Mozambique: ENI Open Day
Concert by Teófilo Chantre (France / Cape Verde)
9:07 CAT | 21 March 2018
Concert by Teófilo Chantre (France / Cape Verde)
Teófilo Chantre born in 1964 is a Cape Verdean musician, who was first noted for his long collaboration with singer Cesaría Évora, and later for his own recordings.
Chantre first became known for his work composing songs for Cape Verde singer Cesária Évora, who he met in Paris in the 1990s, after a concert they both performed in. Shortly after, her producer asked him to write for her. He was responsible for three tracks on her Miss Perfumado album, which brought her fame and popularized Cape Verde music. This made him one of Evora’s favorite composers and they worked.
He has also collaborated with other artists such as Angolan singer Bonga, guitarist Bau, bass player José Paris, composer Amandio Cabral and his father, Vitorino Chantre, writing several songs with him.
Chantre also wrote the lyrics for the song Ausencia, with music by Balkan composer Goran Bregovic, (sung by Evora) for the movie Underground, which won the Palme d'Or at Cannes.
His work has found popularity in Europe and the United States as well as Cape Verde. His band contains musicians with whom he has worked for years: Jacky Fourniret on accordion; Fabrice Thompson on drums and percussion; Sébastien Gastine on double bass and electric bass and Kim Dan Le Oc Mach on violin. They have toured France and the rest of Europe, playing venues such as the 1999 Sfinks Festival and the Barakaldo Folk Festival. At the 2014 Festival Internacional Cervantino in Mexico, Chantre paid tribute to Evora, who died in 2011.
Chantre is a singer, musician, arranger and composer. The base of Chantre’s melodies are Capeverdean, morna and the slightly father coladero, and he sticks with traditional instruments guitar, cavaquinho (a mandolin-like instrument from Cape Verde), violin and piano. He sings in Creole, Portuguese and French. What distinguishes Chantre’s work is influence from his love of Cuban and Brazilian music. Bossa nova and Cuban charanga can be heard, especially in voice and strings respectively. Other influences include bolero, blues and jazz.
Lyrically, the concept of saudade (Portuguese for longing for the past or home) is dominant, a common theme in Cape Verde culture. However, other themes appear including the severity of life as well as happier emotions.
Date and Time: Friday, March 23 2018 at 20h30
Entrance: 500 MZN and 400 MZN for cultural club members and children upto 12 years old
Address: Centro Cultural Franco Moçambicano, Av. Samora Machel no. 468, Maputo
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