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Alceu Valença

Alceu Valença
  • Name: Alceu Valença
  • Birthday: 1946-07-01
  • Place of birth: São Bento do Una, Pernambuco, Brazil
  • Popularity: 0.995
Biography: Alceu Valença (born July 1, 1946) is a Brazilian singer, musician, and songwriter. Alceu Valenca was born in the countryside of Pernambuco, Northeast Brazil. He is considered the most successful artist in achieving an aesthetic balance between traditional northeastern Brazilian music and a broad range of electronic sounds and effects from pop music. In most of his songs, one can find traces of maracatu, coco and "repentes de viola" (improvising fast-paced Brazilian folk music). Valença could utilize the electric guitar, the electric bass, and lately even a synthesizer was added to his broad scope of musical instruments. Because of that, Valença was able to recreate Northeastern... Read More

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Title Release date
Sérgio Ricardo: Uma Outra História do Cinema Novo 2024-04-06
Salve o Prazer!   as  Self 2020-06-24
Jackson: Na Batida do Pandeiro   as  Self 2019-07-21
Alceu Valença - João Rock   as  Self - Cantor 2019-06-15
Alceu Valença - Na Embolada do Tempo   as  Self 2019-06-14
O Barato de Iacanga   as  Self (archive footage) 2019-06-10
All for the Music   as  Self 2018-06-19
Valencianas   as  Self - Cantor 2015-06-20
Rock in Rio 30 Anos   as  Self 2015-01-11
The Telescope of Time   as  Palhaço Quiabo 2014-09-25
Nas Paredes da Pedra Encantada   as  Self 2011-04-30
The Man Who Bottled Clouds   as  Self 2008-07-28
Lendas Brasileiras   as  Boitatá 2008-01-01
João do Vale, Muita Gente Desconhece   as  Self (archive footage) 2005-01-02
Viva São João!   as  Self 2002-06-14
Vinicius para Criança: A Arca de Noé   as  Self 1980-10-10
The Night of the Scarecrow   as  Espantalho 1974-06-14