Alceu Valença

Alceu Valença (lahir 1 Juli 1946) adalah penyanyi, musisi, dan penulis lagu Brasil. Alceu Valenca lahir di pedesaan Pernambuco, Brasil Timur Laut. Ia dianggap sebagai artis paling sukses dalam mencapai keseimbangan estetika antara musik tradisional timur laut Brasil dan beragam suara dan efek elektronik dari musik pop. Di sebagian besar lagunya, kita dapat menemukan jejak maracatu, coco dan "repentes de viola" (improvisasi musik rakyat Brasil yang bertempo cepat). Valença dapat memanfaatkan gitar elektrik, bass elektrik, dan akhir-akhir ini bahkan synthesizer ditambahkan ke cakupan alat musiknya yang luas. Karena itu, Valença mampu menciptakan kembali musik tradisional Timur Laut, seperti baião, coco, toada, maracatu, frevo, caboclinhos, embolada dan repentes: semuanya dinyanyikan dengan latar belakang musik yang terkadang rock terkadang terdengar alternatif. Musik dan temanya tidak berwujud, universal, dan tidak terbatas. Namun, dasar estetikanya adalah musik asli Brasil Timur Laut. Alceu Valença lahir di São Bento do Una di Brasil Timur Laut. Ketika dia masih muda, dia biasa mendengarkan lagu-lagu Dalva de Oliveira, Orlando Silva, Sílvio Caldas dll. Ketika dia berumur 5 tahun, dia berpartisipasi dalam kontes musik, menyanyikan lagu Capiba. Beberapa tahun kemudian, ibunya jatuh sakit dan keluarganya pindah ke Recife untuk tinggal di rumah bibinya. Pada periode ini, Valença mulai tertarik pada beberapa alat musik, seperti gitar akustik dan viola. Namun, dia baru memenangkan gitarnya sendiri ketika dia berusia 15 tahun. Pada tahun 1970, Valença memperoleh gelar sarjana hukum di Recife Law School. Namun, ia hanya mengikuti karirnya selama beberapa bulan. Faktanya, di awal tahun 1970-an, alasan dia tidak punya waktu untuk berkarir di bidang hukum adalah karena dia sudah terjun ke dunia musik. Ia memulai karir musiknya pada tahun 1968, dengan grup Underground Tamarineira Village, yang kemudian dikenal sebagai Ave Sangria. Dia juga bermain dengan Zé Ramalho dan Elba Ramalho selama periode ini. Pada tahun 1972, dia bergabung dengan Geraldo Azevedo. Bersama-sama, mereka berpartisipasi dalam banyak festival dan, pada tahun yang sama, merekam album pertama mereka: Alceu Valença & Geraldo Azevedo, juga dikenal sebagai Quadrafônico. Sepanjang karirnya, Valença merekam lebih dari 20 album dan berkeliling banyak negara, seperti Portugal, Perancis, Belanda dan Amerika Serikat. Sebenarnya, dia dianggap sebagai salah satu eksponen musik Pernambuco terhebat. Terakhir, dengan dirilisnya Três Tons de Alceu Valença pada tahun 2013, sebuah kotak berisi lagu-lagu lama Cinco Sentidos (1981), Anjo Avesso (1983) dan Mágico (1984) semua karya solo Alceu Valença tersedia dalam bentuk CD. Pada tahun 2014, albumnya Amigo da Arte dicalonkan untuk Anugerah Grammy Latin untuk Album Roots Brazil Terbaik. Sumber: Artikel "Alceu Valença" dari Wikipedia dalam bahasa Inggris, berlisensi CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Alceu Valença (born July 1, 1946) is a Brazilian singer, musician, and songwriter. Alceu Valenca was born in the countryside of Pernambuco, Northeast Brazil. He is considered the most successful artist in achieving an aesthetic balance between traditional northeastern Brazilian music and a broad range of electronic sounds and effects from pop music. In most of his songs, one can find traces of maracatu, coco and "repentes de viola" (improvising fast-paced Brazilian folk music). Valença could utilize the electric guitar, the electric bass, and lately even a synthesizer was added to his broad scope of musical instruments. Because of that, Valença was able to recreate Northeastern traditional music, like baião, coco, toada, maracatu, frevo, caboclinhos, embolada and repentes: all sung with a sometimes rock sometimes alternative sounding music background. His music and his themes are intangible, universal and unlimited. However, his aesthetic basis is genuinely Brazilian Northeastern music. Alceu Valença was born in São Bento do Una in Northeast Brazil. When he was young, he used to listen songs by Dalva de Oliveira, Orlando Silva, Sílvio Caldas etc. When he was 5 years old, he participated in a music contest, singing a song by Capiba. Some years later, his mother got sick and his family moved to Recife to live in his aunt's house. In this period, Valença got interested in some musical instruments, such as acoustic guitar and viola. However, he only won his own guitar when he was 15. In 1970, Valença earned a law degree at the Recife Law School. However, he only followed the career for a few months. In fact, in the early 1970s, the reason he had no time for a law career was that he had already launched into a musical direction. He started his musical career in 1968, with the group Underground Tamarineira Village, later known as Ave Sangria. He also played with Zé Ramalho and Elba Ramalho during this period. In 1972, he joined Geraldo Azevedo. Together, they participated of many festivals and, in that same years, recorded their first album: Alceu Valença & Geraldo Azevedo, also known as Quadrafônico. Along his career, Valença recorded more than 20 albums and travelled around many countries, such as Portugal, France, Netherlands and United States. Actually, he is considered one of the greatest exponents of the music of Pernambuco. Finally, with the 2013 release of Três Tons de Alceu Valença, a box with the oldies Cinco Sentidos (1981), Anjo Avesso (1983) and Mágico (1984) all of Alceu Valença's solo work is available on CD. In 2014, his album Amigo da Arte was nominated for the Latin Grammy Award for Best Brazilian Roots Album. Source: Article "Alceu Valença" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.