“I am a crossover, an ensemble between cultures,” says Yamandu Costa, reference of the guitar and Brazilian music, winner of the Latin Grammy 2021 for Best Instrumental Album, which will be presented to the Argentine public after almost 5 years.
With his unique seven-string guitar he mixes his creative spirit with the classical Brazilian music of choro, bossa nova or samba, and also milongas, tangos or zambas, Coast offers a single presentation on Friday in the large room of Ciudad Cultural Konex. We talked with him.
Journalist: How did winning a Grammy change?
Yamandu Costa: People always show that when they are going to introduce you. Sometimes it can help for a contract, but the musician’s life is a life of always sowing, doing things and not believing that importance is given by a prize. Doing without looking for an arrival point, that is the goal.
Q: How is the meeting with the Argentine public?
YC: Argentina is my second home, I grew up playing folklore, chamamé, chacarera, more of that than Brazilian music, I have my heart there.
Q.: How is bossa or samba linked to tango and milonga?
Y.C.: I am a crossover from every point of view, I was born on the border of Brazil and Argentina, and at the same time a big fan of traditional Brazilian music, I am an ensemble between cultures, I like to walk around the world showing our melting pot and amount of colors in Latin America.
Q: How do you see the new generations of musicians? Where is the music going?
YC: This new generation has a great opportunity to learn from network communication and the Internet. I listened to tapes, cassettes, I played music by ear on the radio so I had to wait for it to happen again to be able to play it. It is a very different time, today everyone can see what one does with digitalization and that is a learning revolution. Very different from my time. Today there is much more information.
Q: How do you work with YouTube, Spotify and other platforms to spread music and monetize?
YC: This new imprint of streaming leads to adaptation. Of course it is an agreement that does not benefit the authors and pulverizes attention for the releases. Today everything is more fleeting but as a workaholic and I produce a lot, this time is interesting because I can do it and put things into the air more easily. In the past you had to be more cautious, making one release per year, and now I can release 3 or 4 albums per year, it is a dynamic that I like, having a large amount of material available to my audience.
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