Chico Chagas....

by Andréa Zílio

To the 6 years of age it had the certainty of that its vocation was to be musician. With aid of father Chico Arigó, he inherited the perfeccionismo and he obtained a fast evolution in its work. Chiquinho Chagas, 32 years, became its name respected in the world of music Brazilian as tecladista, acordeonista and pianista. Whenever it visits the Acre, its native land, shows what it learned folloied of its accompanying fidiciary office, acordeom. But it shows the concern with the rescue and valuation of Brazilian music.
In the last days of stay here, it concluded the writing of the COMPACT DISC of the Acre Festival of Popular Music, that is producing and makes its fired today, in the House of the Gameleira, in a night of forró, for then coming back to Rio De Janeiro.
The musician does not see aptitude for another talent that is not to make music, says that it is the eighth wonder of the world. Chico Chagas started to touch with six years of age for incentive of the father, Chico Arigó, one of the great names of Acre music. It counts that placed it to study all the nights, in some times until tried to hide itself, but he was always joined. All the effort was the will of Arigó in having a son musician and when it perceived that Chico had aptitude did not hesitate in teaching it acordeom, that it is its instrument.
The perfeccionismo with that it learned to touch the melodies, if became characteristics of the works of Chico Chagas. “It was very important because everything that I make today, I strengthen myself so that he is optimum, independent of the profit”, the musician says.

Treading ways

To the 15 years, Chico Chagas left house and was alone for Porto Velho, with the objective to study with the Chico musician Freitas, who today is musician of Emilio Santiago. The professor selected the pupils who taught and Chiquinho was one of contemplated in lessons of harmony and the improvisation. After seven months he came back toward house. To the 18 years, he liberated it to the father to walk alone, affirming that he was prepared.
In the second adventure, it he returned to the Porto Velho, of this time for one year and three months. When Chico Freitas was even so for Rio De Janeiro, Chico Chagas was invited the substituiz it in a band called Caravela the Wood. In visit the city, to the professor saw it touching and of to this time it took off it of Rondônia it took and it for the wonderful city.
In Rio De Janeiro, the native of Acre touched in the night to pay the courses of harmony, improvisation and erudite piano, that made in three schools. From there he was called to make works with the singer Zeca Pagodinho and group of mood Casseta and Planeta. After the work with known people national he did not stop more. Beyond the musical participation in diverse novels of the Net Globe, it he divided palco with singers as Cássia Eller, Ivone de Lara and Elza Soares. Last year says to have had the pleasure to record a COMPACT DISC with the Frenchman Nicolas Krassik and the huge Naná Vasconcelos, with who has a band. “I will never leave to touch music Brazilian”, says.

A different talent

The recognition came as tecladista and pianista, but as soon as it was gone deep the musicalidade of acordeom, the musician perceived that the instrument was its perfect pair. The complicity between the two is so great that it used the imagination and dared when casting the sound in different styles of forró as the jazz. “Acordeom was friction as folclórico instrument and of forró, I decided to touch another thing. To be the precursor of this work is very good. My dream is always to take the instrument to the limit.”

Rescue of the culture

Chico was invited to produce a COMPACT DISC of Marie Sofhie, in the France, that must be made in February. But the country seems to want to adopt the native of Acre. It was called to live in City-Light, Paris, and to make shows of acordeom.

Attemped to go, the musician alone will say if the counterproposal not to involve the Acre. It wants to come back to live in terrinha on condition that to develop a work of rescue of the Brazilian and mainly Acre culture, making activities with the local artists and even though, to teach in a music school. “We had great musicians here as the Bararu, Melo Helium, Pixuta, Sandoval. Today we have the son Milton Bararu and Andres who is, perhaps, the last one of this generation of acordeonistas of the Acre. It leaves me very to this sad”.
Chico has the objective to study the sounds and cantos of the diverse etnias of the State and to develop a musical style for the Acre. “I want to study aboriginal musics and to create a style. The Acre its music as the other States and I do not see one another option if not them our indians, who are what we have of more original”.
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