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Rodrigo Leão

Rodrigo Leão

Actor, Composer, Music Department

Born October 15, 1964 in Lisbon, Portugal

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Biography

Rodrigo Leão is a Portuguese musician and songwriter. He was born in Lisbon in 1964. He became known for his musical compositions and participation in Portuguese bands such as Madredeus and Sétima Legião.

Rodrigo Leão was one of the musicians and composers behind the successful Portuguese ensemble Madredeus; he was in the band for nearly 10 years before leaving to focus on his own solo career.

Yet, Madredeus was only one of the many stops of a 30-year career that has seen Rodrigo Leão invite Portishead's Beth Gibbons, The Divine Comedy's Neil Hannon or Tindersticks' Stuart Staples to sing on his albums and live shows; perform with Ryuichi Sakamoto or Ludovico Einaudi; and see his music used on film soundtracks or praised by Pedro Almodóvar.

Rodrigo Leão started out as a bassist in an indie-rock band before moving into Madredeus' chamber-pop and into the neo-classical textures of his own early solo material.

Rodrigo was in 1982 one of the founding members of Sétima Legião, one of the most influential rock bands in Portugal's mid-1980s indie scene, thanks to their judicious use of Celtic influences. In 1986, he started Madredeus with Pedro Ayres Magalhães and Sétima Legião's Gabriel Gomes as a sideline acoustic project – one that gained a life of its own and received international success. In 1993, Rodrigo released a mostly instrumental solo album in a neo-classical, minimalist mode, titled “Ave Mundi Luminar”. With Sétima Legião on a long break, in 1994 he left Madredeus to devote himself fully to his solo career; in it he explored the edges of modern classical music and contemporary pop, marrying electronics to string and horn sections, using a separate project, Os Poetas, to set to music words from some of Portugal's greatest poets.

Throughout all these roles two things kept reappearing in his work: film and songs. Madredeus had written the music for a Wim Wenders movie; Rodrigo's 2004 album was called “Cinema”, and from then on his backing group became the Cinema Ensemble. And, as he moved further in his explorations of instrumental textures, he also returned to the simplicity of the pop song.

He has done so over the past ten years, and has invited others to lend their voices to his music. Portuguese stars such as The Gift's Sónia Tavares or alt-Fado singer Lula Pena; Brazilian up-and-comers Rosa Passos and Thiago Petit; and internationally acclaimed singers such as Beth Gibbons, Neil Hannon, Stuart Staples and, more recently, Joan Wasser (Joan as Policewoman) and Scott Matthew have collaborated in Rodrigo's songs.

Rodrigo's music is also present in film soundtracks, including Lee Daniels’ Oscar-nominated historical drama The Butler (which won him an ASCAP award), in the TV documentary series Portugal – A Social Portrait by António Barreto and in the mobile education apps Art Legacy and award-winning history app Back in Time.

Source: Article "Rodrigo Leão" from Wikipedia in english, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

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Filmography

Actor

28

Type

Year

XXV Globos de Ouro TV Special2021Self - Performer

¡Atención obras! Poster

¡Atención obras! TV Series2013Self

Só Visto! Poster

Só Visto! TV Series2013Self

My Engine's Fragile Sound Poster

My Engine's Fragile Sound Feature Film2012Pianista

A Montanha Mágica Video2011

Estranha Forma de Vida TV Series2011Self

Janela Indiscreta Poster

Janela Indiscreta TV Series2010Self

Carta blanca TV Series2006Self

Gato Fedorento: Diz que é uma Espécie de Magazine Poster

Gato Fedorento: Diz que é uma Espécie de Magazine TV Series2006Self

Globos de Ouro 2004 TV Special2005Self - Best Singer

Consigo TV Series2004Self

Globos de Ouro 2003 TV Special2004Self - Best Singer

Globos de Ouro 2002 TV Special2003Self

Páginas Soltas TV Series2003Self

Por Outro Lado Poster

Por Outro Lado TV Series2001Self

A Outra Face da Lua TV Series2000Self

HermanSIC Poster

HermanSIC TV Series2000Self

Zapping TV Series2000Self

Globos de Ouro 1997 TV Special1998Self

Continuarà... Poster

Continuarà... TV Series1996Self

Mundo VIP Poster

Mundo VIP TV Series1996Self

Lisbon Story Poster

Lisbon Story Feature Film1994Self

Mapa Cor de Rock TV Series1990Self

Pop Off TV Series1990Self

Clube dos Subscritores TV Series1989Self

Com Pés e Cabeça TV Series1988Self

Fisga TV Series1987Self

Sobe e Desce TV Series1987Self

Composer

27

Type

Year

Mulheres, às Armas Poster

Mulheres, às Armas Mini-Series2025

Apocalypse in the Tropics Poster

Apocalypse in the Tropics Feature Film2024

Codex 632 Poster

Codex 632 TV Series2023

Lúcia - A Guardiã do Segredo Poster

Lúcia - A Guardiã do Segredo Mini-Series2023

Ljubomir Stanisic - Coração na Boca Poster

Ljubomir Stanisic - Coração na Boca Feature Film2021

Ljubomir Stanisic - Coração na Boca (série) Mini-Series2021

Submission Poster

Submission Feature Film2020

A Short Walk between Self and Noneself: AI, Art and Science at IGC Poster

A Short Walk between Self and Noneself: AI, Art and Science at IGC Short Film2019

The Edge of Democracy Poster

The Edge of Democracy Documentary2019

In the Intense Now Poster

In the Intense Now Documentary2017

100 Meters Poster

100 Meters Feature Film2016

Nascimento de uma ideia Video2014

Herculano Poster

Herculano Short Film2013

Njinga, Rainha de Angola Poster

Njinga, Rainha de Angola TV Series2013

Nzinga, Queen of Angola Poster

Nzinga, Queen of Angola Feature Film2013

The Butler Poster

The Butler Feature Film2013

My Engine's Fragile Sound Poster

My Engine's Fragile Sound Feature Film2012

June Short Film2011

42,195 Km Short Film2010

Senhor X Poster

Senhor X Short Film2010

Castelos no Ar Poster

Castelos no Ar Short Film2008

Equador Mini-Series2008

O Meu Bairro TV Series2007

Portugal, Um Retrato Social Poster

Portugal, Um Retrato Social TV Series2007

Antes de a Vida Começar Poster

Antes de a Vida Começar Feature Film2006

Gato Fedorento: Série Lopes da Silva Poster

Gato Fedorento: Série Lopes da Silva TV Series2006

Um Passo, Outro Passo e Depois... Poster

Um Passo, Outro Passo e Depois... TV Movie1991

Music Department

6

Type

Year

100 Meters Poster

100 Meters Feature Film2016

Primeiros Passos Video2014

The Butler Poster

The Butler Feature Film2013

The Gilded Cage Poster

The Gilded Cage Feature Film2013

Skank: Cosmotron Poster

Skank: Cosmotron Documentary2004

Skank: MTV Ao Vivo Ouro Preto Poster

Skank: MTV Ao Vivo Ouro Preto Documentary2002

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José and Pilar Poster

José and Pilar Documentary2010

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