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origin: they bring rich melody and harmony
to this project.
The record was produced and directed by
Geraldo Vianna, an icon of the guitar in Bra-
zil who has received international recogni-
tion. He was helped, conceptually, by Jose
Sebastião Maria de Souza and Uta Schwi-
etzer. The mixing is a delightful job where
the blend of sounds is clear and well distrib-
uted, where depth prevails. The sensation is
that you are in a theatre listening to a live
performance of the musical pearls that make
up the record. The pleasure Cadu deAndrade
gets from his work is clear when you listen
to him. He is a musician in love and beyond
simple definitions who walks side by side
with the beauty and respect of the profession
he bravely has chosen: singing.
Farlley Derze began his musical studies at the
age of five, choosing the accordion as his first
instrument; he switched to the piano at the age
of seven. After attending the Carminha Alonso
Piano Conservatory in Rio de Janeiro, he en-
tered the University of Rio de Janeiro, where he
graduated in Music. He later earned a Master’s
Degree from the University of Brasília where
he specialised in the History of Art (University
Dulcina de Moraes). In 1985, he started play-
ing professionally in different bands and ac-
companying singers in concerts all over Brazil.
He has played with singers Claudia Telles, the
Golden Boys, Leila Pinheiro, Sandra Duailibe,
Rita Ribeiro, Claudio Lins, Miúcha, Antenor
Bogéa, Janette Dornellas, Mariana de Moraes,
Simone Guimarães and Celia Rabelo, among
others. He has also played live in Africa, Eu-
rope and South America and has composed for
TV documentaries and films. He has recorded
several CDs, including GÊNESE (2000), ACA-
LANTO (2001) and NAQUELAS NOITES DE
NATAL (2001); he has also written arrange-
ments for other singers and played piano on
some of their albums.
Besides playing in Brazil, Farlley Derze has
played in a number of countries, including
Cape Verde, France, Greece, Portugal and
Spain. In Greece, in April 2010, he played in
a very special concert for the presentation of
Antenor Bogea’s CD INNAXOS, a concert that
also featured the participation of Nena Venet-
sanou, Elena Kisseleva, Afendula Razeili, An-
tenor Bogéa, Iannos Arvanitakis, Jean-Philippe
Crespin and Vassilis Kontaxis.
Derze’s main work is in the area of Brazilian
music – bossa nova and samba, jazz and Latin
music. The French journalist Any Collin said
of him: “Farlley Derze is such a special piano
player that no one can stay indifferent when he
is performing. In his concerts I feel like I am
floating among stars in a groundless space. His
paying is not only dynamic but also delicate
and sensitive.”
Farlley Derze
Cadu de Andrade