Media Release WITH MUSIC BY MARCELO BRATKE AND CAMERATA BRASIL, AND FILM/SCENERY BY MARIANNITA LUZZATI, “TOM JOBIM PLURAL” WILL PLAY ONE SHOW IN SERGIPE Show is part of the national tour sponsored by Vale visiting another five cities Pianist and conductor Marcelo Bratke and the Camerata Brasil (an orchestra of young musicians from underprivileged areas of Brazilian society) are taking the TOM JOBIM PLURAL project on a national from July to December. The T idea for the tour came from Bratke himself and artist Mariannita Luzzati, who is responsible for the show's film/scenery. The show is free and sponsored exclusively by Vale (via the Cultural incentive law - the Rouanet Act). There will be a single show in Aracaju at the Atheneu Theater on September 4, at 8 pm. Organized by Bratke and Mariannita, the project will visit ten cities in eight Brazilian states. The tour begins in Itabira (MG), on July 17, and after visiting Aracaju it will also go to São Luís (MA) and São Paulo (SP), in September; Vitória (ES), Belo Horizonte (MG), in November, and Corumbá (MS), in December. "We are very happy to once again help showcase Brazilian culture while also training young talent and providing access to culture in areas areas where the company operates", said Vale Fertilizantes general manager for Communications and Corporate Affairs, Paulo Eduardo Batista. A homage to Antonio Carlos Jobim (1927 – 1994), a composer from Rio de Janeiro, the project focuses on the symphonic elements and the environmental themes in his work, particularly one of his main sources of inspiration: nature. Based on this, when Marcelo Bratke and Camerata Brasil play play a repertoire of memorable Tom Jobim songs, such as Modinha, Saudades do Brasil, Choro, As Praias Desertas, Estrada Branca, Sabiá, Wave, Luiza and Samba de Avião, the film/scenery produced by Mariannita Luzzati will be projected on a screen at the back off the stage, with moving images focusing on Brazilian nature. Gerência Geral de Comunicação Vale Fertilizantes Cristina Gonçalves Tel.: 13 3362-9931 | 13 8128-6644 [email protected] Acesse este media release em: www.valefertilizantes.com/comunicacao Media Release "The idea is take the audience on an imaginary visual and audio trip through Brazilian nature, Jobim's biggest source of inspiration", said Marcelo Bratke. Profiles Marcelo Bratke - A Brazilian pianist living in London, Bratke has played at the most renowned concert halls in the world, including the Carnegie Hall, Festival de Salzburg, Queen Elizabeth Hall, Wigmore Hall, Konzerthaus, Berlin and Suntory Hall, in Tokyo. He has built a successful uccessful career overcoming a serious congenital problem affecting his vision that has limited his sight from childhood until he was 44, when he undertook a high risk procedure in Boston (US) and started the really see the world for the first time. Is story story has been told in a book written by English writer Kate Snell, who also authored a biography of Princess Diana. Although usually involved in more classical music, Marcelo Bratke has travelled beyond the frontiers of this universe. He has collaborated with British jazz pianist Julian Joseph, percussionist Nana Vasconcelos and pop singers Sandy and Fernanda Takai. He has also recorded duets with pianist Marcela Roggeri and soprano Rosana Lamosa. An observer of social and cultural contrasts in Brazil, Brazil, he is dedicated to transforming are into a means of social engagement. In 2006, he created Camerata Brasil, a partnership with the Vale Foundation. Recently, he has also worked with a number of groups of young Brazilian percussionists, part of his Carnival Trilogy music project which has visited France, Germany, England, Argentina, South Korea, Northern Ireland and the USA. His trip to the US was reported on the front page of the New York Times, under the title The Two Brazils Combine for Night at Carnegie Carnegie Hall. Hall Over the next three years, Marcelo Bratke will also be heading up the “Villa“Villa Lobos Worldwide” project, an international campaign to promote the music of Gerência Geral de Comunicação Vale Fertilizantes Cristina Gonçalves Tel.: 13 3362-9931 | 13 8128-6644 [email protected] Acesse este media release em: www.valefertilizantes.com/comunicacao Media Release Villa Lobos. The project includes a complete recording of his works for solo piano on 8 CDs Ds with the Britânica Quartz record company, concerts in Europe, the US and Asia and production of a documentary in English for international TV. Marcelo Bratke studied at the Juilliard School of Music, in New York. He has received a number of awards, including the first Concorso Internazionale di Musica Tradate,, in Italy, the "Revelation" award from the Sao Paulo Art Critics' Association (APCA); the Carlos Gomes award, the Classic Discoveries award in England, ngland, the Brazil in Germany 2006 award and the Brazilian International Press Award 2011. His CD dedicated to the Le Groupe des Six,, by Jean Cocteau, was considered one of the best classical recordings of all time by British magazine Gramophone. Camerata Brasil – Marcelo Bratke has been increasingly involved in how art can engage in social development and in 2006 he partnered with the Vale Foundation to create Camerata Brasil, an orchestra set up to train young musicians from underprivileged areas of Espirito Santo, where there had previously been no opportunity for the academic study of music. Through this project, the youngsters involved have been introduced to the competitive music market in brazil and abroad. In just five years, Camerata Brasil Brasil has held four major national tours, playing at some of the largest concert halls in Brazil: from Sala São Paulo to the Municipal Theater in Rio de Janeiro; from the Palácio das Artes, in Belo Horizonte, to the mega concert at Copacabana beach, where Bratke and his Camerata shared the stage with the Brazilian Symphony Orchestra and Kurt Masur, among others. There have been 52 public concerts and 46 teaching concerts in 28 Brazilian cities, as well as DVDs and CDs and concerts abroad. Their first international concert was in Japan during a tour that included shows at some of Japan's most famous concert halls, including the Shirakawa Hall, in Nagoya, and the Suntory Hall, in Tokyo. In 2012, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs chose the project project for its international campaign to promote the works of Villa-Lobos, Villa Lobos, under the title "The Villa-Lobos Villa Gerência Geral de Comunicação Vale Fertilizantes Cristina Gonçalves Tel.: 13 3362-9931 | 13 8128-6644 [email protected] Acesse este media release em: www.valefertilizantes.com/comunicacao Media Release Box", which included distributing the DVD “Alma Brasileira – Marcelo Bratke e Camerata Brasil” to 20,000 Brazilian and foreign diplomats worldwide and a series of concerts celebrating Villa-Lobos Villa Lobos and Brazil in Europe and the US. Marcelo Bratke and Camerata Brasil recently played a memorable concert at Carnegie Hall, in New York, York, which was acclaimed by the American public and praised by critics from the The New York Times, New York Post and Concert Net USA. Mariannita Luzzati - Born in Sao Paulo, she held her first individual exhibition in 1989, at the Sao Paulo Cultural Center, when she started being represented by Galeria Subdistrito. The same year, year, the received her first award at the Nation Art Salon. In 1993, she received the award for print acquisition on show at the Machida City Museum, in Tokyo, and was invited to take part in the Panorama of Current Brazilian Art at the Sao Paulo Museum of Modern Art. A year later, she was chosen to represent brazil zil at the 22nd International Biannual Exhibition in Sao Paulo and was subsequently invited to exhibit in Germany, France, Spain, the US and England, where she has been living since 1994 and is represented by the Purdy Hicks Gallery. She has exhibited at major institutions in brazil and abroad, such as the Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo, the Museums of Modern Art in São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro and Bahia, the Museums of Contemporary Art in São Paulo and Curitiba, the Museu Nacional de Belas Artes in Rio de de Janeiro, the Palácio das Artes in Belo Horizonte and the Vale do Rio Doce Museum in Vitória, the Museu Nacional de Buenos Aires, the Museum Of London, the Haus Der Kulturen Der Welt, in Berlin, the Maison Saint Gilles, in Brussels, and others. He works are part of major domestic and international collections, including the Fundação Itaú Cultural in São Paulo, the Fundação Biblioteca Nacional in Rio de Janeiro, the Fundação Cultural in Curitiba, the Fundação Padre Anchieta TV Cultura, in São Paulo, ulo, the Museu de Arte in Brasília, the Machida City Museum of Graphic Arts, in Tokyo; Pinacoteca do Estado in São Paulo, the Gerência Geral de Comunicação Vale Fertilizantes Cristina Gonçalves Tel.: 13 3362-9931 | 13 8128-6644 [email protected] Acesse este media release em: www.valefertilizantes.com/comunicacao Media Release Centro Cultural Dragão do Mar, in Fortaleza, Musei Civici de Lecco e MIDA, in Scontrone, Italy, the British Museum, in London, the Essex Collection, Collection in England and others. Mariannita Luzzati was recently chosen to take part in the "Women, Artists and Brazilians" exhibition at the Palácio do Planalto in honor of President Dilma Rousseff. Event “Tom Jobim Plural 2012” – Marcelo Bratke and Camerata Brasil + Mariannita Luzzati Marcelo Bratke - pianist and conductor Camerata Brasil - Lucas Anízio de Melo: Melo violin; Lucas Oliveira dos Santos: Santos cello; Ariel da Silva Alves, flute;; Jean Michel de Freitas: clarinet; Leonardo H. Miranda de Paula: percussion Mariannita Luzzati - film/scenery film/ Program Modinha Choro As Praias Desertas Estrada Branca Sabiá O Grande Amor Meu Amigo Radamés Canção em Modo Menor Wave Gerência Geral de Comunicação Vale Fertilizantes Cristina Gonçalves Tel.: 13 3362-9931 | 13 8128-6644 [email protected] Acesse este media release em: www.valefertilizantes.com/comunicacao Media Release Inútil Paisagem Luiza Samba do Avião Sergipe Date: September 4 (Tuesday). Time: 8 pm Place: Atheneu Theater São Paulo Date: September 30 (Sunday) Time: 11 am Place: Sala São Paulo Gerência Geral de Comunicação Vale Fertilizantes Cristina Gonçalves Tel.: 13 3362-9931 | 13 8128-6644 [email protected] Acesse este media release em: www.valefertilizantes.com/comunicacao