On February 23rd, the HUS 254 class had the honor and joy to receive two distinguished guest speakers: Octavio Deluchi and Romulo Viana, both of them PhDs students at Stony Brook. These Brazilian performers talked with the class about Brazilian Music. In their lecture, entitled “Why is this music so captivating?”, they highlighted Samba, Bossa Nova, Tropicalia Music, and Clube da Esquina, explaining its origins and giving examples for the students, in the form of songs, videos and pictures, all within the social and historical contexts.
Here is more from our guest speakers:
Octavio Deluchi premiered, published and commissioned pieces by Sergio Assad, Joao Luiz, Vicente Paschoal, Luis Carlos Barbieri, Juliano Camara, Mary Simmons, Cleisson Jose, among others. He coordinates BCCG – Brazilian Classical Guitar Community, the projects Domingo na Lira and Violao na Lira and the guitar association AssoVio Vertentes. As a guitar player, he debuted at Carnegie Hall at 245 and has more than 15 awards nationally and internationally, and is an Augustine Ambassador and a CrossRock Artist, using Augustine Strings. Deluchi holds a Bachelor’s Degree from UFSJ Sao Joao Del Rei University), a Master’s Degree at Radford University (VA) and is a current Doctoral Student at Stony Brook University.
Romulo Viana is an active performer and teacher throughout South America, the US, and Europe. A native of Brazil, Romulo is sought after for his diversity—performing programs that often feature both classical repertoire and Latin American popular music.
Romulo holds a Master’s degree in Classical Guitar Performance from CUNY Hunter College (NYC), and he is now a Doctorate student at Stony Brook University (NYC). Romulo now resides in New York City, and in the last years has performed solo concerts across Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, the USA, Portugal, Switzerland, and Russia.
Here are some photos and videos of our event.
