Fernando Alvim. The discreet filigree of steel strings – iOnline

It has been known in the media as “the shadow”, that discrete point in the music map from which light up all the other stars. A presence as modest as genial, guarding the backs of men and women to the fate of the rudder, and beyond. Steel strings Purchased in 1957 to guitarreiro Joaquim Grácio went round the world, conquered the country, and no longer separated from the fingers of the performer, following him up to the troop, where Fernando Alvim entertained the hosts.

“The story of my life is a lot of tape,” shared in an interview with i in 2011, at the launch of a double disc that joined fado, jazz, bossa and tango, with Antonio Zambujo, Rui Veloso or Carlos do Carmo among the guests, then joined the virtuoso who died yesterday at age 80, after a long period of hospitalization.
It started early in the history of music teacher who rented a guitar before having his. For ten years, the mother, who fell asleep at the piano, the sound of Chopin, encouraged him to learn the cello. Eighth of thirteen children, born in Cascais, followed by the viola in the path of Fernando Gui-San Payo de Sousa and Alvim, more accessible and transportable instrument, and the initial hearings with Professor Duarte Costa, at age 12. Thus began in classical studies, augmented with the frequency of the National Conservatory, and with the lessons in the summer months led by Professor Emilio Pujol.

At 14, the House Luso, fell in love with the voice of Amalia and the fado. “He asked to play, looking for violists and learned. I pulled a practical training as well, “then described this conversation with i. At 21, began his career as a companion in fado houses. And with the lady of the national song, discussing the weight of the canons, would record “Ant Bossa Nova”, a foray into bossa blessed by Alexandre O’Neill verses.

The Hot Club, let yourself be captivated by jazz and the sound of legends like Jim Hall, Barney Kessel, Herb Ellis, and Jimi Hendrix; and microphones National Radio, in the 60s, contributed to the dissemination of Bossa Nova in the “New Wave” program.