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Return to the Cartagena Jazz Festival always elegant cellist Jaques Morelenbaum.
Returns to the festival with the desire to immerse themselves in the sensuality and sophistication of samba, leading a trio with unique name.
Historical arranger Tom Jobim and musical director for more than a decade in all the adventures of Caetano Veloso, the unquestioned architect of the sound of contemporary Brazil, capable of extracting the cello a melancholy that is pure poetry, takes us on a journey throughout the territories Samba, the pace that best illustrated the Brazilian cultural diversity.
Samba in key chamber music.
Samba, ultimately, as you have never heard.
In addition to Cartagena is accompanied by his wife, Paula Morelenbaum.
For a decade, the singer of the band was part of Antonio Carlos Jobim on tours and recordings.
He kept busy singing along to the Japanese Ryuichi Sakamoto and her husband, an almost chamber music project, Jobim tribute to the master, and has recorded several solo albums delicious.
Paula Jacques's is synonymous with excellence.
On Thursday at the Nuevo Teatro Circo at 21:30.
Localities 15 euros.
Born into a musical family in Rio de Janeiro in 1954, Jaques Morelenbaum began his musical career at a very young age.
His father, Henrique Morelenbaum was when Jacques was born, a young violinist in the "Rio de Janeiro Opera House" and Sarah, his mother was a piano teacher.
Over the years, her father became the director of the "Opera House" and after the Teatro Municipal and Jaques, that was his second home.
Every week attending the symphony orchestra concert, a ballet, to opera.
Jaques loved music and all that it entailed.
He began studying piano at age six.
Always dreamed of traveling, with light-filled scenarios.
At school he won his first singing competition at the age of 12 years and then decided to study cello.
Having been born in the land of samba, in its early years, this genre meant a lot to him but with a very sophisticated quality, deepening the sense of the harmonies and melodies.
This musical phenomenon, known worldwide as "Bossa Nova" marked much the musical style of Jaques.
I heard on the streets of his city, Rio, because at home, I was only allowed to listen to classical music.
Gradually Jaques was connecting with the creative side of music.
It is increasingly interested in popular music, where intuition and musical instincts are fundamental to that part of artistic expression.
Gradually many musicians called him to collaborate on important projects.
One was Antonio Carlos Jobim, who were part of his band "Nova Band" for over 10 years.
After Jaques, he worked for five years with pianist and guitarist Egberto Gismonti virtuoso.
He then went to work for 14 years, Caetano Veloso, becoming her musical director and arranger.
With these three, Jaques could fulfill their childhood dreams, traveling and acting worldwide with his music.
Caetano Veloso presented the Japanese master Ryuichi Sakamoto this brilliant artist and soon invited him to work with him and if he did it for 20 wonderful years, from 1992 to 2000, playing in the trio of Sakamoto.
Jaques's wife, Paula, was also performing with Antonio Carlos Jobim.
Other international artist what Jaques has worked are: Sting, Pedro Almodovar, Cesaria Evora, Henri Salvador, Juliette Greco, John Scofield, Bill Frisell, David Byrne, Julieta Venegas, Madredeus, Dulce Pontes, Adriano Celentano, Maria Dolores Pradera, Clara Montes, The Presets, Santiago Cruz, Omar Sosa, among others.
In his 40 year career Jaques has acted in more than two thousand times around the world and worked on over 700 albums as a cellist, composer, director and producer.
He has also produced 53 albums including Grammy winner with Caetono Veloso "Livro".
Among Brazilian artists he has collaborated Jaques, we highlight Milton Nascimento, Gal Costa, Chico Buarque, Roberto Carlos, Edu Lobo, Ivan Lins, Djavan, Carlinhos Brown, Joao Bosco, to name a few.
In 2009 Jaques was developing a project with the great singer and composer Gilberto Gil: Concerto Cordas and rhythm machines.
The films have also been part of a very interesting life Jaques, In 2011 he was nominated for the "Movies Brazilian Academy" for his soundtrack "Olhos Azuis", a film by Joseph Joffily world.
Other film credits are the soundtracks of "Central Station" by Walter Salles, "Orfeu", "Tieta" and "Deus e Brasileiro" by Carlos Diegues.
"O Quatriho" and "Jacobin" Fabio Barreto (Oscar nominee) and "Paid" a German film by Laurence Lamers.
Another facet of Jaques highlight is the direction with orchestras such as the "NDR Symphony Orchestra Pops" (Hannover, Germany), the NDR Big Band (Hamburg, Germanhy), the WDR Big Band (Koln, Germany), Symphony Orchestra Bahia, Brasilia Symphony Orchestra, the Orquestra Sinfonica Petrobras (Rio de Janeiro), the Orquestra Jazz Sinfonica (Sao Paulo), the Orchestra of Radio Televisao Culture (Sao Paulo), the Sinfonietta de Lausanne (Swiss), Philharmonia Orchestra das Beiras (aveiros, Portugal) and the Sinfonietta de Lisboa (Portugal).
Since 2005, Jaques has also been developing its project in solitarioa with his "Cello Samba Trio" with two great companions and Brazilian musicians, Luia Galvao and Rafael Barata.
In 2014 they released their new album "Saudades do Futuro" ¨C Jaques Morenlenbaum Cello Samba Trio, with the label "Biscoito Fino / Mirante Records".
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