Luís Cília
From Unearthing The Music
Luís Fernando Cília (b. Angola, 1943), is a Portuguese composer and musician.
Biography
Luís Cília is a protest singer who, while exiled in France, denounced the colonial war and the lack of freedom in Portugal. One of his best-known songs from that period, "Avante camarada", became an unofficial anthem for the Portuguese Communist Party. [1]
Born in Nova Lisboa (now Huambo), Angola, he moved to Portugal in 1959 to continue his studies. In 1962, he met the poet Daniel Filipe who encouraged him to put poetry to music. His first experiences in that field date back to that year ("Meu país", " O menino negro não entrou na roda", among others), later included in his first album, recorded in France, for the Chant du Monde publisher. In April 1964 he left for Paris, where he lived until 1974. In France he studied classical guitar with António Membrado and composition with Michel Puig. Between 1964 and 1974 he performed recitals in almost every country in Europe.
After his return to Portugal he continued to record albums, as a composer and performer and to perform live. As a musician, he recorded eighteen albums, some of which were dedicated to poets, such as Eugénio de Andrade ("The weight of the shadow"), Jorge de Sena ("Sinais de Sena") or David Mourão Ferreira ("Penumbra").
More recently, he has dedicated himself fully to composition, writing for Theater, Ballet and Cinema.
On June 9, 1994 he was made an Officer of the Order of Freedom. [2]
Discography
- 1964: Portugal-Angola: Chants de Lutte (Le Chant Du Monde)
- 1965: Portugal Resiste (Ep, Cercle du Disque Socialiste)
- 1967: La Poésie Portugaise de nos jours et de toujours 1 (Moshé Naim)
- 1967: O Salto (Single, UAF)
- 1969: La Poésie Portugaise de nos jours et de toujours 2(Moshé Naim)
- 1971: La Poésie Portugaise de nos jours et de toujours 3(Moshé Naim)
- 1973: Contra a ideia da violência a violência da ideia (Le Chant Du Monde)
- 1974: O guerrilheiro (Orfeu)
- 1974: O povo unido jamais será vencido/Uma Palavra antiga (Single, Orfeu)
- 1975: Resposta (LP, EMI)
- 1975: Canção Em Coro/Resposta (Single, EMI)
- 1976: Novembro/A Festa Nunca Acaba (Single, Guilda da Música)
- 1976: Memória (LP, Diapasão)
- 1978: Transparências (LP, Guilda da Música)
- 1980: O peso da sombra - A poesia de Eugénio de Andrade (LP, Diapasão)
- 1981: Marginal (LP, Diapasão)
- 1983: Contradições (LP, Diapasão)
- 1985: Sinais de Sena - A poesia de Jorge de Sena (LP, Diapasão)
- 1987: Penumbra - A poesia de David Mourão Ferreira(LP, Tejo/Transmédia)
- 1988: A Regra do Fogo - Música para bailados (CD, Tejo/Transmédia)
- 1995: Bailados - Música para bailados (CD, Strauss)
- Reedições
- 1973: Meu País (reedição ampliada de Portugal, Angola - Chants de Lutte).
- 1982: Cancioneiro (reedição deO guerrilheiro)(Diapasão/Sassetti)
- 1996: La Poésie Portugaise de nos jours et de toujours (compilação lançada na França dos LP's de 1967, 1969 e 1971).
References
- «A Internacional e Avante! Camarada»
- «Cidadãos Nacionais Agraciados com Ordens Portuguesas». Search results for "Luís Cília". Presidency of the Portuguese Republic. Retrieved on April 15, 2015
External links
- [http://www.luiscilia.com/ "Luís Cília's
official page"].
Text adapted from the Portuguese-language Wikipedia