Zapping Clínico gathers, fortnightly, the sofa discoveries of Camila, Francisco and Alice. The artistic creation and the creativity, stripped of any canon, defines the narrative of this rubric – traveling through the suggestion of concerts, talks and videos. In short, it is proposed – from the sofa -, a good moment on the sofa.
Zapping Clínico reúne, quinzenalmente, as descobertas de sofá da Camila, do Francisco e da Alice. A criação artística e a criatividade, despidas de qualquer cânone, assumem-se a narrativa desta rubrica – viajando pela sugestão de concertos, conversas e vídeos. No fundo, propõe-se – desde o sofá -, um bom momento de sofá.
“In your memory certainly dwells the gloomy period crossed by the world between 1933 and 1945. Drowned in racist and anti-Semitic morals, violence emerged and thousands of lives knew the soul of fear. The arts, as well as the Jewish people, assumed themselves as focus of the oppression of the Nazi regime. James Conlon, distinguished American conductor, shows us his yearning for the rediscovery, understanding and performance of the music of composers hidden by the Nazi regime. He describes, in an exciting way, his journey through the once dissimulated and forgotten musical environment.
What would it be like to live on a planet where creativity could not go out into the street?”
Camila Menino
"Art is stubborn, persistent! As living beings, we are and will always be doomed to experience some kind of tragedy, whether intimate or encompassing the entire world. While this is fundamentally harmful, it is also a strong creative stimulus for artists, especially when it directly affects them. That said, it would be strange not to reference the pandemic tragedy of our days, showing you the way a composer fights the impossibility of making music together. In his work Longing from Afar, Dai Fujikura requires that it should be played via video call, taking advantage of the delay between musicians as a fundamental characteristic, maintaining a language based on improvisation accessible to professional and amateur musicians. In addition, the instrumentation is completely free, so I invite you to listen not only to the version I show you of the Tohoku Youth Orchestra but also several others available on the composer's channel!"
Francisco Ribeiro
❝The paradigm of being a composer, the genesis of creation and boredom in the role of a creative agent.
Mark Applebaum talks intimately with us about his incessant escape from the conventional universe and his constant search for performative-compositional avant-garde. His desire to achieve a more interesting and appealing musical notation process leads us to the discovery of the graphic score, its audacity and recognition as a vehicle for multidisciplinarity.
If creativity takes us down this road, should we break traffic rules?❞
Camila Menino
❝A musician plays, sings, reproduces and creates according to what he knows and studies. André Mehmari and Mónica Salmaso are currently one of the best examples of complete musicians. From the song “Pra que discutir com madame”, popular music from Brazil, the duo explores the capabilities of music not leaving the Brazilian essence, but mixing it with other genres and styles. The certainty and “naturalness” of the singer in the face of the permanence of the rhythm on the tambourine and the change of rhythmic and linguistic games of the pianist is impressive. André Mehmari plays and creates thanks to his great versatility within various musical genres and demonstrates his refined piano technique playing both intensely and in a more sensitive and lyrical way. This video manages to show that creativity is born from a refinement of experiences and absorption of knowledge without prejudice. The result is this musical “conversation” that is both humble and simple and extremely rich and eclectic that encourages the use of art not only as entertainment but also as communication (between musicians and with the audience).❞
Alice Vieira
“The old question associated with the sectors that boost economic growth, remains on the hands of the great world patriarchs. It is axiomatic that the need to create and innovate the market, remains. In a world full of artists, it certainly shouldn't be a forgotten domain, but that's not quite the picture we know.
The cameras turn on, the projectors turn on and Mehret Mandefro enters the scene and shares with us his journey through Ethiopian lands. She shows us the admirable way in which, little by little, he brings culture back to life in the economic calendar of her homeland.
Before listening to Mehret’s words, ask yourself: Can you imagine the world without the creative sector?”
Camila Menino
❝In a world full of false information, recycled content and pointless debates, there is a tiny corner of the Internet filled with “niche” treasures occasionally discovered by the general public. Such is the case of this gem entitled “history of the entire world, i guess”, a YouTube video with over 127 million views! The premise is relatively obvious but the way it is presented is anything but ordinary. Is it even possible to talk about the history of the entire world in just 20 minutes? Of course not! And that's the joke! In a kind of information shooter combined with surprisingly sophisticated jingles, Bill Wurtz tackles this impossible challenge with unmistakable creative ingenuity! So, even if you like to visit the moon during history lessons, I guarantee that it completely steals your concentration, making 20 minutes feel like 5!❞
Francisco Ribeiro
❝Portuguese music continues to be target of disinterest and perceived as music with “lack of complexity”. In this concert of 20 years of career, Ana Laíns proves the opposite and tells us the story of our music – Portuguese popular music. The group interprets D. Dinis, Fernando Pessoa, Florbela Espanca, Zeca Afonso – among other poets -, regional popular songs and original pieces. Ana Laíns, an excellent singer, expresses all her love for Portuguese art along with an unlikely combination of instruments and presents us with amazing versions of popular music, enriching Portuguese melodies and rhythms. In addition to her voice, Ana invites other singers and folk groups that brighten the stage and make us want to jump out of our seats to sing and dance. The concert praises Portuguese traditions and the energy and quality of the musicians transforms it into a resistance movement that shows the quality of the Portuguese music industry, which sets the tone for getting to know each other more and more and highlights questions about our culture: Who are we? What music has our language?❞
Alice Vieira
❝The human voice is unquestionably the most natural and ancient musical instrument.
Disquieted by the limitations of his voice, Beardyman introduces us to the technological side of his portfolio – a machine that allows real-time music production through the manipulation of the human voice.
The musician and comedian, in this performative-exhibitory moment, dazzles us with the sound and creative potential of his voice. We travel through Nature, we stop to visit the Lapa's Church organ and even reach the Pink Floyd stage!
You who are chatty, have you ever thought that you can become great artists?❞
Camila Menino
❝In the contemporary era, as long as we are curious, questions are an endless source! Therefore, one of the great human phenomena that remains a mystery, are dreams. Naturally, such "bizarreness" is a valuable inspiration for artists, and today's case study is David Maslanka, a recently deceased American composer, famous for his works for wind orchestra. In his magnum opus A Child’s Garden of Dreams, Maslanka is inspired by the book Man and His Symbols of Carl Jung, focusing on a particular case represented in the book about the dreams of a little 8-year-old girl. Such dreams would have been written and given to her father at Christmas, shocking him by their surrealism, far beyond what a girl of her age should be able to imagine. A year after that Christmas, the girl dies of an infectious disease, leading the father to believe that his daughter's morbid dreams were an omen of her death. Maslanka chooses only 5 dreams for his work, treating each one as a movement. Each of these dreams is musically described in such a way that it's impossible not to have a visceral experience.❞
Francisco Ribeiro
❝Bach, what else? Well, maybe there's something else! For classical instrumentalists, especially pianists, violinists and cellists, Bach is a constant companion throughout his student life, often in a kind of love/hate relationship. Brad Mehldau, American jazz pianist, will certainly have spent many hours understanding Bach's music, as evidenced by the performance I present to you. At Grande Salle Pierre Boulez, Brad presents several mutations on Bach's works through something written in advance or even spontaneous improvisation. In this fragment we first hear the Prelude in C sharp minor from the first book of the well-tempered harpsichord, followed immediately by the piece Rondo. In this new version we hear a more in-depth, emotionally more complex and simply beautiful Bach. The difficult task of completely transforming Bach's music, elevating it to a new level without losing its essence is brilliantly accomplished – give it a try!❞
Francisco Ribeiro
Alice Vieira
Camila Menino
Francisco Ribeiro
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