Botafogo French alliance brings to Brazil the pocket opera "Boum Mon Boeuf, offering an eclectic repertoire with popular music from Corsica and merengue Venezuela

Saturday, day 24 August, at 11 am in the auditorium of AF Botafogo. Admission is free!

The French Alliance presents Botafogo Saturday, to 11 hours the pocket opera "Boum Mon Boeuf" with singer and musician Claire Luzi (voice, mandolin and accordion) and Rio musician Cristiano Nascimento (steel guitar 7 strings and trombone), to sing, touch and lyricism rely on the origin of the French expression “to beef !”, in Portuguese "make an ox!”, which is nothing when French musicians informally meet to make a sound.

The story began in the double 2005, Luzi when Claire came to Brazil to study the Brazilian mandolin and met Cristiano crying in wheel, he touched, in Largo do Machado (RJ). Since then, They not separated more. In 2007, They created the company "La Roda", which is responsible for spreading the cry in Europe. From there began organizing crying wheels between Aix-en-Provenve and Marseille (French cities).

La Roda born of these fruitful meetings and exchanges of French-Brazilian inspiration, entering the frenzied circle dance that leads the hybrid and original compositions. Ten years of action and twice the passion. The taste of tradition anchored in a resolutely contemporary universe. Expression of printed cultures with the South American oral transmission, meeting place and echoes in the heart of the Provencal territory.

“Boum My Beef"Offers a proprietary blend and that goes from the popular repertoire of Corsica to merengue Venezuela. With performances for children from 5 years, but also enchant the general public, the show is a true invitation to travel through the discovery of traditional songs between France and Brazil.

After having produced the tour Duo Luzi Nascimento 2014 and 2016 the Ze Boiadé, La Roda co-produced with the delegation of the French Alliances of Brazil the Boum Mon Boeuf ride. Steps planned for the tour 2019 of 'Boum My Beef' Vão ser 6 French alliances: Rio de Janeiro, Campinas, Araraquara, São José dos Campos, Brasilia, Goiânia and Porto Alegre.

Por que "Boum my Beef ?”

A mandolin and a guitar that make an ox, original songs, an enchanted steer Brazil, a nostalgic tune of Darius Milhaud, an ox on the roof, a carnival samba, are the ingredients of this musical spectacle.

Mas o que é Boum my Beef? Making the ox? It's a strange way to call these informal musical gatherings! The music leads us to discover the Parisian atmosphere of the crazy, time of a bistro called “An Ox on the Roof”.

Let us rediscover the inspirations of Darius Milhaud composer who spent two years of his life in Rio de Janeiro, where he brought some musical ideas (and cattle!) for their compositions. In The River, samba brings us to a frantic carnival 1917, which will resume in chorus a song called "The Ox on the Roof".

And what this bull was doing on the roof? The answer is maybe my Boi Bumba, a musical tradition and dance of northeastern Brazil where they speak of enchanted ox.

About Claire Luzi

Claire Luzi plays mandolin, accordion and sings. He was a student of the singer Teca Calazans, He studied classical piano at the Aix-en-Provence Conservatory, along with the popular mandolin Corsica with his great-uncle Charles Luzi. Claire was originally a song and choir director before turning to the stage. invited in 2004 the Opéra National de Montpellier, also participated in the Global Mandolin Orchestra Project. On the occasion of this contemporary world music project, she played alongside Olivier Chabrol, Under Cristóbal, Hamilton de Holanda, Ricardo Sandoval, Patrick Vaillant. She went to Brazil in 2005 to study mandolin with Pedro Amorim at the School Portable Music in Rio de Janeiro, Marco Caesar in Recife, then many crying wheels and samba throughout Brazil.

About Cristiano Ristiano Nascimiento

Cristiano Ristiano Nascimiento plays guitar 7 strings and trombone. Originally from Rio de Janeiro, Brasil, he is a guitarist, composer and arranger 7 strings. His music is nourished by crying, Samba, Forró, but also by the Candomblé and sounds of the great composer and multi-instrumentalist Hermeto Pascoal Brazilian. Trained at the prestigious school Villa Lobos, It is the samba choro music that Cristiano forged the sound of his guitar and his musical personality. His works are now published by 'Editions d'Oz'.

See more:

Teaser 2019 : www.youtube.com/watch?= the SlblCnFrwJs

EPK 2019 : www.youtube.com/watch?v = 6LZ7qnACnMI

About the Alliance Française

With 133 years of activities in Brazil, the French Alliance is a reference in the language and doubtless, the most respected institution and known the world, when it comes to the spread of the French language and Francophone cultures. Has, currently, more than 830 units 132 countries, where they study about 500.000 students. In France, it has schools and cultural centers for foreign students. Brazil has the world's largest network of French Alliances with 37 associations and 68 units.

It is the only institution in Brazil authorized by the Embassy of France, to apply the tests that give access to international diplomas DELF and DALF, recognized by the French Ministry of National Education. The Alliance Française is also official examination centre for international testing validity of two years TCF (The French Knowledge Test) TEF and Canadian (French Assessment Test) and the national test valid for one year Capes (recognized by agencies CAPES and CNPq MEC).