Heitor Villa-Lobos

SoundBorn 1887-03-05Died 1959-11-17 (72)

Heitor Villa-Lobos (Rio de Janeiro, March 5, 1887 – Rio de Janeiro, November 17, 1959) was a Brazilian composer, conductor, cellist, pianist and guitarist, described as "the most significant creative figure in 20th century in Brazilian classical music", and becoming the best-known South American composer of all time.

Known For

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South of the Border with Disney

1942

Heitor Villa-Lobos

Known For

South of the Border with Disney

Coisa Mais Linda - Histórias e Casos da Bossa Nova

Memórias do Grupo Opinião

Villa-Lobos - O Índio de Casaca

Retrato de Villa-Lobos

Dois artistas nacionais - Portinari e Villa Lobos

Filmography

A Carta de Helena

Curitiba: Labirinto Urbano

Villa-Lobos em Paris

Gustavo Dudamel at the Paris Opera With artists from the Académie

Planeta Amazônia

Sting, Daniel Hope & Freunde in Berlin Mit Golda Schultz, Bruce Liu u.v.m.

Memórias do Grupo Opinião

The Little Dominos Jingle Bells

Regresso

Andrea Bacchetti in Concert

Copland, Bernstein

Coisa Mais Linda - Histórias e Casos da Bossa Nova

Fantasies of Brazil

Villa-Lobos - O Índio de Casaca

The Flower of Pain

Diário da Província

Reformatory of the Depraved

Cajaíba - Lição das Coisas - O Fazendeiro do Ar

Mestiça, a Escrava Indomável

João and the Knife

Amazonas, Amazonas

Retrato de Villa-Lobos

Green Mansions

Swain

Dois artistas nacionais - Portinari e Villa Lobos

South of the Border with Disney

Clay

The Discovery of Brazil