Biografia Rodrigo Costa Felix - Fado
Neste álbum, produzido por Mário Pacheco, com uma dedicatória e nota introdutória de Adriana Calcanhotto, canta poetas como Fernando Pessoa ou Vinícius de Moraes, clássicos como “Vendaval” e fados originais de Mário Pacheco e Fontes Rocha.
O último CD de Rodrigo Costa Félix, “Fados de Amor” (Farol música), foi editado em maio de 2012. Como letristas podemos destacar o próprio Rodrigo que escreve (e compõe) dois temas, Tiago Torres da Silva que assina dois poemas e ainda Guerra Junqueiro (em “Morena”) ou Pedro Homem de Mello (em “Fonte”), entre outros.
Rodrigo Costa Félix is one of the greatest Fado
references of his generation. Professional for over 30 years, he has a way of
being on stage that is distinguished by elegance, sobriety and maturity. From
his already significant curriculum we can highlight:
- Performances on the most important national stages,
tours and concerts in dozens of countries;
- Concert by guitarist Mário Pacheco at the Palácio de
Queluz (2005), alongside Mariza, Camané and Ana Sofia Varela, recorded on CD /
DVD, awarded by Songlines magazine as one of the best of the year;
- Highly successful tours in the USA in 2013 and 2014;
- Participation in the biggest Fado festivals in
Portugal and abroad;
- Amália Rodrigues Foundation Award for best Fado
album of 2012 with “Fados de Amor”.
- Nominated for Best World Music Artist 2015 -
Songlines Magazine
He participated in the first record of the so-called
new generation of Fado, the CD “Alma Nova” in 1994, but his first solo CD,
“Fados D’Alma”, was recorded only in 2008.
In this album, produced by Mário Pacheco, with a
dedication and introductory note by Adriana Calcanhotto, Rodrigo sings poets
like Fernando Pessoa or Vinícius de Moraes, classics like “Vendaval” and
original fados by Mário Pacheco and Fontes Rocha.
“Fados de Amor” (Farol music), was published in May
2012. As lyricists we can highlight Rodrigo himself who writes (and composes) two
themes, Tiago Torres da Silva who signs two poems and Guerra Junqueiro (in
“Morena”) or Pedro Homem de Mello (in “Fonte”), among others.
“Fados de Amor” was distinguished in 2013 by Fundação
Amália Rodrigues with the prize for best album of the year. The CD's single,
“Amigo Aprendiz” by Tiago Bettencourt, was elected by the American magazine
“The Atlantic” as one of the best ballads of 2012 in the world. Also, to
mention the duets with Katia Guerreiro (in “Morena”) and with the Angolan singer
Aline Frazão in “Fado Contido”.
At the end of 2014, he edited his multi-artist project
“Brincar aos Fados” which aims to make Fado known to the younger generations.
In this project, names such as Camané, Cristina Branco, Katia Guerreiro,
Mafalda Arnauth or Celeste Rodrigues, among others, participated. On June 1,
2017, an illustrated book of short stories was published around the theme of
Fado, also produced by Rodrigo, who also signed 3 of the 12 short stories.
He collaborated in the production and performed in the
first edition of the Fado Festival in Morocco, which will have its 4th edition
this year. In 2019 he collaborated in the production and performed in the first
edition of the China Fado Festival. He has also been producing various shows
and giving workshops and lectures on Fado in Portugal and abroad.
His new album, “Tempo”, was released in March. The
first single, “Lisboa é Assim”, is already running on national radios.
In "Tempo" Rodrigo definitely takes on his
lyricist side by signing 6 of the 12 original themes. The others are by
contemporary poets such as Tiago Torres da Silva, Vasco Gato or José Fialho
Gouveia. Essentially based on traditional Fados, it also includes new melodies
by Pedro Jóia, Tiago Machado, Luiz Caracol or Rogério Charraz.
"Tempo" recently arrived on the
national stages, in an intimate, intense and emotional concert, characteristics
that for 25 years have defined Rodrigo Costa Félix's live career.
British Songlines, the most important world music
magazine, just acknowledged “Tempo” as a Top of the World album, describing it
as “beautiful and inventive” and “another outstanding disc for fado
aficionados”.
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