Mário Lúcio Explained

Mário Lúcio should not be confused with Mário Lúcio da Silva Junior.

Birth Name:Lúcio Matias de Sousa Mendes
Birth Date:October 21, 1964
Birth Place:Tarrafal on Santiago, Cape Verde
Occupation:singer, composer, actor
Genre:Colá, coladera, experimental, funaná, ladainha, morna, reggae, rock[1]

Mário Lúcio Sousa (born October 21, 1964) is a Capeverdean singer, composer, writer, politician and a painter.[2] From 2011 to 2016, he was the Capeverdean Minister of Culture.

Biography

Childhood and teenage years

He was born Lúcio Matias de Sousa Mendes in the town of Tarrafal in the island of Santiago's north in the final decade of Portuguese rule.

Mário Lúcio lost his father when he was 12. At age 15, he and his seven siblings lost his mother. He lived in the barrack buildings of the Cape Verdean forces in his hometown under the care of the military. In 1984, he received a scholarship by the Cuban government in Havana where he studied and graduated six years later. He returned to his country where he practiced law. Between 1996 and 2001, he was member of the Cape Verdean parliament.[3]

Musical career

He later founded the band Simentera. His ideas received an invitation by his government and became author of the Cape Verdean Musical Projects for Expo 92 in Seville and Expo 98 in Lisbon. He is a founder and director of Quintal da Música Cultural Association, a private cultural center featuring traditional music. As a composer, he was a member of SACEM (Societé française des Droits d'auteur) with compositions that Cesária Évora and other Cape Verdean artists recorded. He is the permanent composer of the Raiz di Polon Company, the only contemporary dance formation in the islands. In 1996, he recorded an album Nôs Morna, Ildo Lobo's first solo album. He composed at a request of the Porto European Culture Capital on the soundtrack of the play Adão e as Sete Pretas de Fuligem, performed by João Branco. He later attended at Fesquintal de Jazz, the Cape Verde International Jazz Festival whom he founded, several concerts in Brazil and Cuba as well as some European Countries and the African mainland, his notable appearance was the 2011 FMM Festival das Musicaus do Mundo in Sines, Portugal on June 24.[4] [5]

Bibliographical works and paintings

He is also a painter and participate in some of his exhibitions. He also appeared in poetry, and theater. In 2009, he wrote a novel titled Testamento (Testament) published by Dom Quixote, his recent novel won the Carlos de Olvieira Award and was a bestseller in Portugal.[6] [7] His next novel released in 2014 was Biografia do Língua which about the history of a language, the novel won the Miguel Torga Literary Award in July 2015.[8] [9]

Minister of Culture

In late 2011 after the elections, he became Capeverdean Minister of Culture for five years, he succeeded Manuel Veiga as minister. In his first year on November 2 and 3, he went to Paris to visit with the French Ministries of Foreign Affairs and Culture. After the 2016 general election, Álvaro Anibal Barbosa Vicente succeeded Mário Lúcio Sousa as culture minister.[10]

Works

Discography

With Simentera

Solo

As writer

Awards

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Delicato. Mónica Oréfice. The Creativity of Mário Lúcio. 18 February 2009.
  2. Web site: Mário Lúcio, short biography. SAPO CV. pt. 14 October 2010. 28 January 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170202061008/http://noticias.sapo.cv/info/artigo/1098238.html. 2 February 2017. dead.
  3. Web site: Mário Lúcio Sousa. Antônio Miranda's website. pt. September 2015. 28 January 2017.
  4. Web site: Mário Lúcio em Sines: 'Senhor Ministro' no Festival Músicas do Mundo. SAPO CV. pt. 25 June 2011. 28 January 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170202061035/http://noticias.sapo.cv/vida/noticias/artigo/1171031.html. 2 February 2017. dead.
  5. Web site: Information on the musician at Malagueta Music.
  6. Web site: Mário Lúcio Sousa. Contemporary Cultural Centre in Barcelona. 23 March 2016.
  7. Web site: Mário Lúcio vence prémio literário Carlos de Oliveira. Mário Lúcio Won the Carlos de Oliveira Literary Award. A Semana. pt. 2 October 2009. 28 January 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170202053208/http://www.asemana.publ.cv/spip.php?article45902. 2 February 2017. dead.
  8. Web site: Mário Lúcio Sousa vai a Portugal receber Prémio Literário Miguel Torga. Inforpress. pt. 8 July 2015. 28 January 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170202104842/https://www.inforpress.publ.cv/cultura/114079-mario-lucio-sousa-vai-a-portugal-receber-o-premio-literario-miguel-torga. 2 February 2017. dead.
  9. Web site: Novo livro de Mário Lúcio, "Biografia do Língua", lançado hoje em Coimbra. New book by Mário Lúcio, Biografia do Língua Released Today in Coimbra. SAPO 24. pt. 3 December 2015. 28 January 2017.
  10. Stycer, Clarissa (26 October 2016). "Mário Lúcio Sousa, escritor e músico: 'Cultura é o que diferencia humanos de bestas". O Globo. Infoglobo, Grupo Globo
  11. Web site: Mário Lúcio Sousa. Buala. pt. 28 January 2016.

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