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ZEF– Produções

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This project, under the name of Ficções (fictions), founded by Rui Luís Pereira, guitarist and composer, goes back for almost two decades, therefore being one of ancient groups in the “area” of the improvised music in our country.  

        To define this music, we could say that, beyond the natural influences of Jazz in what concerns improvisation, we can feel also a Mediterranean flavour composed of several “mixtures”-- Iberian, African, Arab-Andalusian echoes and an Atlantic glimpse compose this “imaginary folklore”.

         With three records (Aqua, 1992; Zambra ,1995; Ocidental Praia ,2001 ), this group has already knew several forms and musicians and has been present in several festivals in Portugal and abroad such as, among others, the Festival Maré de Agosto (Açores, 1992, 1996), International Jazz Festival of Macau (1995), Grenoble Jazz Festival (France, 1997), Encontros com Portugal (Brazil, 1998), Expo 98 (Lisbon,1998), Festival de Música de Câmera/JazzFest de Curitiba (Brazil, 2002), Festival de Jazz de Portalegre (2006), Jazzin Tondela (2006), Composjazz (Spain,2007),etc.

            Musicians:

            Rui Luís Pereira (Dudas) - Guitars, Oud

            Guto Lucena --Sax, Flute

            João Paulo -- Piano

            Massimo Cavalli -- Electric and Acoustic Bass

            Carlos Miguel -- Drums

Rui Luís Pereira

Curriculum

    A true nomad of continents and musical experiences, Rui Luís Pereira (“Dudas”) was born in Macao and with two and a half years old goes to Mozambique. In the beginning of the seventies, in the former Lourenço Marques, now Maputo, he is part of the locally famous group named “Conceito” where as a soloist he makes already a fusion of influences that go from the “blues” and “rock”, “jazz” up to African influences.

     In 1975 he goes to Lisbon, Portugal, enters the “Conservatório Nacional de Música” and the “Academia de Amadores de Música” where he studies classical guitar up to the 6^th grade with Piñero Nagy.  He also attends the “Festival Costa do Estoril” guitar courses, directed by Alberto Ponce, and the Percussion and rhythm course. Among other experiences in the area he was present in the courses then given by the contemporary composer Jorge Peixinho, for example.

    On the sphere of the improvised music he attends the jazz courses at the “Hot Club de Portugal” in the beginning of the eighties (and for about 2 years) with several Portuguese and North American teachers. At the same time he participates in several workshops namely those given by the French group “Workshop de Lion” – with Louis Sclavis – and other workshops given by John Abercrombie and Kenny Burrel among others.

    In other areas he is present in several courses/ workshops on African music, among others, those from the ethno-musicologist  Gerhard Kubik, at the “Museu de Etnologia” in Lisbon. 

     Starts his activity as a professional musician in 1980, having played and/or recorded with several local artists and musicians such as Rão Kyao, Pedro Caldeira Cabral (La Batalla), Sergio Godinho and Fausto, among others. 

     He founds the group “Ficções” (Fictions) in 1988, where he is the musical director and main composer. In the year 1992 the group records his first work “AQUA” (PolyGram) and three years later “ZAMBRA” (PolyGram, 1995) and “OCIDENTAL PRAIA” in 2001.Since then, and with this project he has made many concerts around Portugal and has been present in several festivals around the world such as the “Maré de Agosto” International Festival (Azores, 1992 and 1996), International Jazz Festival of Macao (1995), Festival do Ramo Grande (Azores, 1997), Grenoble Jazz Festival (1997), “Encontros com Portugal no Rio de Janeiro” (Brazil, 1998), “Expo 98” (Lisbon), JazzFest de Curitiba (Brazil, 2002),Fest de Jazz Maio Lindo Maio de Portimão (2005), Jazzin Tondela (2006), Composjazz (Spain,2007) etc.

    Among other musical projects he also worked with the bass player and composer Carlos Barreto, playing Portuguese guitar, and was a founder of a “Chorinhos Trio” with Brazilian and African musicians, collaborates as arranger and instrumentalist with Janita Salomé,  Filipa Pais and the group “Lua Extravagante” and was a member of the singer’s Amélia Muge group. He also has a project with Africa musicians of Guiné-Bissau – Guto Pires and Mayo Kopé – named “SIMBY”.

    In 1999 he plays with the “Global Jungle Orchestra” (of the guitar player and composer Paulo Martins) as an arranger, co-director and performer, where he worked with names like John Stubblefield, Graham Haynes, Hamid Drake, Frank Colon, Carlos Zíngaro, Carlos Bechegas, João Paulo and others.

     In the last 12 years he exercises the activity of musical director of the theatre group “MAIZUM” to whom he composes original music for several plays. In the area of the cinema he is the author of the original music for several movies. He was invited to be the musical director of a TV program (series) about Africa directed by Vasco Pinto Leite, following a first collaboration in 1996 on a piece dedicated to the famous Mozambican painter Malangatana.

     In October 1999 produced and directed in Lisbon his third record with the group “Ficções”, an album named “OCIDENTAL PRAIA”.

   More recently (in 2000) he opened with his group the exhibition of the painter and personal friend Malangatana, opened the “Torres Vedras Jazz Festival” and in July played in Lisbon at the 3 day-festival “Músicas deste Mundo” (Musics of this World) where Ficções performed just before the Trilok Gurtu’s “African Fantasy” and where other well know musicians where present (Adam Rudolph, Christy Doran, Bill Laswell, Toshinori Kondo, Carlos Zingaro, Hamid Drake and others).

In these last 5 years he has been a member  of the Didier Labbé Octet playing electric and acoustic guitars, Oud and also composing , a project fusioning Jazz and mediterranean influences that gathers musicians from Portugal, Spain and France and with a CD “Passejada” recently launched (2005).

Over the last two decades he was also been teaching in several music schools and workshops around the country.

Selected discography

• “Ocidental Praia” – with “Ficções”,2001 (Author’s edition)
• “Zambra”, Ficções, 1995, PolyGram
• “Aqua”, Ficções, 1992, PolyGram
• “Passejada”, with Octet de Didier Labbé  (2005)

Also appeared as performer and/or arranger in (among others):

• “Raiano”, with Janita Salomé
• “Lua Estravagante”, with Lua Estravagante
• “Duas Faces”, with Pedro Caldeira Cabral
• “Resistência”
• “A Preto e Branco”, with Fausto
• “A Ópera Mágica do Cantor Maldito”, with Fausto
• “Para Além das Cordilheiras” with Fausto
• “O Despertar dos Alquimistas”, with Fausto
• “Pássaros do Sul”, with Mafalda Veiga
• “Salão de Festas”, with Sergio Godinho
• “Coincidências”, with Sergio Godinho

Original music for Theatre

• 1998 - “Comedia dos Enganos”, by Claudio Hochman
• 1997 – “Comedia Ulissipo”,  Teatro MAIZUM (screenplay Silvina Pereira)
• 1995 – “Camões – tanta guerra, tanto engano”, Teatro MAIZUM
• 1993 – “Portugaru-San” , Teatro MAIZUM
• 1991 and 1992 – “Florbela”, Teatro MAIZUM
• 1988 – “Lisboa Monumental”, Teatro MAIZUM
• 1987 – “Um jipe em 2ª mão” , Teatro MAIZUM (screenplay by Adolfo Gutkin)
• “A Rua dos Fantasmas”, Teatro MAIZUM

Original music for Cinema

• “A janela” and “O despertador”, from Júlio Alves
• “Portugaru-San”, from Paulo Rocha
• “O Judeu”, from Jom Tob Azulay  ( Brasil/Portugal)
• “O binóculo Russo” from Carlos M. Vasconcelos

Original music for Television

• program about the Mozambican painter “Malangatana” and program “Encontros de África”, directed by Vasco Pinto Leite (2001).