PAULO DIAS – percussion, organetto and researchDias is a pianist, organist, percussionist and ethnomusicologist. He studied piano under Alfredo Cerquinho and, in France, under Anna Stella Schic, Pierre Sancan and Marie-Madeleine Petit. He obtained a bachelor’s degree in piano at Unicamp, studying under Fernando Lopes, and also attended the harpsichord courses by Helena Jank. He studied organ under Dorotéa Kerr. He is a pianist and teaches theoretical subjects at the Choir of the University of São Paulo. As a popular music percussionist, Dias played in concerts and recordings with renowned artists. He attended ethnomusicology courses under Tiago de Oliveira Pinto and Kasadi wa Mukuna at the University of São Paulo. Since 1988 he has been collecting data on Brazilian popular music traditions, especially on the African-Brazilian traditions in the Southeast. The results of that work have been featured in workshops, publications, radio, TV, recordings and exhibits. He regularly presents lectures and courses, and participates in symposiums and conferences in Brazil and abroad. Dias founded the Folk Dance Group Cachuera!, dedicated to the African-Brazilian repertoire of Southeastern Brazil. He founded and directs the Cachuera! Cultural Society, which intends to research, record and disseminate Brazilian popular culture. Some instruments used by Paulo Dias
medium cow bell unknown maker, São Paulo, SP
agê (a gourd with a mesh of beads from de
batuque from Rio Grande do Sul), unknown maker, Porto Alegre, RS agogô bells, unknown maker, Salvador, BA agogô of sapucaia tree fruit, unknown maker, São Paulo, SP caixa do divino drum 12", Luiz Poeira, Instituto Tambor, São Paulo, SP tambourine 10 " (tambourine without jingle pieces, from the boi de zabumba folk dance from Maranhão state), Marinaldo Marques, São Luís, MA tambourine 11", Fernando "Boi" Gontijo, São Paulo, SP xiquitsi (rattle of reed from Moçambique), unknown maker, Maputo, Moçambique snare drum 11" from a banda cabaçal, a specific folk ensemble, unknown maker, Vale do Cariri, CE
drum from
samba rural, a folk dance, Márcio Risonho
(Samba de Bumbo Vovô da Serra do Japi). caracaxá (a rattle), unknown maker, acquired from master Manuel Salustiano, Recife, PE puíta (a bass drum made from a hollowed trunk), Daniel "Reverendo" Toledo, São Paulo, SP ghungroo (a set of jingle bells to be used on the ankles, for dancing), unknown maker, India manjira (hand cymbals) unknown maker, India
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