Rogério Duprat

The award-winning composer/arranger Rogério Duprat is primarily known for his fundamental influence on the Tropicalia movement. But, he is a successful author of over 40 film soundtracks, having also organized music for many artists. You start with cello lessons from Calisto Corazza, in 1953 he became a member of the Orquestra Sinfônica Estadual. For the reason that period, Duprat examined tranquility, counterpoint, and structure with Olivier Toni as well as the renowned Brazilian composer Cláudio Santoro. In 1955, he became a member of the Orquestra Sinfônica Municipal de São Paulo. In 1956, Duprat founded the Orquestra de Câmara de São Paulo, performing as its movie director in addition to a cellist. In those days, he was energetic being a composer for movie theater, Television, and movie theater. In 1962, Duprat shifted to Europe, as well as Júlio Medaglia and Damiano Cozzella, where he researched with Pierre Boulez, in France, and Karlheinz Stockhausen, in Germany — he was within the same course as Frank Zappa. In 1963, as well as composers Régis Duprat, Júlio Medaglia, Sandino Hohagem, Damiano Cozzella, Willy Correia de Oliveira, Gilberto Mendes, and Olivier Toni, most of whom had been deeply associated with contemporary experimentations in avant-garde music, released the Música Nova express. The document suggested, among other activities, a knowledge of art within the social market, an abolition of nostalgia, and the need of engaged artwork in people’s lives. The music created within the motion remains contemporary after nearly four decades following its creation. In 1963, as well as Cozzella, Rogério Duprat made a decision to compose pc music on a vintage IBM 1620, becoming attacked both by well-known and avant-garde composers. He also was employed by Television Excelsior as an arranger and conductor, remaining there before next yr. In 1964, his soundtrack for Walter Hugo Khory’s film A Ilha was granted with several awards. In 1965, he became a member of the concretista poet Décio Pignatari in the forming of the irreverent MARDA motion, which got fun spending “tribute” to bad-taste monuments in the town of São Paulo. A teacher from the renowned College or university of São Paulo, he, as well as a lot more than 130 professors and another amount of assistants and specialists, resigned following the armed service dictatorship’s Army overran the campus. In 1965, his soundtrack for Walter Hugo Khouri’s film Noite vazia gained honours. In 1966, unemployed and searching for brand-new creative expressions, he was presented by Medaglia to Gilberto Gil; who asked him to create the agreements for his melody “Domingo No Parque,” to become presented within the next Television Record Celebration (1967). That function would produce him an prize as the greatest arranger of this festival, that was made especially credited the song’s remarkable quality, as well as the Roquette Pinto trophy because the greatest arranger of the entire year. In 1966, he also was honored for his function composing soundtracks for the films Corpo Ardente (Walter Hugo Khouri) so when Cariocas (Walter Hugo Khouri, Fernando de Barros, and Roberto Santos). In 1968, Duprat composed the agreements for Gilberto Gil’s record Gilberto Gil, when both Gil and Caetano had been arrested. The record was an effort to avoid assault against them, because they would be linked to the broader culture. The vocals had been recorded in jail, with both playing their very own accompaniment over the violão plus a metronome and all of those other instruments added afterwards, subverting the fundamentals of creation. Also, Duprat composed the agreements for the collective-album/Tropicalia-manifest Tropicália ou Panis et Circensis. He’s the one keeping a chamber container over the album’s cover as though it had been a tea glass, alongside the main brands of Tropicalia. For the reason that same yr, he was the creative movie director of another Tropicalia work, the display Momento 68 (which toured Brazil and SOUTH USA), and had written all preparations for Nara Leão’s recording Nara Leão. Within the same yr, he earned the Galo de Ouro trophy, shown at Television Globo’s III FIC, for his preparations on Caetano’s “É Proibido Proibir”; as well as the André Kostelanetz Trophy, for his preparations for Caminhante Noturno. Also for the reason that yr, Duprat was the musical movie director for the popular Tropicalia display Divino Maravilhoso, and toured European countries using the Operating-system Mutantes. During Television Record’s IV FMPB, Operating-system Mutantes performed with Dom Quixote, organized by Duprat, such “nationalistic” tools like a mule’s peccary (a clear irony aimed toward xenophobic critics). In 1969, he had written the preparations for Caetano’s recording Caetano Veloso, and, in 1973, for Araçá Azul. In 1987, Duprat had written the soundtrack for the film Marvada carne (André Klotzel), that was awarded in the XVIII Event de Movie theater de Gramado using the Kikito Reward for greatest unique soundtrack. In 1997, he was the main topic of the documentary Rogério: Vida de Músico, offering exclusive video footage and interviews with Caetano Veloso, Gilberto Gil, Chico Buarque, Quarteto de Cordas perform Município de São Paulo, Orquestra Sinfônica de Tatuí, Grupo Experimental de Música Nova de Santos, Rita Lee, as well as the previous members of Operating-system Mutantes, amongst others.