The Artists
Ana Rita Pereira
Born
in Brussels it is after a first stage experience at nine years old that she
started learning the piano in Lisbon and afterwards discovered Spanish music
following a period in Andalusia between 1985 and 1988.
She pursued her piano studies in Paris in 1990 and began her harpsichord and
harmony studies. Later she took up singing and simultaneously, in the framework
of the continuous training, joined the direction of the Aubervilliers choir
directed by Catherine Simonpiétri. She obtained her high school diploma in 1997;
and also the 1st prize Prix de Musique de Chambre with
Serge Cyferstein
for the Lied and the Melody, Nicolas Burton-Page and Françoise Defour for
ancient music in 2000 and a 1st prize Prix de chant
in 2001.
Later at Gennecilliersand at Meudon she went on to obtain respectively a 2nd
prize Prix de Formation musicale in 2004 and a 2nd Prix d’Histoire de la Musique
in 2007.
She perfect and furthers her repertoire with singer Laura Sarti, Professor at
the Guidhall School in London; at the Lyrical Atelier of Provence with Ignacio
Encinas, Antonio Selva and Sylvain Souret. She works with Stéphane Spira and
David Abramovitz,
Head Singers/Chefs de Chant. Her voice sometimes flexible, warm and powerful
allows her to approach very wide
repertoires: from ancient music all in halftone and retained, to baroque music
which demands grace and lightness, in order to deliver power within the large
lyrical repertoire and to become inflamed with the works of Spanish masters such
as
De Falla
and Granados.
Her interpretations brought her praise from the critic: «Une
voix généreuse, bouleversante de justesse, d’un velours clair-obscur aux nuances
subtiles : la chanteuse Ana-Rita Pereira a littéralement envouté le
interprétations XVIIIème public par ses d’œuvres siècle offrant du un panorama
de l’Europe baroque… de l’exacerbation des sentiments dans la cantate
« Pianti, sospiri » de Vivaldi à la sobriété poignante de la cantate «
Ich habe genug » de Bach… elle a emmené le public dans l’univers de Bach,
Clérambault, Haendel et Vivaldi comme on emmène quelqu’un dans un rêve… ». Le
Telegramme.
After 1995, she performed either in concert as a soloist, or joining different
formations: L’Ensemble Vocal Michel Piquemal, le Chœur Parisien d’Opéra,
le Chœur Français d’Opéra, l’Ensemble Vocal Sequenza 9.3, l’Ensemble
Vocal Mignonne, répertoire baroque; le Trio Dryade, mélodies espagnoles et
françaises ; l’Académie des Tuileries, répertoire baroque.
She created the L’Ensemble Allegro Voce in 2004, with the soprano soprano
coloratura Emmanuelle Mansard. The
duo would performs accompanied by: Ann-Dominique Merlet at the organ or
Martine Roche
at the harpsichord on the 17th to the 20th century music programs. As a soloist
she performed with
Eric Lebrun
at the
organ for the major works of the holy music repertoire. And in concert with
J.C. Casadesus
at the
Damnation of Faust by Berlioz ; with Michel Piquemal in King David by Honegger;
with
Ann-Sophie Von Otter
and Bengt
Forsberg in Ständchen
by
Schubert
for the Vè
Victoires of Classical Music. She took part in the recording of 4 Records
published under the Naxos and BMG labels. She would later interpret the roles of
Sextus in Julius Cesar by Handel; Vagaus in Judith Triomphante by Vivaldi ;
Belinda in Didon et Enée by
Purcell ; Amélite
in Zoroastre by J.P. Rameau ; Vénus in Euridice by J. Péri ;
Chérubin in Les Noces de
Figaro
by Mozart
; Stéphano dans Roméo et Juliette de Gounod ; Urbain dans Les Huguenots de
Meyerbeer Malika dans le duo de Lakmé de L. Delibes ; Rosario dans Goyescas de
E. Granados ; Semiramide dans
Semiramide de Rossini ; Carmen dans Carmen de Bizet.
She worked with the directors Yaël
Bacry, Benoit Rivillon, Anne Barbier and is preparing an upcoming show on the
scenes of Opera and Operetta with Jean-Louis Bourdon. Currently she is
performing the Désir d’España
: Voyage lyrique avec Théophile Gautier, on the topic of the Spanish influence
in Melodie Française. Personalities and big European capitals
accompanied her career. She gained the cultural richness, the dynamism and
openness to the world which give her performances a fully vivid dimension,
decisively turned towards a coming together and sharing motion. Since 2000 she's
been developing her career between the desire to perfect and artistic and
teaching initiatives destined to a wide audiences, children and the less
favored.
www.anarita-pereira.com
Stéphane
Spira, pianist, begins his musical studies the violin at the age of 6 years.
But the piano irresistibly attracts him and reveals himself to his true
calling. Enters the Normal School of Music in Paris, where he studied with
Serge Petitgirard. During a contest, Pierre Petit watch it and proposes it
to get into the
classes Germaine Mounier. Studying there for 4 years, after which obtains
the Diploma Execution IENM Paris. In 1992, he was awarded the European
Claude Kahn Competition, and in 1996 received the Diploma of Honor at the
International Maria Canals Competition in Barcelona. Later the teachings of
Brigitte Engerer allow Stéphane Spira enrich your repertoire. 
Choreographer,
dancer. 
João
Luiz
was born
in Porto in 1944. Theatre director and artistic director of the
Pé de Vento theatre company,
he started his theatre career in 1964 at T.E.P. as an actor, starting his
theatre director career as an assistant to Ernesto de Sousa in the play
O Gebo e a Sombra by Raul
Brandão.