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show | autoral
Livia Mattos
show | forró
São
João
show | carnaval
Folia
de Fole
show | duo
Lívia Mattos &
Loïc Cordeone
performance
Sanfona
Aérea
performance
Mono
Amour
Available band lineups:
- Complete
accordion / vocals, tuba, electric guitar, drums, percussion
- Trio
accordion / vocals, cello, percussion
- Duo
accordion / vocals, electric guitar
- Pocket show
solo - "À fole e fôlego"
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foto: Lara Lins
photo: Heder Novaes
photo: Lígia Rizerio
photo: João Milet Meirelles
photo: João Milet Meirelles
photo: João Milet Meirelles
photo: Tiago Lima
photo: Tiago Lima
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Livia Mattos composes her work influenced by her experiences in the city of Salvador along with references picked on the road always having the accordion as the creative base for the different dimensions of her music. She keeps waking freely on her poetry that ranges from serenade and lyricism to the playful charm of the popular festivities from the urban Bahia and the Caribbean dances. She has on both hands the bellows and the breath to try different lineups on the shows, exploring the novelty that the variety of sounds and accents can bring to her work. There is plenty of repertoire filled with mazurcas, baiões, waltzes, kompas, samba, guarânias, xotes and rhythmic creations.
Available band lineups:
- Standard
accordion / vocals, zabumba (bass drum), triangle / cowbell, bass guitar, electric guitar, drums
* customizable lineups
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photo: Heder Novaes
photo: Carola Costa
photo: Carola Costa
photo: Heder Novaes
photo: Heder Novaes
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POXA!
ESSE CASE AINDA NÃO TEM UM VÍDEO.
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This show represents the traditional June festivities from northeastern Brazil. Amongst xote, xaxado, baião and arrasta-pé, the accordion plays the leading role on the rhythms that pulls everyone to the dancefloor. Masters such as Dominguinhos, Luiz Gonzaga, Jackson do Pandeiro, Marinês, Trio Nordestino and João do Vale are always in the set list. This young accordionist goes from town to town in Brazil and the world showing this traditional repertoire and the spirit of celebration for more than ten years. Dubliners (IE), Londoners (UK), Lillers (FR) and Berliners (DE) have all danced over her.
Available band lineups:
- Standard
accordion / vocals, tuba, drums, bass guitar, percussion, clarinet
- Optional
two or three accordions, bass guitar, drums, electric guitar, percussion
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photo: Lara Lins
photo: Lara Lins
photo: Lara Lins
photo: Lara Lins
photo: Lara Lins
photo: Sidney Rocharte
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SEGURA O FOLE!
EM BREVE POSTAREMOS UM VÍDEO INCRÍVEL DESTE CASE.
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Folia de Fole is a show that proposes carnival dances surprisingly played in the accordion. The repertoire comes from ancient carnival festivities that represents the three different regions of Brazil: Bahia, Pernambuco and Rio de Janeiro. Frevos, marchinhas, ancient rumbas are all mixed together in a big party! The project was inspired by the music legacy of Sivuca who spread the frevo repertoire on the accordion with splendor.
Available band lineups:
- Compact
Lívia Mattos - accordion / vocals
Loïc Cordeone - accordion / vocals / portuguese guitar
- Complete
Lívia Mattos - accordion / vocals
Loïc Cordeone - accordion / vocals / portuguese guitar
+ guitar / electric guitar, percussion
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photo: Gilles Brochand
photo: Gilles Brochand
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This is a duet formed by Bahian accordionist Livia Mattos and French-Portuguese multi-instrumentalist Loïc Cordeone. This partnership began in July 2013 in Paris when they composed the song “O que eu quero levar” on their very first encounter. The recorded piece is available online. The duet is formed by two accordions although other instruments are also used, mixing various references from diverse musical regions and personal tastes. This way, the rhythmic universe wanders around kompa, samba, Caribbean mazurca, musette, fado, forró, waltz and Balkan music influences, providing an interesting background for the process of creating as a duet.
Available setups:
This performance is also available in other setups, please contact.
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photo: Produção Lívia Mattos
photo: Samuel Macedo
photo: Patrícia Pereira Monteiro
photo: Patrícia Pereira Monteiro
photo: Patrícia Pereira Monteiro
photo: João Milet Meirelles
photo: Secretaria de Cultura de São Paulo
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Playing the accordion few meters from the ground suspended on air. That is more like it. Sitting on a trapeze, flowing on a yodel, hanging from a crane, or whatever lets her play in high places, the circus accordionist Livia Mattos is up for it! The height until now has varied from 6m to 60m up from the ground. This can be either an instrumental or a singing performance.
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photo: João Milet Meirelles
photo: João Milet Meirelles
photo: João Milet Meirelles
photo: João Milet Meirelles
photo: João Milet Meirelles
photo: João Milet Meirelles
photo: Carola Costa
photo: Carola Costa
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Mono Amour is a performance created from the research project developed by the circus performer and musician Livia Mattos. Through the accordion, the monocycle and acrobatic movements a dive of love is experienced, the feminine, the never-ending flow of life in bellows and wheels. It arose from the flowing concept: if you stop, you fall. Supported by Secretaria de Cultura da Bahia (SECULT-BA) the process revealed itself as the number MONO AMOUR, where the artist comes to play the accordion whilst balanced in the monocycle. The number lasts 12 minutes and can be adapted to other formats depending on the proposal.
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Livia Mattos started her career in the circus where she gravitated towards the accordion as a stage resource. Thenceforth, she entered the musical scene playing in various bands and performances. She debuted her solo project in 2008. Livia’s first performance was in Salvador da Bahia, and continued in Sao Paulo where she played in several projects in different establishments, such as Prata da Casa in SESC Pompeia, Catarse, Casa de Francisca, Virada Cultural de Sao Paulo, Projeto Viva Vila, and many others. In 2009, she released her first EP kindly produced by Oswaldinho do Acordeom [Oswaldinho of the accordion]. In 2011, the Edital Vivaldo Ladislau (FUNCEB) sponsored Livia’s circulation project, which enabled her to perform her show in the countryside of the Brazilian northeastern state of Bahia. She performed in many important Brazilian festivals but as of 2012 Livia blossomed in international festivals such as the “Akkorden Festival Wien” in Viena, “Accordions Around the World” in New York City, “Sommerwerft – International Theater Festival” in Frankfurt, “Festival de Forró” in Lille and Clazz, in Tallin. Livia Mattos is part of the band of the singer-songwriter Chico Cesar in shows around the world, participating in festivals such as Conexão Latina (SP) and Grand Mix du Brésil (FR). In 2015, she toured with Chico Cesar’s band following the release of his latest album “Estado de Poesia”.
In her quest for sonority, she uses the accordion as an instrument of research and creation with enough freedom to orbit through cosmopolitan and traditional folk influences, mixing the serenades’ lyricism and the Caribbean dance as well as musical references that recalls the circus and the Brazilian northeastern cultures. Besides her solo performance, she also presents two other thematic shows inspired by popular festivities: FOLIA DE FOLE, carnival repertoire played on the accordion, and JUNINA, traditional repertoire from Sao Joao celebrations. Livia Mattos co-created an accordion duet with the French-Portuguese accordionist Loïc Cordeone, with whom she has composed in partnership. She works with soundtrack production for audiovisual content and shows and performances from different regions and participates in circus and musical shows. Bachelor in Sociology at Universidade Federal da Bahia she also researches about music in circus, an academic project that records interviews with veteran circus performers.
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Instrumentalist, singer, songwriter, circus performer and bachelor in sociology. She is into creating soundtracks, especially ones for live performances, and the interfaces of artistic languages and thoughts. She treasures the experience of taking different places into her music. She cares for living. And creating.
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Instrumentalist, singer, songwriter, circus performer and bachelor in sociology. She is into creating soundtracks, especially ones for live performances, and the interfaces of artistic languages and thoughts. She treasures the experience of taking different places into her music. She cares for living. And creating.
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