Lenine Alves dos Santos

Lenine Santos was born in Brasília DF, Brazil and is considered one of the best interpreters of Brazilian music. He finished his PhD in Music at São Paulo State University UNESP focusing his dissertation on Brazilian Chamber Music. He's an associate professor and researcher at the Universidade Federal de Pelotas, in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. He began his musical career at a very young age with the String Orchestra of SESI, studying violin. Later on, he entered the Brasília School of Music where he studied voice technique. He also took classes at the University of Campinas UNICAMP in the State of São Paulo with the well known singer Niza de Castro Tank. The Municipal Theatre of São Paulo saw his début as Beppe in the opera I Pagliacci, by Leoncavallo, and since then he has been building a professional career singing in opera, recitals, oratorios and cantatas. He received prizes and honorable mentions in several competitions such as that of Carlos Gomes, Canto de Barra Bonita, and Maria Callas. In 1998 Lenine Santos recorded ?XX Compositores Brasileiros?, his first CD dedicated exclusively to Brazilian song. In 2005 and 2010, he recorded ?Caipira? and ?Mais Caipira? with singer Suzana Salles and guitar player Ivan Vilela, in which they interpret Brazilian popular songs. Continuing his extensive work on Brazilian music, Lenine participated in the recording and reedition of Antônio Carlos Gomes? songs in 2006, resulting in a new CD entitled ?Minhas Pobres Canções?, and recorded in 2007 the CD ?Canção?. He received prizes and honorable mentions in several competitions such as that of Carlos Gomes (1993), Canto de Barra Bonita (1994), and Maria Callas (1995 and 2004). Since then he has been busy building a professional career singing in opera, recitals, oratorios and cantatas. Outstanding among his professional roles are the following: - In Opera: Azaël (L?enfant Prodigue - 1991), Beppe (I Pagliacci - 1993), Monsieur Vogelsang (Der Schauspieldirektor - 1994), Tamino (Die Zauberflöte - 1995), Alfredo (La Traviatta - 2000), Faust (Faust - 2001), Nemorino (L'elisir D'amore - 2007). - In Concerts: Te Deum by Anton Bruckner, Petite Messe Solemnelle by Rossini, Ode to Saint Cecilia by G.F.Handel, Cantata BWV 21 ?Ich hatte viel Bekümernis? and Passion According to Saint John by Bach, Missa Criolla by Ariel Ramirez, Coronation Mass and Requiem by W.A. Mozart. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)