Arnaldo Antunes
Antunes at the São Paulo Cultural Center.
Background information
Birth name	Arnaldo Augusto Nora Antunes Filho
Born	(1960-09-02) September 2, 1960 (age 51) São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
Genres	Alternative rock, post-punk, experimental rock, punk rock, avant-garde, brazilian rock
Occupations	Singer, composer, songwriter, writer, producer
Instruments	Vocals, electric guitar, acoustic guitar, keyboards
Years active	1984–present
Associated acts	Aguilar e Banda Performática Tribalistas Titãs
Website	www.arnaldoantunes.com.br

Arnaldo Antunes (Portuguese pronunciation: [axˈnawdu ɐ̃ˈtunis], born Arnaldo Augusto Nora Antunes Filho, September 2, 1960), is a writer and composer from Brazil. He began as a member of the band Aguilar e Banda Performática in the late 1970s. For most of the 1980s he was a member of the rock band Titãs. After 1992 he had six solo albums. Since 1992 he has been an award winning poet, but he was first published in 1983. He is noted abroad for collaborations with Marisa Monte.

Childhood [link]

Arnaldo was born on September 2, 1960, to Arnaldo Augusto Nora Antunes and Dora Leme Ferre. He was the fourth of seven children they had. In 1967, he entered Luís de Camões school and studied there until 1972. In the next year, he went to the PUC SP Laboratory School, where he gets interested in artistic languages and starts to write his firsts poems. In 1975 he enters Colégio Equipe (where most of Titãs' members studied), and begins to compose with his classmate Paulo Miklos. In 1978, he begins to study Portuguese language and literature at USP.

Career with Titãs [link]

Next year his family moved to Rio de Janeiro, and he transferred schools to the PUC RJ. However, he returned to São Paulo with his wife, Go, and formed the Banda Performática. Later on in 1982, the Titãs do Iê-Iê made their first performance and released their debut album Titãs in 1984. They performed in Switzerland, England, the United States, and Brazil. But by 1992 Antunes decided to leave Titãs, after more than a decade of partnership and seven albums.

Solo career [link]

In 1993 he released his debut CD Nome, putting together a multimedia project which associated poetry, music and computer animation (produced with the partnership of Celia Catunda, Kiko Mistrorigo and Zaba Moreau). The video "Nome" was exhibited in art venues and festivals in Brazil, Italy, Argentina, Australia, Switzerland, Germany, Austria, France, Spain (where it received a Jury recommendation at the Festival International de Video Cidade de Vigo 1995), Netherlands, Monaco, Uruguay, Cuba, Chile, Colombia and the US (receiving an honorable mention at the first annual New York Video Festival).

As a solo artist, Arnaldo Antunes later released Ninguém (1995), O Silêncio (1996), Um Som (1998), Paradeiro (2001) and Saiba (Rosa Celeste/BMG 2004). He also released other albums at special projects, such as the O Corpo (1999), a specially produced soundtrack for Grupo Corpo, a dance company of Minas Gerais, and the album Os Tribalistas (EMI/Phonomotor 2002), a collaborative project with Marisa Monte and Carlinhos Brown.

His compositions have been used in several movies including Blue in the Face, directed by Wayne Wang and Paul Auster; Bicho de Sete Cabeças, directed by Lais Bodanzki; Dois Perdidos Numa Noite Suja, adapted from a novel by Plinio Marcos and directed by José Joffily; and Benjamim, adapted from a novel by Chico Buarque and directed by Monique Gardenberg.

Personal life [link]

From 1980 to 1987, he was married to Go. Right after they broke up, he got married to Zaba Moreau, with whom he had four children: Rosa, born in 1988, Celeste, born in 1991, Brás, born in 1997, and Tomé, born in 2001.

Discography [link]

With Titãs [link]

• Titãs (1984)
• Televisão (1985)
• Cabeça Dinossauro (1986)
• Jesus não Tem Dentes no País dos Banguelas (1987)
• Õ Blésq Blom (1989)
• Tudo Ao Mesmo Tempo Agora (1991)

Solo [link]

• Nome (1993)
• Ninguém (1995)
• O Silêncio (1996)
• Um Som (1998)
• Focus - O Essencial de Arnaldo Antunes (1999)
• O Corpo (2000)
• Paradeiro (2001)
• Saiba (2004)
• Qualquer (2006)
• Ao Vivo em Estúdio (2007)
• Iê Iê Iê (2009)
• Acústico MTV - Arnaldo Antunes (2012)

Guest appearances [link]

• Golpe de Estado - Forçando a Barra (1988)
• Péricles Cavalcanti – Sobre as Ondas (1995)
• Various artists – O Triângulo Sem Bermudas (1996)
• Edgard Scandurra – Benzina (!996)
• Tom Zé and Zé Miguel Wisnik – Parabelo – Grupo Corpo (1997)
• Tom Zé – Com Defeito de Fabricação (1998)
• Onda Sonora: Red Hot + Lisbon produced by the Red Hot Organization (1998)
• João Donato- Songbook (1999)
• Various Artists – Tributo a Cazuza (1999)
• Chico Buarque – Songbook (1999)
• Suba - São Paulo Confessions (2000)
• Zé Miguel Wisnik – São Paulo Rio – (1000)
• Marisa Monte - Memórias, Crônicas e Declarações de Amor (2000)
• Walter Franco – Tutano (2001)
• Lula Queiroga – Aboiando a Vaca Mecânica (2001)
• Unknown artist – Só Um é Muito Só (2001)
• Glauco Matoso - Melopéia – sonetos musicados (2001)
• Cid Campos – No Lago do Olho (2001)
• Aguilar e Banda Performática - Aguilar e Banda Performática (2001)
• Various artists - Superfantástico – quando eu era pequeno (2002)
• Ortinho – Ilha do Destino (2002)
• João Donato – O Melhor de João Donato (2002)
• Aldo Brizzi – Brizzi do Brasil (2002)
• Various Artists - Maysa Esta Chama Que Não Vai Passar (2007)
• Various Artists - Pequeno Cidadão (2009)

Bibliography as a writer [link]

• Ou e (visual poem album) (1983)
• Psia, Editora Expressão (1986),
• Tudos, Editora Iluminuras (1990), São Paulo
• As coisas, Editora Iluminuras (1992), São Paulo SP - Award Jabuti de Poesia 1992
• 2 ou + Corpos no mesmo Espaço, Editora Perspectiva (1997)
• Doble Duplo, selection, translation and art by Ivan Larraguibel, Editora Zona de Obras/Tangará, Spain (2000)
• 40 Escritos, organized by João Bandeira, Editora Iluminuras (2000), São Paulo, SP
• Outro, Editora Mirabilia (2001)
• Palavra Desordem, Editora Iluminuras (2002), São Paulo, SP
• ET Eu Tu, Editora Cosac & Naify (2003)
• Antologia, releases in Portugal only, Editora Quase (2006)
• Frases do Tomé aos Três Anos, a collection of illustrations of the first sentences said by his son, Editora Alegoria (2006)
• Como É que Chama o Nome Disso, Editora Publifolha, (2006)

References [link]

• Arnaldo Antunes's biography at his official site
• Arnaldo Antunes’s bibliography at his official site
• Arnaldo Antunes’s discography at his official site

External links [link]

• Arnaldo Antunes Official Website
• Titãs Official Website (Portuguese)
• Tribalistas
• Yahoo music bio
• Banda Performática's Official Website (Portuguese)
• Arnaldo Antunes at the Internet Movie Database
• Interview with Arnaldo Antunes (Sounds and Colours)
• Arnaldo Antunes auf culturebase.net