha and Katunga Vidal
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                                  2012 Venise Biennale

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The clip below has been competing to be screened during the 2012 Mostra of Venise opening days.
(videos: Martin Voll)






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Image source: Wilfred Paulse, Paulo Tarso, Centro Cultural da Grota, Google images. All images belong to their respective owners.
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