Prof. Dr. Ute Fendler and Cluster fellow Alexandre Vieira on the African diasporic influence on Brazilian culture

Abstract

Abstract: In this episode, Cluster fellow Alexandre Vieira talks with his host Ute Fendler about the African influence on Brazilian music in general and his music in particular. For videos on the mentioned concerts please visit: Concert „Transoceanic Encounters" and Transoceanic Musical Lectures.

People & roles

Guest(s): Fendler, Ute; Vieira, Alexandre

Origins & context

Title: Prof. Dr. Ute Fendler and Cluster fellow Alexandre Vieira on the African diasporic influence on Brazilian culture
Language: English
Podcast series: Cluster Conversations
Date: September 8, 2023

Rights & access

Extent: 33 minutes, 0 seconds

Identifiers & sources

has URL: https://www.africamultiple.uni-bayreuth.de/en/1_4-Public-engagement_-engagement1/Podcasts/ClusterConversations/Episode-13/index.html

Further details

Episode number: 13

Full text

[Segment 1/2 | 00:00:00–00:20:00] [00:00:00] Speaker 1: [music] Cluster Conversations, a podcast by Africa Multiple. [00:00:18] Speaker 2: Good afternoon, Alexandre Vieira. These are the conversations in the context of Africa Multiple Cluster of Excellence. And I'm very happy that you are with us in Bayreuth for a couple of months already. And I would like to ask you to introduce yourself and also talk about your research project. [00:00:43] Speaker 3: Okay. I'm Alexandre Vieira, and I'm a musician from Salvador. I play the bass and I also sing. And my project is about this connection, about singing and playing. The name of the project is "The Rhythmic and Melodic Conundrum of African Diaspora Music," which is based on this inherent connection and creativity process. And, well, it's been a great time here, performing and researching, having beautiful insights coming from the exchange with the other fellows, and, well. [00:01:25] Speaker 2: Yeah, maybe we can go a little bit more into your into your research. I mean, you have presented it. You also gave some some presentations and even concerts here in in Bayreuth. So, we were really very lucky having you with us for a couple of months. Maybe you could give us a little bit more of context where where you're coming from and where your musical, let's say, your knowledge, your practice comes from. [00:01:52] Speaker 3: Okay. I come from Salvador, Bahia, but I was born in Maranhão, in the upper part of the northeast of Brazil. My father is from Bahia, from Santo Amaro. And when I was eight, about to get nine years old, I went to Salvador. We moved. And I started my musical life very early in my childhood. When I was about five, six, I don't know, really. I started watching my sister playing the guitar. She learned it from my father, and I learned from her, watching her playing. And that's where everything started. We were listening to long-play albums, bossa nova, samba, music from Bahia, but also Beatles and some… Read the full text about 4,404 words