Debut Concert – Federico Trindade, choir conducting
With this concert choir leader Federico Trindade from Brasil makes his debut from the soloist class at RAMA.
Experience the raw energy and boundless creativity of Grupo UPA! – lead by Federico Trindade
UPA! is a 12-member independent musical ensemble that showcases the voice as its primary instrument, seamlessly blending a cappella performances with occasional incorporations of percussion and body rhythm, alongside the accompaniment of piano and acoustic guitar in their vocal arrangements.
In May 2024, they’ll embark on a thrilling journey to Denmark for the prestigious Aarhus Vocal Festival (AAVF), presenting their showcase ‘Ao Vivo e Em Cores’ (‘Live and in Colors’), featuring meticulously crafted arrangements by the innovative minds of Pablo and Federico Trindade.
Since its foundation in 2009, UPA! has worked to honor and celebrate the culture of Brazil and Latin America, pulsating with the vibrant, strong, dense, and colorful rhythms of their heritage – from ijexá, maracatu, baião and samba to tango and zamba. Their repertoire, a tapestry woven from the masterpieces of icons like Milton Nascimento, Lenine, Djavan, Marisa Monte, Gilberto Gil, and Dominguinhos, is further enriched by the poetic resonance of Alfonsina Storni and Eduardo Galeano.
But UPA! offers more than written music – they invite audiences to immerse themselves in the captivating world of ‘Circle Songs’, where every performance is a spontaneous creation, guided by the innovative technique of Vocal Painting (VOPA), pioneered by Jim Daus Hjernøe (DK) from RAMA.
Join UPA! for an unforgettable journey through the heart of Brazilian and Latin-American musical expression!
Federico Trindade
Federico Trindade has studied at the soloist program Advanced postgraduate diploma in music in Innovative Choir Leading, at the Academy in Aalborg, where he also studied the Master of Music, Music Education and Rhythmic Vocal Leadership (Innovative Choir Leading) in 2016. He graduated in Music from UFRGS (Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Basil) in Choral Conducting (2013).
He works as a conductor, teacher, percussionist, composer, and arranger; In addition, he teaches choral music and body percussion workshops, as well as group improvisation and musical leadership development courses. He is founder and director of the Grupo UPA!, since 2009, co-creator of the ProjUpa! (music art education), founded in 2019, Director of the Youth Choir of Colégio Teutônia, since 2020, assistant conductor and percussionist, with maestro Pablo Trindade, in the group Expresso 25, since 2005 and Artistic director and conductor of Movimento Coral e Instrumental Feevale (Feevale University), since 2018.
Federico, currently, is the only representative of RAMA in Latin America with the aforementioned practical training.
Photo: Kessi Fereira