by Ricardo Ferreira
“Born in small Urussanga, a city of 20 thousand inhabitants in Santa Catarina, Aldo Baldin (1945-1994) established himself throughout his career as one of the main tenors in Brazil. In the year that marks the 30 years of his death, the artist’s trajectory is presented in the documentary Aldo Baldin – A Life for Music, which has a premiere open to the public scheduled for this Thursday (19), at 6pm, in the cinema of the Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil, in the city center.”
“Since Goulart heard Baldin for the first time on that album with songs by Villa-Lobos, there have been 14 years of pre-production for this documentary that brings together research, videos, photos and interviews with artists and family members, as well as unreleased material from the singer. The film premiered at the 24th Havana Film Festival New York, in April. In Brazil, it won the best feature award by the official jury at the 5th Goiânia Film Festival, in November, and the best feature award by the audience at the 28th Florianópolis Audiovisual Mercosul (FAM), in September.”
“‘His discography of a lifetime dedicated to music is unique and rare. It can be said that few tenors in Brazil and the world had a repertoire as vast as Aldo. Who would have thought that a boy from the countryside, with no musical training in his childhood, would be able to achieve a professional career of excellence in lyrical singing at an international level?’, asks the director.”
