musician, from sao paulo, brazil. email kiperrone@yahoo.com.br

Singer Songwriter

Lu Horta flies solo and accompanied
Multiple talents. They are all directed toward music.
The singer, composer and body percussionist Lu Horta was part of the creation of the body percussion group Barbatuques. She is also a performer in the group and she is responsible for the vocals. She travels with the group all over Brazil and all around the world performing and teaching vocal and body percussion workshops. She has also released three cds with the group, O Corpo do Som (2002) and O Seguinte e esse (2005), which received the “Premio Tim de Musica” prize in 2006. The group also released the live DVD Corpo do Som in 2007 and Tumpa, their third cd in 2012.
Parallel to her work with Barbatuques, she knows how to shine on her own on stage. In 2003 she released her first solo CD called Lu Horta.  The repertoire includes her own compositions and new pieces by Chico Cesar and Arnaldo Antunes.
“Paraiso Eu”, the third CD was released in 2009. It reflects her maturity as a composer and as an interpreter. It is her most intimate work. In this CD Lu Horta revisits pieces by Arnaldo Antunes, Vitor Ramil, Leandro Bomfim, and Luciano Pessoa in addition to her new partnerships.
Lu Horta Is now recording her latest work, A Noiva da Cidade. It’s a multimedia music project that incorporates her research on eletronic and acoustic sound and it will be released on the web by May of 2013.  This project has been developed with the musician and producer Marcelo Effori, with whom she has been preforming on stage in Brazil and in the US (they were in New York City in October of 2012). They were also selected to present this work in the most prestigious independent music festival in the US, the SXSW 2013. 
Lu Horta invites us on an adventure with her gentle voice, nice poetry and her unique pop melody. No one can resist it.

“The sound is original and polished. All is expressed with the security of someone who has something to say and is finding  the best way to do so. Serene soul and firm pulse.  Longing for her singing more and more.”
Arnaldo Antunes

Mariá Portugal has been active in the Brazilian musical scene since 16 years old, recording, performing and touring throughout South America, Europe, Asia and Oceania with artists like Arrigo Barnabé, Elza Soares, Metá Metá, Maria Beraldo, Maggie Nicols, Charlotte Hug, Angelika Niescier, Gerald Cleaver, Ute Wasserman, Caroline Kraabel, Sarah Gail Brand, Joëlle Leandre, Billy Martin, Jasper van't Hof and Paul van Kemenade.

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Among her main projects is the Brazilian instrumental group Quartabê, which is currently promoting their third album. The band has already performed in festivals such as Festival Jazz & The City, in Salzburg, Austria (2017), Moers Festival, in Moers, Germany (2018), Nijmegen Music Meeting, in Nijmegen, Netherlands (2018), Frue Festival in Japan and Festival Internacional de Jazz de Buenos Aires, Argentina (2019).

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As a composer, she has been performing and composing original music for dance, theatre and cinema.

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In 2020, Mariá lived in Moers, Germany. as the 13th Improviser in Residence of the Moers Festival, where she played with Angelika Niescier, Gerald Cleaver, Burkhard Beins, among others. She is currently living in Duisburg.  

  

Mariá holds a degree in Composition from UNESP (São Paulo State University) and a M.A. in Communication and Semiotics, from PUC-SP (Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo).

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Produtor musical , baixista e compositor,  foi um dos formadores dos cultuados grupos "Nau" e "Zero" nos anos 80. 
Tem trabalhado com diversos artistas e grupos, entre eles Dulce Quental, Dinho Nascimento, Laura Finokiaro, Patricia Coelho, Mawaca, Marcos Santurys, Corciolli, Eletrobossa, Arabesque, Os Guanabaras, Klezmer Brasil, entre outros. 
Atua com competencia e bom gosto em varios idiomas musicais, como mostra seu portfolio.
Participou do I Concurso de Marchinhas Carnavalescas do Novo Rio Antigo em 2006 na categoria de Marchas Eletronicas recebendo o premio de 2a melhor produção do concurso. (ver musica: Mulata Ieieie, em produções eletronicas)
È formado em arquitetura pela FAUUSP, tendo inclusive trabalhado como designer gráfico em publicidade por 10 anos
Atualmente é baixista e diretor musical do grupo Hy Brazil (http://soundcloud.com/hy-brazil) e produtor de trilhas e jingles no estudio Loop .

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