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. Coaching sessions on a location in the Grota favela lasted from November 2010 to January 2011 and were particularly dramatic: during this period, as widely covered by the media reports worldwide , special police units (BOPE) , Policia Pacificadora, army and marine have launched a massive military operation on Rio de Janeiro favelas in what was later described as the worst drug bust related violence in a recent history and which ultimately claimed more than 100 lives.
The " Bach in Rio" project resulted in series of performances and recordings of selected Bach keyboard concerti including in some of the prestigious central Rio venues ( Centro Cultural Justica Federal).
The project " Bach in Rio" has also been a subject of a British documentary by Martin Voll of Otherwise Records, London
( about Martin Voll: http://www.freewilltravel.com/default.aspx?id=41)
( watch trailer on the CNN iReport: http://ireport.cnn.com/docs/DOC-525209?ref=feeds%2Fpeople%2Fconnect%2Fmartinvoll)
Also watch "Bach in Rio" project on The Juilliard Journal on-line:http://www.juilliard.edu/journal/2011-2012/1109/articles/rio-box.php
The " Bach in Rio" project resulted in series of performances and recordings of selected Bach keyboard concerti including in some of the prestigious central Rio venues ( Centro Cultural Justica Federal).
The project " Bach in Rio" has also been a subject of a British documentary by Martin Voll of Otherwise Records, London
( about Martin Voll: http://www.freewilltravel.com/default.aspx?id=41)
( watch trailer on the CNN iReport: http://ireport.cnn.com/docs/DOC-525209?ref=feeds%2Fpeople%2Fconnect%2Fmartinvoll)
Also watch "Bach in Rio" project on The Juilliard Journal on-line:http://www.juilliard.edu/journal/2011-2012/1109/articles/rio-box.php
copyright: Espaco Cultural da Grota. (December 2010). From left: Alexandra Seabra, Leandro Justino, Jefferson Rocha and Katunga Vidal
photo courtesy: Pedro Santos
photo courtesy: Alaor Andrade
More on "Bach in Rio" project:
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/
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%29+play+Bach
MP3 files are available for purchase on major 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
Violence in Rio de Janeiro in 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
