Maria da Rocha

fotografia: Pedro Sadio

Com sólida formação clássica, a violinista e violetista Maria da Rocha (n. 1984) tem colaborado com várias orquestras e ensembles, incluindo a Orquestra Gulbenkian, a Orquestra das Beiras e a Orquestra XXI. Em paralelo, explora outros universos musicais, sobretudo os mundos da improvisação livre e da eletrónica, tendo editado os álbuns “Pink” (duo com Maria W Horn, 2015, edição Creative Sources) “Beetroot & Other Stories” (2018, Shhpuma) e “nolastingname” (2021, Holuzam). Lançámos-lhe o desafio de escolher “os discos da sua vida”. Estas são as suas escolhas.

 

Kronos Quartet: “Floodplain” (Nonesuch, 2009)

Meredith Monk: “Volcano Songs” (ECM New Series, 1997)

Bruno Pernadas: “How can we be joyful in a world full of knowledge?” (Pataca, 2014)

Pablo Woiz & Milonga Roots: “Vol. I” (Housemaster, 2017)

Astor Piazzolla: “Tango Zero Hour” (American Clavé,1986)

Maria W Horn: “Kontrapoetik” (Portals Editions, 2018)

Kim Kashkashian: “Hindemith: Sonatas for Viola Alone / Piano and Viola Alone” (ECM, 1988)

Charles Mingus: “Pithecanthropus Erectus” (Atlantic, 1956)

Gabrieli Consort / Paul McCreesh: “Victoria: Requiem” (Archiv Produktion, 1995) 

David Grimal / Georges Pludermacher: “Europa” (Ambroisie, 2008)

Garth Knox: “Garth Knox Plays Ligeti, Dusapin, Berio, Kurtág, Dillon, Sciarrino – Works For Solo Viola” (Montaigne, 2000)

Lisas: “Sally Wiola Sessions Volume II (Fiddle & Accordion Conversations)” (Sally Wiola, 2017)

DJ Sniff: “EP” (Psi, 2011) 

Gli Incogniti / Amandine Beyer: “Nicola Matteis: False Consonances of Melancholy / Ayres for the Violin” (Zig Zag Territoires, 2009) 

Joana Gama / Luís Fernandes / Ricardo Jacinto: “Harmonies” (Shhpuma, 2016)

Powertrio: “Di Lontan” (Clean Feed / Shhpuma, 2015)

Jordi Savall: “Voix Humaines” (Alia Vox, 1998)

Andrew Manze / Richard Egarr: “Biber: The Rosary Sonatas” (Harmonia Mundi, 2004)

Carlos Paredes: “O Melhor de Carlos Paredes” (EMI, 1998) (e todos os outros discos)

Benjamin Clementine: “At least for now” (Universal, 2015)

Stephane Grappelli: “Plays Cole Porter” (Festival, 1976)

David Oistrakh: “Schostakovich: Violin Concerto No. 1” (His Master’s Voice, 1973) 

Mayra Andrade: “Manga” (Sony, 2019)

Enrico Gatti / Ensemble Aurora: “Bach: Musicalisches Opfer, BWV 1079 & Sonates” (Arcana, 2001)

Delia Gonzalez & Gavin Russom: “The Days of Mars” (DFA, 2005) 

Le Trio Joubran: “Majâz” (Randana, 2007)

Pauline Oliveros: “Deep Listening” (Important, 2020)

Yair Elazar Glotman: “Compound” (Subtext, 2017)

Miguel Henriques: “António Fragoso: Piano Works” (Numérica, 1995)