Amazonas Band presents band and repertoire in open rehearsal, with free admission

Meeting with the Amazon Band

Formed by more than 20 musicians and coordinated by conductor Rui Carvalho, the Amazonas Band is part of the Corpos Artísticos do Amazonas

Manaus (AM) — Have you ever imagined participating in an open rehearsal with a big band and still knowing details of the presentation and arrangements? This is the purpose of the “Meeting with the Amazonas Band”, which will take place this Sunday (12), starting at 11 am, with free admission, at Teatro Amazonas.

Formed by more than 20 musicians and coordinated by conductor Rui Carvalho, the Amazonas Band is part of the Corpos Artísticos do Amazonas. She has already shared the stage with great national and international artists, in addition to hosting the Amazonas Green Jazz Festival, considered the biggest jazz event in Latin America. He has also recorded the CDs “Amazonas Jazz com Vinícius Dorin”, released in 2010, and “Amazonas Band invites Gilson Peranzzetta and Mauro Senise”, in 2013.

Conductor Rui Carvalho will command the orchestra, presenting the work done by the musical group. Currently, Rui Carvalho is one of the main conductors in the country, with a career recognized by major world artists, in addition to being the artistic director of the Amazonas Green Jazz Festival.

“The open rehearsal, which will take place next Sunday, intends to present the work of Amazonas Band, what the group does, what composition is, what arrangement is and how the work of rehearsing a work is processed, in addition to addressing aspects technical and aesthetic. During the rehearsal, in an informal way, the public will be invited to interact with the musicians on stage, as in a chat”,

comments the regent.

According to the Secretary of Culture and Creative Economy of the State, Marcos Apolo Muniz, programs like this one by Amazonas Band serve to awaken public interest in the musical production of Amazonas.

“Awakening the interest and turning the gaze of the Amazonian population towards our artistic bodies is essential for the culture of our state. And, at this point, the Amazonas Band makes a valuable contribution”,

says the secretary.

musical partnerships

The Amazonas Band stands out in the national scene for providing shows of the highest level to the audience of Manaus, performing with renowned artists. Among them, it is worth highlighting the concerts with singer Leila Pinheiro, who has more than 40 years of career and was responsible for the closing presentation of the Amazonas Green Jazz Festival, in 2022, in addition to the jazz saxophonist, composer, arranger and leader of big band in Los Angeles, Bob Mintzer.

They also shared the stage with the band from Amazonas: the North American instrumentalist Ed Sarath; São Paulo soprano sax Marcelo Coelho, who holds a PhD in music; one of the greatest trombonists in the world, John Fedchock; American pianist Dave Hanson; American jazz saxophonist James Sidney Greene Jr; among many others.

Regent

Conductor Rui Carvalho is Portuguese, but has lived in Manaus since 2001 when he was invited by the Secretariat of Culture to direct the Amazonas Band. He began his career in the 1970s in Sweden with music studies. There, Rui acted as a drummer and performed with great artists.

In 1978, Rui Carvalho came to live in São Paulo, where he performed with different groups and genres. From the 1990s, Rui Carvalho began to dedicate himself to the study of arrangements and had his first work published in the United States, in 2000.

As an educator, he coordinated the Percussion Course at the Tatuí Conservatory (SP) and, in Manaus, he was coordinator of the Quality Inspection of Musical Education at the State University of Amazonas (UEA), in 2002. He also organized a baccalaureate in Popular Music , which was approved by the Ministry of Education (MEC) in 2002. In addition, he has a doctorate in Music from the University of Campinas (Unicamp), with an unprecedented thesis on the Boi-Bumbá de Parintins.

*With advisory information

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