Alceu Valença, Acting - KorPlix:Korean Person Archives

Back

Back

Top

Korplix
Korean Online
Content Archives

0
0.289

Alceu Valença
Acting

Alceu Valença
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1946-07-01,São Bento do Una, Pernambuco, Brazil
Gender
Male
Biography
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.

Filmography

Alceu Valença - João Rock

0

Alceu Valença - João Rock
2019-06-15

The Night of the Scarecrow

5.9

The Night of the Scarecrow
1974-06-14

Lendas Brasileiras

10

Lendas Brasileiras
2008-01-01

The Man Who Bottled Clouds

0

The Man Who Bottled Clouds
2008-07-28

Sérgio Ricardo: Uma Outra História do Cinema Novo

0

Sérgio Ricardo: Uma Outra História do Cinema Novo
2024-04-06

The Telescope of Time

7.1

The Telescope of Time
2014-09-25

0

Valencianas
2015-06-20

Nas Paredes da Pedra Encantada

0

Nas Paredes da Pedra Encantada
2011-04-30

7

Viva São João!
2002-06-14

Vinicius para Criança: A Arca de Noé

0

Vinicius para Criança: A Arca de Noé
1980-10-10

Rock in Rio 30 Anos

8

Rock in Rio 30 Anos
2015-01-11

João do Vale, Muita Gente Desconhece

0

João do Vale, Muita Gente Desconhece
2005-01-02

Alceu Valença - Na Embolada do Tempo

10

Alceu Valença - Na Embolada do Tempo
2019-06-14

All for the Music

0

All for the Music
2018-06-19

Salve o Prazer!

0

Salve o Prazer!
2020-06-24

Jackson: Na Batida do Pandeiro

4

Jackson: Na Batida do Pandeiro
2019-07-21

0

Vamos Tocar
2016-04-03

0

O Som do Vinil
2007-09-13

0

BIS Docs
2013-02-04

Criança Esperança

0

Criança Esperança
1986-12-28

6.2

Champs-Elysées
1982-01-16