Irene Strobl Kulturmanagement Lazarettg. 15/10 1090 Wien phone/fax: 0043-1-40 33 840 e-mail: irenes@t0.or.at Brazilian Music has so many different branches, from Samba to Bossa to Forró to Afoxé. Here is a perfect blend of elegant Bossa Nova, virtuoso Jazz and the soil of Africa. Alegre Corrêa, from South-Brazil, is a musician-composer equally adept on guitar, vocals and percussion. In 1973, he began working in Porto Alegre, Brazil, as composer, arrangeur and player, entering the professional music world in 1982. Moving to Vienna, Austria, in 1989, Corrêa became a steady member of the group Mato Grosso. He has since appeared throughout Europe accompanying Mato Grosso, Timna Brauer, Elias Meiri, Group Alma, Luis Carlos Borges, Jorge Mautner, Vienna Art Orchester, José Feliciano and Mohamed Mounir. At the "Fampop" festival, 1987, in Avare - São Paulo, he was awarded first prize in composition. Brasil´s Southamerican music festival "Musicanto" in Santa Rosa/RS also awarded him first prize for composition in 1992. Since the formation in 1993 of the "Alegre Corrêa Sextett" and the production of the CD "Infancia" the group is touring permanently through sold out European and Brazilian music clubs and festivals. The CD "Negro Coração" features also the "Brazilian music-legend" Hermeto Pascoal and has powerplay on many public stations since release february 1996. Principal concerts: 1999: January tour in Austria, May tour in Portugal, Brasil 1998: 5 Years Aniversary concert, Reigen/Vienna, several concert in Austria and Suiza "Sud à Sul", Brazilian festival in Sanary Sur Mer/Toulon, France: Concert in Basel/CH, tour in Croatia, "Jazz over Villach" (together with Fernanda Abreu, Gilberto Gil, Papas da Lingua, Luiz Carlos Borges etc.) 1997: WOMAD Festival (Wiesen/Austria) 1996: Vienna Jazz Festival (Vienna/Austria as support for Santana), Montreux Jazz Festival, (Montreux/Switzerland), Folkfestival Waidhofen (Waidhofen an der Thaya/Austria), Ethno Festival "Xenophilia" (Hofburg - Vienna/Austria), Metropol - (Vienna/Austria), Saalfelden Jazz Festival (Saalfelden/Austria), Brazilian Nightline (Jazz Club Porgy&Bess - Vienna/Austria), Florianópolis in Jazz (Florianópolis/Brazil with Hermeto Pascoal), Teatro da Assembléia (Porto Alegre/Brazil), Pirata (Fortaleza/Brazil); 1995: Donauinselfest (Vienna/Austria), Brazilian Nightline (Jazz Club Porgy&Bess - Vienna/Austria) 1994: Ethno-Jazz Festival (Hüttenberg/Austria), Rockhaus (Salzburg/Austria with Toninho Horta). Discography: -1989 Mato Grosso, "Brasileiro" (Face Music/Switzerland) -1990 Christian Radovan, "Pulse of Life" (ITM Records/Germany) -1992 Grupo Alma & Luis Carlos Borges, "Gaúcho Rider" (Face Music/Switzerland) -1993 Alegre Corrêa "Infância" (Trindade - Honk Music/Austria, reissue Extraplatte 1998) -1994 "Melon Groove" (Sunshine music&Spray Records/BMG Ariola) -1995 World Music im 3/4 Takt "Moving Cultures" (VIDC/Austria) -1995 Joe Valentin "Some Kind Of" (Self Prodution) -1995 Mato Grosso feat. Alegre Corrêa "Dez Anos" (Extraplatte/Austria) -1996 Alegre Corrêa Sextett "Negro Coração" feat. Hermeto Pascoal (Honk Music/Austria) -1996 "The Best of New Age & World Music" (Planeta/Azul Records/Brazil ) -1996 Eliza&Guinha "Beijo Manga" (Self Prodution) -1997 "Extraworld 97"- the music of Extraplatte (Extraplatte/Austria) -1997 Sunshine Club 1 "Casino" (Sunshine music&Spray Records/BMG Ariola) -1997 Alegre Corrêa Sextett "Terra Mágica" (Extraplatte/Austria) Also available: Alegre Correa Songbook , containing all songs from a.m. CDs "Infância" and "Negro Coração" (Honk Edition / Printed by Thomastik- Infeld, Vienna/Austria). LINE-UP Alegre Corrêa guitar, vocal, percussion Denise Fontoura flute, sax, vocal Bertl Mayer Jr. harmonica Paul Urbaneck piano Uwe Urbanowski double-bass Fernando Paiva drums Guinha Ramires guitar Uli Goebl sound technician