>> Arnaldo Antunes
bio: Arnaldo Antunes is a writer and composer from Brazil who was born in 1960. He began as a member of the band Aguilar e Banda Performática in the late 1970s. For most of the 1980s he was a member of the rock band Titãs. After 1992 he had six solo albums. Since 1992 he has been an award winning poet, but he was first published in 1983. He is noted abroad for collaborations with Marisa Monte.
In 1993 he released NOME – CD + Video + Book, putting together a multimedia project which associated poetry, music and computer animation (produced with the partnership of Celia Catunda, Kiko Mistrorigo and Zaba Moreau). The video "Nome" was presented in several exhibits and festivals held in Brazil, Italy, Argentina, Australia, Switzerland, Germany, Austria, France and Spain (received recommendation of the Jury at the Festival International de Video Cidade de Vigo 1995), Netherlands, Monaco, Uruguay, Cuba, Chile, Colombia and USA (received honorable mention at the first annual New York Video Festival).
As a solo artist, Arnaldo Antunes also released the albums NINGUÉM (1995), O SILÊNCIO (1996), UM SOM (1998), PARADEIRO (2001) and SAIBA (Rosa Celeste/BMG 2004). He also released other albums at special projects, as the O CORPO (1999), a soundtrack especially produced for the Grupo Corpo, a company of dance of Minas Gerais, and the album Os Tribalistas (EMI/Phonomotor 2002), a collective project along with Marisa Monte and Carlinhos Brown.
His compositions have been inserted into the soundtracks of several movies including Blue in the Face, directed by Wayne Wang and Paul Auster; Bicho de Sete Cabeças, directed by Lais Bodanzki; Dois Perdidos Numa Noite Suja, adapted from a novel by Plinio Marcos and directed by José Joffily; and Benjamim, adapted from a novel by Chico Buarque and directed by Monique Gardenberg.
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