Marlui Miranda

Marlui Miranda is a Brazilian singer, musician, and researcher known for her performances of indigenous music from the Amazon.[1] She has collaborated with Brazilian musicians Gilberto Gil, Egberto Gismonti, Milton Nascimento, and Nana Vasconcelos.

Marlui Miranda
Marlui Miranda at the Brazilian Music Awards 2015
Born1949 (age 71–72)
Fortaleza, Brazil
NationalityBrazilian
OccupationSongwriter, ethnomusicologist
Years active1970s-present

Life

Miranda was born in Fortaleza in Northeast Brazil. She moved to Rio de Janeiro in 1971 and studied classical guitar with the musician Turíbio Santos.[2] Miranda has conducted extensive research on Brazilian indigenous music, and was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1986 that supported the creation of her early music.[3] In the 1990s, Miranda performed as a vocalist and guitarist with the Brazilian instrumental group Pau Brasil, whose album Babel was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Jazz Instrumental Performance.[4] The 1991 adventure film At Play in the Fields of the Lord, set in the Amazon River Basin, features Miranda's contributions to the soundtrack and language creation for the fictional Niaruna tribe.[5] Her 1995 album Ihu Todos Os Sons presented music from the Nambikwara, Yanomami and Jabuti peoples of Brazil arranged and performed by Miranda and featuring appearances by Gilberto Gil and Uakti.[6][7]

In 1998-1998, Miranda taught as a Visiting Professor at the University of Chicago Department of Anthropology.[8] Miranda was awarded the Brazilian Order of Cultural Merit in 2002.[9]

Selected discography
  • Olho D`Agua (Warner, 1979)[10]
  • Revivencia (Memoria, 1986)
  • Rio Acima (Memoria, 1989)
  • Paiter Merewa (Memória, 1987)
  • IHU, Todos os Sons (Pau Brasil, 1995)
  • Kewere: Rezar (Pau Brasil 1997)
  • Ponte entre Povos (SESC-SP 2005)

References
  1. Coronel-Molina, Serafín M.; McCarty, Teresa L. (2016). Indigenous Language Revitalization in the Americas. Routledge. p. 257. ISBN 978-1-135-09235-1. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
  2. Madden-Matos, Alexis (2 September 2010). "Oslo World Cinema Foundation Event 2010". Film from the South. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
  3. "John Simon Guggenheim Foundation - Marlui Miranda". Retrieved 22 March 2020.
  4. Calado, Carlos. "Pau Brasil: Three decades of brazilian instrumental music". Pau Brasil. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
  5. "AT PLAY IN THE FIELDS OF THE LORD (1991)". AFI CATALOG OF FEATURE FILMS THE FIRST 100 YEARS 1893–1993. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
  6. McGowan, Chris; Pessanha, Ricardo (1998). The Brazilian sound : samba, bossa nova, and the popular music of Brazil. Temple University Press. ISBN 1566395453.
  7. Woodard, Josef. "Marlui Miranda: IHU, Todos os Sons". JazzTimes. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
  8. "Complete List of Tinker Visiting Professors, 1981–2018" (PDF). University of Chicago. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
  9. "Marlui Miranda - The Montgomery Fellows". The Montgomery Fellows Program. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
  10. "Anima - Marlui Miranda". www.animamusica.art.br. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
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