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Jorge Lima Barreto
10+ albums
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Jorge Lima Barreto began his musical activity in the late 1960’s with a series of interventions in experimental and Jazz music. A graduate in Art History and a doctorate in Musicology and Social Communication Theory, he is also a music critic and theorist, writing many books about music and producing radio programs, lessons, essays, interviews, e.a. In the 1970’s he founded Anar Band, recording electroacoustic compositions with Saheb Sarbib and Carlos “Zingaro”. In 1982 he founded the duo Telectu with Vítor Rua, recording an extensive discography as well as composing music for theatre, cinema, poetry and video. As a pianist and poly instrumentist he has played and recorded with musicians like Nuno Rebelo, Evan Parker, Chris Cutler, Jac Berrocal, Louis Sclavis, Paul Lytton, Tim Hodgkinson, Eddie Prévost, Giancarlo Schiaffini, Ikue Mori, Paul Rutherford, Barry Altschul, Tom Chant, John Edwards, Sunny Murray, Sei Miguel, Elliott Sharp and Herb Robertson, performing in showrooms of cities like Moscow, New York, Paris, London and Peking. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.
