Valdir Dafonseca

Valdir DafonsecaThe ARTIST Valdir Dafonseca is a Singer and songwriter , natural of São Paulo/SP. He has already launched several albuns(LP) “Waldir da Fonseca” – 1979-Continental- with special guests like Cascatinha and Inhana, Oswaldinho do Acordeon. Evandro, do bandolim his group, the piper Carlos Poyares , Amilson Godoy and the Bossa Jazz Trio;- (Single)“VIVAO SAMBA” And “CUIDADO MENINO”,Lira/Continental-1984;-(LP) “LINDO LINDO LINDO”-1987-Copacabana- with Heitorzinho' dos Prazeres , Rosa Maria and Filó Machado as special guests;-“(CD) DOCE CANTO”-1995-CPC-UMES with the special participations of Leny Andrade, Pery Ribeiro, Arrigo Barnabé, Itamar Assumpção, Tetê Espíndola, Cláudio Nucci, Sergio Ricardo, Celso Miguel, Cibele Codonho, Walter Franco, Adyel, Trovadores Urbanos,and Filó Machado, as interpreter, producer and arranger;-(CD)“PRECIOSO, PRESENTE E TERNO”-2001-Zanbaben with guests p LIKE Ana de Hollanda, Aldo Bueno,Baptista Junior, Carlinhos do Cavaco, Lú de Oliveira, Nilza Maria, Zé Luis Mazziotti. Valdir Dafonseca, started his career taking part as a guitarist at the rodas de samba performed at “São Paulo Chic” Saloon, by the end of the 60’s, and of student’s Popular Music shows and Contests, at the beginning of the 70’s. He took part of the composers line of CamisaVerde e Branco School of Samba, and he is one of the founders of GRES Tom Maior, as well. He was an integrant of the Raízes Group and had some of his songs recorded by important artists like Rosa Maria, Leny Andrade, Beth Carvalho, Vânia Bastos, Rosa Reis, Di Melo, Deo Lopes, Neuber & Iranfe, Heitorzinho dos Prazeres, Branca Di Neve, Delcio Carvalho, Caçulinha, Grupo Raízes, Grupo Sambalanço among others. Valdir Dafonseca has performed in São Paulo's Several well known night clubs As Bar Sem nome, Chamego, Bar do Amorim, Botecão, Clube do Choro, Vou Vivendo, Bom Motivo,Trilhos Urbanos, Bar da Virada, Boca da Noite, Villa Viroo, São Cristóvão, among others, accomplished, also a six month season in Toronto-Canada(Niagara Cafe) in 1988, and, returbed back, in 1989, took part in the show ”O sol nascerá” with Zé Ketty, Elton Medeiros and one of his partners Eduardo Gudin. After overcoming the current adversities of a heart attack followed by a stroke which limited his inferior and superior left members actions, in March 1991, he resumed the activities in the mastership as Englis teacer, until he was been retired by disableness, in 1993, as well as the musical activities, having done some presentations in night clubs, accompanied by a guitar duo formed by Ítalo Perón and Cláudio Duarte in 1992/93. He took part of the UMES-CANTARENA project in 1994 accompanied by the excellent musician and arranger Filó Machado. He launched a new CD”Doce Canto” through the recording company CPC-UMES and did several new release shows with Filó Machado, the CD’s productor, in 1995. In 1996, he was leading an exciting roda de samba at Boca da Noite night club, every Monday, when he was invited by his partner, Luis Pedro, from São Luis do Maranhão, to judge musical dancers folk groups in the of june celebrations of São Luis-Ma, as well, a show with Jane do Bandolin and her group “Miado de Gato” at Fernando Azevedo Theater taking part of Adoniram Barbosa Project. In 1997 he went to Fortaleza(CE), where he lived for a year and gave English's classes for the employees of Pinto Martins International Airport, in a Setur and Infraero's Project. He got back to his relative’s in Santos-SP,in 1998, to have some medical care and, after 10 months, gets back to São Paulo and performs a show“De Volta ao Samba” at Teatro Arthur de Azevedo ,playing the keyboard and singing, besides of his own songs , ,“De Volta ao Samba”, written by Chico Buarque,“ with the músicians EdsonTobinaga(violão/bandolim),Ginaldo Capistrano Jr.(flauta/vocais) e Sergio Mezzarano(bateria/percussão) em 1999. In year 2000 Valdir Dafonseca performs a show in honor to the 20 years of the death of the famous poet and songwriter Vinicius de Moraes, at Paulo Eiró theater, with the musicians Francisco Araújo(guitar) and the mezzo soprano Cida de Andrade and promotes debate and roda de samba “Dos Quilombos à Liberdade” ,celebrating the day of the black conscience(20/11) and the national day of samba music (02/12) . Come in 2001 and 2002 presents, with a lot of success, the roda de samba “Legal Monday” on Mondays, at Villa Viroo noght club- Vila Madalena. He presented, in 2002, at Praça do Choro, singing and playing the keyboard. with the musicians Ítalo Perón(violão, Pimpa(percussion), Pratinha (bandolim/flauta, Nilza Maria(voice) and Guilherme Montanha(flutes/vocals). In 2002 and 2003 coordinated the juries body for the escolas de samba carnival parade, in the district of Amparo-SP. On January 27th, 2005, he presented, with the guests, Mr. Toniquinho Batuqueiro, Ideval Anselmo and Hélio Bagunça at Sesc-Santo André Theater inside the project Plínio of Other Marcos and, in February, took part in the juries body in the Carnival parades of Osasco. Nowadays he coordinates the Show production team “poet's Cebola Crua, journalist and singer Lucia Helena Correa to be performed in March 2006.