Mozambique: Hortêncio Langa | March 23, 1951 – April 12, 2021

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Mozambique: Hortêncio Langa | March 23, 1951 – April 12, 2021

8:33 CAT | 12 Apr 2021

Picture: Voa

Hortêncio Langa, one of the most influential musicians in Mozambique, died on Monday of Covid-19-related complications.

He had turned 70 years old on March 23rd.

His interest in music began at an early age, in Gaza, where he was born, influenced, among others, by the Beatles, Rolling Stones, Elvis Presley or Luís Gonzaga. His younger brothers also followed a career in music. Pedro Langa, joined Ghorwane; and Milagre Langa, the RM Group.

In the first years of Mozambique’s independence, Hortêncio Langa stood out for his participation in the Amanhecer trilogy. In 1980, in the company of Arão Litsuri and João Cabaço, he recorded an album “live” at the festival of Neubrandenburg, in the former Democratic Republic of Germany, which marked an era.

Also in the 1980s, Hortêncio Langa founded the iconic group Alambique, whose music has brands of marrabenta, jazz blues or rock. Its initial base included Arão Litsure, Celso Paco, Childo Tomás and Aderito Gomate.

With a vast solo production, on the problems of Mozambican daily life and also about love, Hortêncio Langa explored other areas, such as visual arts and literature . He wrote Magoda and Luzes do Encantamento [Lights of the Enchantment].

For many years, Hortêncio Langa was secretary-general of the Association of Mozambican Musicians. (AIMO).

Hortêncio Langa leaves a widow and five children, three of them also musicians: Xixel, Texito and Dário.

Source: VOA Portugues / STV