Pedro Ayres Magalhães

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Pedro Ayres Magalhães (2005, with Madredeus )

Pedro Ayres Ferreira de Almeida Gonçalves Magalhães (born July 31, 1959 in Lisbon ) is a Portuguese musician.

Life

From 1976 to 1981 he attended the National Conservatory in Lisbon (today Escola Superior de Teatro e Cinema ). He was a co-founder of Portugal's first punk band, Os Faíscas (German: Die Blitze), from which the New Wave group Corpo Diplomático (German: Diplomatic Corps) emerged. After the end of 1981 Magalhães founded the pioneering pop band Heróis do Mar with some of his bandmates .

In 1982 he co-founded the independent label Fundação Atlântica (German: Atlantic Foundation) and also produced various records by other musicians, including the LPs Sonho Azul (German: Blue Dream) by Né Ladeiras (1983) and Dar & Receber (German : Blue Dream) . : Give and take) by António Variações (1984). He subsequently wrote texts and music for artists such as Pilar , Rão Kyao , Lena D'Água and the Delfins , of which he was also a member of the band. In 1984 he released his only record under his own name, a maxi single with two instrumental pieces.

In 1986 he co-founded the Portugal pioneering concert agency Malucos da Pátria ( Eng : Crazy of the Fatherland), with bands such as Sétima Legião , Heróis do Mar , Xutos & Pontapés , Delfins and Mão Morta . In 1989 the concert agency União Lisboa was created , which set new standards in terms of professionalism and size in Portugal. As part of this activity, some well-known musicians from bands such as Xutos & Pontapés, Delfins, Santos & Pecadores u. a. around Magalhães to found the supergroup Resistência , which had great success in Portugal from 1990 to 1994 with concerts and two studio and one live album.

With Rodrigo Leão , his longtime musical companion Carlos Maria Trindade and the singer Teresa Salgueiro , he founded the group Madredeus in 1986 , which in the 1990s became the most internationally successful Portuguese music group to date. By April 2012, she had sold around 3 million records, two thirds of which were abroad, and gave around 1,000 concerts, around 700 of which were abroad.

After a leading role in 1987 in the film Duma Vez por Todas (German: once and for all) by director Joaquim Leitão , he only appeared occasionally as an actor, including with Madredeus in 1994 in the much-acclaimed film Lisbon Story , by German director Wim Wenders . He also contributed the score to some films and television series, partly as a composer, partly with Madredeus as an interpreter

Bands

Solo release

  • 1985: O Ocidental Infernal (12 "maxi single; EMI / Valentim de Carvalho , catalog no. 1775686)
    • Side A: O Ocidental Infernal (Instrumental, 5:35) (Title Translation: The Infernal Western)
    • Side B: Adeus Torre de Belém (Instrumental, 9:40) (Title translation: Goodbye Torre de Belém )

Filmography (selection)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Salwa Castelo-Branco: Enciclopédia da Música em Portugal no Século XX, L – P. Temas e Debates, Lisbon 2010, ISBN 978-989-644-108-1 , pp. 730 f.
  2. ↑ www.gazetadosartistas.pt , accessed October 10, 2012
  3. ↑ www.cinema.sapo.pt ( Memento of the original from August 12, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed October 10, 2012 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / cinema.sapo.pt
  4. ↑ www.imdb.de , accessed on October 10, 2012
personal data
SURNAME Magalhães, Pedro Ayres
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Almeida Gonçalves Magalhães, Pedro Ayres Ferreira de (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Portuguese musician, composer and record producer
DATE OF BIRTH July 31, 1959
PLACE OF BIRTH Lisbon , Portugal