Angela Frontera
Angela Frontera (* 1965 in Belo Horizonte ( Minas Gerais )) is a Brazilian percussionist .
Career
As the daughter of a pianist and a singer, she naturally had access to music. Her first musical instrument was the electronic drums (the drum computer) on her father's Hammond organ . It was while playing with these beats that she discovered her talent and passion for percussion.
Angela started a professional career as a teenager and played with Cauby Peixoto in the big clubs of São Paulo . One of her projects was - under the direction of the director Naum Alves de Sousa - the participation in the musical "Mulheres de Holanda", by the composer Chico Buarque . The singer and guitarist Badi Assad also appeared in this piece.
In 1993 she was encouraged by her friend and mentor Alan Gordin, manager of the renowned show club "Stardust", with the words: "If you can do it here, you can do it anywhere". So she moved to Germany and became an important figure in the Brazilian music scene, the Latin and soul scene.
Among the artists she has worked with are: Nina Hagen , Grace Jones , Airto Moreira , Hector Costita, Rosanna & Zélia, Edo Zanki , Six was Nine, Lou Bega and Ivan Santos. On several occasions she played as a guest in the "Harald Schmidt Show Band".
Your most important collaboration is that with the Brazilian duo " Rosanna & Zélia ". Lately Angela has been intensifying her excursions into the world of percussion in northeastern Brazil ( Côco , Maracatú , Baião ). She joined Ivan Santos' band and worked on his project “Songs from Nowhere”. From this cooperation on Santos' fusion of black African and Caribbean rhythms ( funk , reggae , etc.) she drew new energies, which resulted in the project "Pop with Soul".
Since 2006 she has also been a member of WitchCraft with Lindy Huppertsberg (bass) and Yelena Jurayeva (piano). Since 2010 she has also been part of the regular Kick La Luna cast .
Discography
- Talisman (2002)
- DVD WitchCraft - Live on SWR (2009)
Web links
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Frontera, Angela |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Brazilian musician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1965 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Belo Horizonte |