Rodrigo Leão

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Chart placements
(preliminary)
Explanation of the data
Albums
Passion
  PT 7th 33/2003 (11 weeks)
Cinema
  PT 1Template: Infobox chart placements / maintenance / NR1 link 27/2004 (33 weeks)
O Mundo (1993-2006)
  PT 6th 48/2006 (23 weeks)
Portugal, To Retrato Social
  PT 11 45/2007 (12 weeks)
A Mãe (with the Cinema Ensemble )
  PT 1Template: Infobox chart placements / maintenance / NR1 link 27/2009 (34 weeks)
Equador (with Sérgio Godinho )
  PT 18th 21/2010 (3 weeks)
Ave mundi luminar (with the Vox Ensemble )
  PT 13 45/2010 (6 weeks)
A Montanha Magica
  PT 1Template: Infobox chart placements / maintenance / NR1 link 49/2011 (13 weeks)
Songs (2004–2012)
  PT 11 50/2012 (9 weeks)
O Espírito De Um País
  PT 1Template: Infobox chart placements / maintenance / NR1 link 41/2014 (18 weeks)
A Vida Secreta Das Máquinas
  PT 7th 10/2015 (4 weeks)
O Retiro
  PT 2 44/2015 (34 weeks)
Life Is Long (with Scott Matthew )
  PT 2 40/2016 (17 weeks)
O Aniversario
  PT 3 14/2018 (15 weeks)
Os Portugueses
  PT 2 27/2018 (21 weeks)
O método
  PT 1Template: Infobox chart placements / maintenance / NR1 link 9/2020 (... Template: Infobox chart placements / maintenance / provisional / 2020 where.)

Rodrigo Costa Leão Muñoz Miguez (* 1964 in Lisbon ) is a Portuguese musician and composer .

Life

Leão became known through his musical compositions and his participation in Portuguese bands. He co-founded the bands Sétima Legião (1982) and Madredeus (1985). As his solo career began to take shape, he decided in 1993 and 1994 to quit these bands.

His solo work combines a combination of modern-classical compositions with more traditional song forms and instrumentations . Various artists have participated in his recordings and tours , for example Lula Pena or Adriana Calcanhotto at Alma Mater and Beth Gibbons and Ryuichi Sakamoto at Cinema .
The spectrum of his work is compared with that of the film composer Angelo Badalamenti .

His album Cinema was very successful in Portugal: It reached number one in the sales charts and the concerts in Portugal and Spain were often sold out. In this album you can see the eclectic roots of his music and the influence of cinema. He has provided the music for film and television productions several times, for example in the French-Portuguese, cheerfully melancholy cinema production Portugal, mon amour or in the US film Der Butler (both 2013).

In 2014, Rodrigo Leão was invited by the Portuguese Parliament to give a concert to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Carnation Revolution . In front of thousands of spectators on the wide stairs of the parliament building, he played on April 25, 2014 together with the Sinfonietta de Lisboa symphony orchestra , with Fadista Camané as a singer . The drum group Gruppo de Percussões de Lisboa and the children's choir Coro Juvenil da Fundação Musical dos Amigos das Crianças also performed. A highlight was the interpretation of the song Grândola, Vila Morena , accompanied by historical film recordings. The concert was then released on CD and DVD and topped the Portuguese sales charts. His two following albums in 2015 also hit the Portuguese charts.

Discography

  • Ave Mundi Luminar , 1993
  • Mystery (EP), 1995
  • Theatrum , 1996
  • Alma mater , 2000
  • Pasión , 2003
  • Cinema , 2004
  • O Mundo (1993-2006) (Collection), 2006
  • Portugal, Um Retrato Social (Soundtrack), 2007
  • A Mãe , 2009 (partial edition with DVD)
  • A Montanha Mágica , 2011 (partial edition with DVD)
  • O Espírito De Um País , 2014 (live, partial edition with DVD)
  • A Vida Secreta Das Máquinas , 2015
  • O Retiro , 2015
  • Life Is Long (with Scott Matthew ), 2016
  • O Aniversário (2018)
  • Os Portugueses (2018)
  • Cérebro - Mais Vasto Que o Céu (2019)
  • O método (2020)

swell

  1. ↑ Chart discography Portugal
  2. ↑ Chart entries Rodrigo Leãos at www.acharts.co
  3. ^ Radio show "CD of the week" by MDR FIGARO, June 24, 2013
  4. ↑ CD / DVD publication O Espírito de um País - 25 de Abril | 40 anos, ao vivo na Assembleia da República , Sony Music 2014
  5. ↑ Entry on the album O Espírito de um País on www.acharts.co, accessed on December 1, 2015
  6. ↑ Overview of the chart positions Leãos at acharts.co; accessed on December 1, 2015

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personal data
SURNAME Leão, Rodrigo
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Leão Muñoz Miguez, Rodrigo Costa (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Portuguese musician and composer
DATE OF BIRTH 1964
PLACE OF BIRTH Lisbon