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Marcus Viana

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Marcus Viana
A line of men in suits (including Aécio Neves) to the left watch and applaud as violinist Marcus Viana plays and smiles on a stage to the right
Viana (right) in 2009 during event with then governor of Minas Gerais Aécio Neves (left, applauding)
Background information
Born (1953-08-03) 3 August 1953 (age 72)
Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
GenresNew age, world music, Latin,[1] progressive rock
OccupationsMusician, producer
InstrumentsSinging, keyboards, violin
Years activesince 1973
Formerly ofSaecula Saeculorum, Sagrado Coração da Terra
Websitemarcusviana.com.br

Marcus Viana (Belo Horizonte, 3 August 1953)[2] is a Brazilian violinist, singer, keyboardist and composer. He founded his own label Sonhos & Sons in the first half of the 1990s and is also the leader of progressive folk group Sagrado Coração da Terra.

Early life and career

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Marcus Viana is the son of Sebastião Viana, former reviewer and assistant to Heitor Villa-Lobos.[2][1] He started learning music at the age of 13 when he took violin lessons with Hungarian teacher Gabor Buza,[2] a disciple of Carl Flesch.[1] Between 1972 and 1973, he lived in Pennsylvania, where he joined the Harvertown Symphonic Orquestra.[2]

Back to Brazil, he joined the Minas Gerais Symphonic Orchestra and stayed with them for seven years.[2] In 1974, he formed the progressive rock group Saecula Saeculorum.[3]

In 1979 he founded another group, Sagrado Coração da Terra, aiming to blend progressive and symphonic music with lyrics about the environmental and spiritual issues.[4][5] Since the mid-1990s, he has been focusing both on the group and on his career as a soundtrack composer for TV (such as Pantanal[2]), cinema, theater, ballet e musicais infantis.[6] He was nominated for a Latin Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Album in 2001 for the album Música das Esferas – Terra.[5]

In 2004 Viana worked as music producer for the film Olga. He later worked in two more films: As Filhas do Vento[7] e O Mundo em Duas Voltas.

Sagrado Coração da Terra

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The band was founded in 1979,[8] soon after he left Saecula Saeculorum. The first album was released in 1984 and was well received, especially in Japan, where it was first released in CD format.[9]

In 2019 Viana was planning an entire album with Andre Matos (who guest performed on "Terra" (originally by Caetano Veloso) on the album À Leste do Sol, Oeste da Lua) singing English-language versions of songs by the band, but the project was cancelled following Matos's sudden death.[8]

Em 2001 é lançado Sacred Heart of Earth, um CD voltado para o mercado exterior, com canções importantes na carreira do Sagrado repaginadas e com letras em inglês. Em 2002, saíram duas coletâneas que também traziam algumas novas edições e arranjos: Coletânea I – Canções e Coletânea II – Instrumental.[9]

Discography

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  • Sagrado (1984)
  • Flecha (1987)
  • Farol da Liberdade (1991)
  • Grande Espírito (1993)
  • A Leste do Sol, Oeste da Lua (2000)
  • Sacred Heart of Earth (2001) (coletânea)
  • Canções (2002) (coletânea)
  • Instrumental (2002) (coletânea)
  • Cosmos X Caos – A História parte 1 (2009) (DVD)
  • Flores do Eden – (DVD)

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Marcus Viana – Allmusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 25 March 2011.
  2. ^ a b c d e f "Marcus Viana". Dicionário Cravo Albin da Música Popular Brasileira (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 16 October 2025.
  3. ^ Barbosa, Daniel (18 December 2005). "Marcus Viana revive Saecula Saeculorum". O Tempo. Retrieved 16 October 2025.
  4. ^ "Sagrado Coração da Terra – Allmusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 27 March 2011.
  5. ^ a b "Marcus Vianna leva esoterismo ao Grammy Latino". Reuters. Terra. 10 September 2001.
  6. ^ "Marcus Viana – História". sonhosesons.com.br. Archived from the original on 19 November 2011. Retrieved 25 March 2011.
  7. ^ "Marcus Viana lança o primeiro DVD". Terra. 25 February 2004.
  8. ^ a b Prata, Thiago (26 May 2020). "Marcus Viana: 40 anos do Sagrado Coração da Terra, novas canções e homenagem a Andre Matos". Hoje em Dia (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 20 October 2025.
  9. ^ a b "Rock Progressivo Brasil: Biografias – Sagrado Coração da Terra". rockprogressivo.com.br. Retrieved 27 March 2011.
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