Rolando Boldrin

Perhaps one of the most important followers of “caipira” (hillbilly) music on nationwide Television shows, Rolando Boldrin can be an accomplished musician, having had his music recorded with achievement by many important performers, and in addition having an huge single discography. His biggest strike, “Vide-Vida Marvada,” continues to be documented by Renato Teixeira and Pena Branca e Xavantinho, amongst others. He also proved helpful as an professional in the movie theater, theater, and Television, and acquired three Television shows where he brought caipira music to all or any parts of Brazil, adding decisively towards the updating from the genre. Rolando Boldrin began to play the viola at seven, with 12 produced the duo Boy e Formiga along with his sibling, which performed on the neighborhood radio. Shifting to São Paulo, he proved helpful small jobs to produce a living. At 22 (in 1958), Boldrin agreed upon his first agreement with Rádio Tupi, taking part regularly in four to five daily improvised displays, where he found present many newbie performers, including Chitãozinho e Xororó. Boldrin also proved helpful as an professional in has (like Gorki’s The Innocents, aimed by José Celso Martinez Corrêa with a soundtrack penned by Chico Buarque) and 25 cleaning soap operas. In 1961, Boldrin acquired one of is own songs, “Papéis certainly Velhos” (with Geraldo Vietri), documented for the very first time by his wife Lurdinha Pereira. Using the success from the melody, he composed the maxixe “Perform Que European union Gosto Mais,” included on Pereira’s second record. During the documenting, Palmeira (caipira musician and Chantecler’s A&R movie director at that time) asked him to sing, and that is how he premiered as a vocalist. His first single LP, O Cantadô, premiered in 1974. Fighter for the reason for the rootsy caipira (hillbilly) music, Boldrin became the articulator, manufacturer, and web host of a number of important nationwide Television shows like Som Brasil (from 1981 to 1984 at Television Globo, continued soon after without Boldrin), Empório Brasil (Television Bandeirantes), Empório Brasileiro (SBT), and Estação Brasil (CNT).