Vasco Martins is a Cape Verde

Cape Verde

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an musician and composer. Born in Queluz

Queluz (Sintra)

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, Portugal

Portugal

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, in 1956, he lives now in Calhau, Cape Verde.

In the Cape Verdean musical panorama, Vasco Martins may be considered unique. A composer who refuses to be labeled, he may be considered a classical music

Classical music

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ian because of his incursions into symphonic orchestra music, but he may also be considered as a new age musician because of his instrumental compositions, mostly using synthesizer

Synthesizer

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s, but in both cases, always inspired by traditional Cape Verdean music

Music of Cape Verde

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.

Self-taught, he began his studies in 1974. He was a member of the band Colá in 1976, but then went to Portugal and later to France

France

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 to pursue his musical education. In 1979 he recorded his first LP. He returned to Cape Verde, and it is there that he has created most of his work as a composer and instrumentist, but also as musicologist

Musicology

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 and producer. At the moment he is one of the rare Cape Verdean musicians whose main professional activity lies only on music.

Discography

• 1979: Vibrações
• 1985: Para além da noite
• 1987: Oceano imenso
• 1989: Quinto mundo
• 1995: Quiet moments
• 1995: Ritual periférico
• 1995: Eternal cycle
• 1996: Island of the secret sounds
• 1997: Sublime delight
• 1997: Memórias atlânticas
• 1998: Danças de Câncer
• 2000: Apeiron
• 2001: Dôs
• 2001: Lunário perpétuo
• 2007: 4 sinfonias
• 2009: Lua água clara

External links

• Official website (in Portuguese
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   and English
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