Paintings, instruments, music. Art has always been the expression motor of Letieres Leite. He was only 13 when he joined the Afro-Brazilian Orchestra of Severino Vieria High School in Salvador. That marked the beginning of his academic activities. Back then, the Orchestra was conducted by the ethnomusicologist Emilia Biancardi. Later he studied at the School of Fine Arts of the Federal University of Bahia (UFBA). In parallel, he taught himself to read and play the flute and sax and in 1986, he joined the Franz Schubert Conservatory in Vienna, Austria. (December 8, 1959 – October 27, 2021) Born and educated in Bahia, Northern Brazil, Letieres moved to Europe in 1986 where he lived for 10 years and started out as a professional musician. There he played with various musicians in festivals across the continent, including Gil Goldstein in 1990, Paulo Moura at the Montreux Jazz Festival and Jazz Zurich in 1992, and Alfredo de la Fé in the European tour in 1993. He also worked with the Hip-Noses (Herbie Kopf) and Tamanduá, both groups were formed by Brazilians and Europeans. Unlike many musicians who find success abroad, in 1994 Letieres returned to Salvador and founded the Bahia Music Academy (AMBAH) at the Centre for the Arts Education (Centro de Formação em Artes) in Salvador. Currently, he is the music and educational director of both Rumpilezzinho, a project that develops new young talent, and Rumpilezz de Saia, solely dedicated to the training of instrumentalist women. He also coordinates the Course for the Qualification in Music from the Cultural Foundation of the State of Bahia (FUNCEB). All the projects that Letieres are involved in aims to establish a system to share knowledge between the musicians, the public, and the educational institutions. They are all grounded in the enhancement and diffusion of Bahian black music history, which is the reason of Letieres’ work and dedication. Orkestra Rumpilezz is the main conveyor of his ideas as a composer, music director and musician. Although he has his roots in Salvador, his branches are flowing over the contemporaneity of the universal creations.
2019
1994
Zytglogge
CD, Album
2023
2022
2022
2019
2017
Not On Label
CD, Album, Dig
2016
2011
Universal Music
CD, Album
2009
Biscoito Fino, Caco Discos
CD, Album, Enh
2024
Jazz Room Records
7", Single
2024
Biscoito Fino
CD, Album
2023
Limaia Discos
2xLP, Album, Ltd
2023
2023
2021
ZOHO
CD, Album
2021
2021
2021
2021
2021
2019
Not On Label (Larissa Luz Self-released)
CD, Album, Promo
2019
WM Brazil
File, FLAC, Single, 24-
2018
Not On Label (Rosa Armorial Self-released)
CD, Album
2017
Da Pá Virada
CD, Album
2016
Novodisc Mídia Digital Da Amazônia Ltda.
CD, Album
2016
Pommelo Distribuições, Andara Filmes, Canal Brasil
DVD-V, NTSC
2016
2016
2015
2014
Goma-Laca
CD, Album
2014
Not On Label (Manu Lafer Self-released)
CD, Album
2014
2013
Not On Label (Vanessa Longoni Self-released)
CDr, Album
2013
Not On Label (Ligiana Costa Self-released)
CD, Album
2013
2012
Deck (2)
CD, Album
2011
2009
Indústrias Karzov
CD, Album
2007
Delira Música
CD, Album
2004
2001
Not On Label (Canto Livre Self-released)
CD, Comp
2001
2001
1999
Universal Music, Mercury
CD
1999
African Roots Production
CD
1999
1998
Trem Bala
CD, Album
1997
Ariola
CD, Album
1996
1996
1995
Dabliú Discos
CD
1995
Honk Records
CD, Album
1994
Brambus Records
CD, Album
1993
Ton Art (2)
CD, Album
1991
Sonet
CD, Album
1990
CBS
LP, Album
1985
Acit
LP, Album
1984
RBS Discos
LP, Album
1984
RBS Discos
LP, Album
1984
Not On Label (Léo Ferlauto Self-released)
LP, Album
1983
Trilhas
LP, Album
1983
América
LP, Album
1982
Engenho
LP, Album
2018
Som Livre
CD, Comp
1983
Bobby Som
LP, Album
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