Alexandre Manaia – Presentation video
Curriculum
He began his musical education study at Colégio Salesiano de Lisboa in 1975, attended the 3rd year of the Conservatory’s Piano Course and took piano improvement lessons with Mário Laginha and guitar lessons with Sérgio Pelágio.
He participated in several Workshops and Masterclasses given by internationally renowned musicians in the area of Jazz and Improvisation.
Since 1986 he is a multi-instrumentalist musician (piano, guitar, bass guitar and voice) and has played with artists such as Rui Veloso, GNR, Pedro Abrunhosa, Paulo Gonzo, Ficções, Fausto, Nana Sousa Dias, Adelaide Ferreira, Rita Guerra, among others.
He taught guitar at the Jazz School of the Hot Club de Portugal and piano at the Center for Studies and Musical Technologies. Private piano and guitar lessons.
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Recordings
Rui Veloso – “Mingos e os Samurais”, “Auto da Pimenta”, “Lado Lunar”, “A Espuma das Canções” and “Rui Veloso e Amigos”; Faisto – “Crónicas da Terra Ardente”; GNR – “Tudo o que você queria ouvir – o melhor dos GNR”; Ficções – “Zambra” and “Aqua”; Paulo Gonzo – “Pedras da Calçada”; Adelaide Ferreira – “Só Baladas” and “Sentidos”; Rita Guerra – “Independence Days” and “O Melhor de Rita Guerra ao Vivo”; Nana Sousa Dias – “Aqui tudo bem”; Pedro e os Apóstolos – “Mesmo para quem não é crente” and “Faz figas”; Idefix – “Ao vivo no Hot Club”; Sara Tavares – Single “Quando a noite cai”; António Mardel – “Ride On” and “Reverso”; Gonçalo Pereira – “Upgrade”
Guest shows
Gaiteiros de Lisboa, Adufe, Hands on Approach, U.H.F., Rita Guerra, Pedro e os Apóstolos, Mico da Câmara Pereira e Rui Melo, Johnnie Johnson.
Productions
Pedro e os Apóstolos (“Mesmo para quem não é crente”); João Portugal (“Venha quem vier”); Rui Veloso (“Lado Lunar” – co-producer); Real Companhia (“Orgulhosamente Nós”). Musical production of songs for TVI’s “Academia dos Famous” program. “Rebelde Way” (SIC). Rita Guerra (“O Melhor de Rita Guerra ao Vivo”). Rogério Charraz (“A Chave”), Mia Rose (“Let go” and “Friends in Love”), DAMA (“Balada do Desajeitado”, “Luisa”, “Só Quero Você”, “Na na na”), Music production of songs for the television program “Factor X” broadcast by the television station SIC.
Compositions and Productions
“Tudo ao molho” (Sitcom – RTP 1). “Tema do Tufão” (Japan Pavilion, Expo 98). “A Odisseia de Ulisses” (Youth theater play, National Theater D. Maria II). “Deixa-me Rir”, “Jantar de Idiotas”, “O Chato”, “Dois Amores”, “Os Melhores Sketches dos Monty Python”, “A Verdadeira Treta”, “Vai-se Andando”, “Auto da Barca do Inferno” (Theater plays directed by António Feio). “Quinta da Lua Cheia”, “Aladino”, “S.O.S. Planeta Azul” and “Amigos para Sempre” (Children’s musicals, Tivoli Theater). “Homem Branco Homem Negro” (Directed by João Lourenço at Teatro Aberto). “Pai à Força” (RTP 1). “Yoco na Ilha da Fantasia” (Directed by Ricardo Conti, show commissioned by Nestlé to present in schools). “Apanhados na Rede”, “A fuga”, and the musical “Pinoquio” (Directed by Fernando Gomes). “As mulheres não percebem” (Directed by José Pedro Gomes). “Os 39 degraus” (Directed by Cláudio Ochman). “A História de Giselle” (Directed by Sónia Aragão), “Vip Manicure” (Ana Bola and Maria Rueff). “O Adamastor” and “O Princepe Nabo” (Cultural Kids productions).
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