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BIOGRAPHY
Born
in Lisbon, in 1937, Rui Serodio, composer and interpreter, started
his piano studies very young at the Lisbon Conservatory where he also
studied Harmony, Counterpoint, Fugue, Organ, Ancient Music and
History. He developed an intense work on the Classical,
Romantic and Impressionist piano literature, complemented with
studies on Analysis and Composition
Techniques. Ever since he has developed a
special attention for the particularly rich Portuguese Traditional
(Folk) Music.
As
a performer, he plays as a soloist, interpretating a broad
repertoire of Portuguese standards and traditional music, including
his remarkable interpretations of fado, where his personal style
combines the technique and phrasing expressiveness of the romanticism
to attain a unique musical Portuguese atmosphere.
Rui
Serodio launched a new musical work in 2001 inspired in the
fascinanting mountain of Arrabida. With nine tracks, this CD
"Sounds of the Mountain" has a violent music, full of
sharped edges and strong harmonies, but truly mystic and descriptive
of the enormous beauty of this Sierra Madre, forty miles to the south
of Lisbon. Listening to this music is an enchanting journey to the
specific places portraited by this portuguese composer.
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