Júlio Resende

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Júlio Resende is a Portuguese pianist and composer. He is a pioneer of a unique and new genre called "Fado-Jazz". His improvisation techniques are transversal to his aesthetics, and articulate different musical genres, from Jazz, Fado, Classical Music and even Electronic Music. His first venture into the Fado-Jazz genre was the album tribute to Amália Rodrigues, the "Diva" of portuguese Fado. The album is called Amália por Júlio Resende launched in 2013. Over the years, Resende has published more records where he develops and explores the possibilities of Fado-Jazz. In 2020 he released the album Júlio Resende - Fado Jazz Ensemble where he includes the Portuguese guitar to interact musically with a jazz trio. Since 2019, Júlio Resende has undertaken an artistic partnership with pianist Maria João Pires in a project that unites the worlds of classical music and improvisation, which the pianists have called: "Maria João Pires & Júlio Resende - Dialogues". Read more

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