[Brazil@Harvard] Reminder: Brazil Week

Brazil Week at Harvard April 19 - 23 The Music From Brazil April 19 – Wednesday – From 6 to 8 pm Documentary Aboio (Cattle Callers). 2003. Brazil. Directed by Marilia Rocha. In Portuguese, English subtitles. 73 min. In the Brazilian outback, cowboys preserve their age-old customs, communicating with their cattle in a form of plaintive singing known as aboio. Their voices resound with an improvised, ancient form that dates from the Moors of Iberia. Location: Lecture Hall (S010) ­ Concourse Level - CGIS BUILDING, 1730 Cambridge Street April 20 – Thursday – From 6 to 8 pm Anita Coelho Brazilian Jazz Ensemble Anita Coelho, whose roots combine both Belém do Pará, Brazil and New England, will bring her vocal talent to Harvard backed by a dynamic and talented quartet to perform contemporary arrangements of lesser-known Bossa Nova tunes by many of Brazil's most celebrated composers, including Vinicius de Moraes, Toninho Horta, Chico Buarque, Joyce, Milton Nascimento, Carlos Lyra and Antonio Carlos Jobim among others. Coelho sings in Bossa Nova and Chorinho styles of Brazilian music and is backed by a sensational line-up to include Sergio Brandao on Guitar, Alexei Tsiganov on Piano, Gilad Barkan on Bass and Renato Malavasi on Drums. Location: Lecture Hall (S010) ­ Concourse Level - CGIS BUILDING, 1730 Cambridge Street April 21 – Friday – From 12 to 2 pm Conversations about “Tropicalism” Christopher Dunn, Tulane University, Associate Professor, Department of Spanish and Portuguese and African and African Diaspora Studies Program Nicolau Sevcenko - Visiting Professor of Romance Languages and Literatures – Harvard University Location: Lecture Hall (S010) ­ Concourse Level - CGIS BUILDING, 1730 Cambridge Street Please note: This presentation will be in Portuguese. April 23 – Sunday – From 3 to 5 pm An Afternoon of Brazilian Classical Music Music by Solati Trio Ludmilla Lifson, Piano SophiaHerman, Violin Hrant Tatian, Cello Works by Villa-Lobos, Camargo Guarnieri, Lorenzo Fernandez, Oswaldo Lacerda, and Henrique Oswald Location: Paine Hall – Music Department – Harvard University ALL ACTIVITIES ARE FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC Purposes The purpose of the Fourth Brazil Week at Harvard is to bring together scholars, leaders, members of the local community, and Harvard’s students to discuss the richness and variety of Brazilian music. In addition to showcasing, examining, and celebrating the international character and appeal of Brazil 's song and dance music, we will explore lesser-known genres such as Brazilian classical music, aboio (Brazilian cowboys’ plaintive singing), and Brazilian Tropicalism. Another important purpose of this event is to strengthen relations among the Brazil program at DRCLAS, the Harvard Brazilian Students Organization, and DRCLAS Student Advisory Board. To accomplish this goal, we are involving these different organizations in the conceptualization, planning, and implementation of Brazil Week.