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Name:  BITA NASCIMENTO
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Birthday:  20 April, 1960
Bio:  BITA NASCIMENTO IS A MUSICIAN FROM CABO VERDE RESIDING IN BELGIUM WITH A RICH REPERTOIRE IN MUSICAL STYLE, INSTRUMENTS AND LANGUAGES. THE CONTACT WITH THE MUSIC BEGINS IN CHILDHOOD WHEN THE FATHER PROMOTED DANCES WITH ACOUSTIC INSTRUMENTS, LITTLE LIGHT A LOT OF DUST AND BROKEN STRINGS THAT IN THE MORNING BITA WOULD USE TO BUILD LITTLE GUITARS. AT THE AGE OF 16 BITA NASCIMENTO BUYS THE FIRST GUITAR AND A MANUAL OF MUSICAL THEORY LEARNING HOW to PLAY WITH A CLASSIC TOUCH WHILE LISTENING to TRADITIONAL MUSICIANS ACQUIRING A FEELING FOR THE MORNAS, COLADEIRAS, SAMBAS ETC. AT 18 BITA IS RECRUITED FOR MILITARY SERVICE IN, CABO VERDE, WHERE HE PASSED MORE TIME WITH THE GUITAR THAN WITH THE RIFLE. DURING THIS TIME HE LEARNS IN S.TIAGO THE RHYTHM OF FUNANA AND BATUQUE THAT UNTIL THE DATE WERE EXCLUSIVE RHYTHMS OF THE INTERIOR OF S.TIAGO. FOR HIS FIRST LOVE HE WRITES HIS FIRST SONG AND TODAY HE TODAY HE HAS HUNDREDS OF COMPOSITIONS IN SEVERAL MUSICAL STYLES AND LANGUAGES BECAUSE ALTHOUGH CABOVERDEAN IN THE HEART BITA IDENTIFIES AS A MUSICIAN OF THE WORLD. DURING STUDENT'S TIME IN PORTUGAL BITA PLAYS BOSSA NOVA AND MORNAS IN PUBS BUT THE MUSIC IN THAT TIME WAS JUST A PASSION. BACK TO CABO VERDE BITA NASCIMENTO PARTICIPATES IN A CONTEST OF VOICES WHERE HE REACHES THE FINAL. IN 1990 AS EMIGRANT IN CANADA BITA DECIDES TO BECAME A FULL TIME MUSICIAN. HE BEGINS BY LEARNING TO PLAY PERCUSSION ,CAVAQUINHO ,BASE, VIOLIN, SAXOPHONE AND PIANO AND AS TEST OF THE LEARNING HE RECORDS ALONE THE CD " AFRIKA " WHILE PLAYING IN RESTAURANTS AND CLUBS IN WEEKENDS. IN 1995 BITA IS HIRED TO PLAY IN SOUTH KOREA FOR A PERIOD OF 3 MONTHS PERFORMING FOR THOUSANDS EVERYDAY. IN 2001 BITA RECORDS THE CD MORNA E MORABEZA AND EVER SINCE LIVES IN BELGIUM PLAYING IN FESTIVALS, HOTELS AND PRIVATE PARTIES IN BELGIUM, FRANCE, HOLLAND ,CABO VERDE ETC. DISCOGRAPHY IN 1996 BITA RECORDS THE FIRST ALBUM WITH TEN THEMES ENTITLED AFRIKA. IN 2001 THE SECOND CD ALSO WITH OWN COMPOSITIONS ENTITLED MORNA E MORABEZA IN 2007 HE PREPARES A CD WITH DANCE SONGS LIKE FUNANA, COLADEIRA AND ZUCK. BITA IS AVAILABLE FOR INTERNATIONAL CONTRACTS FOR SOLO SHOWS OR WITH THE GROUP LUMENAR CONTACTS IN BELGICA TEL: 0032 32976175 /0032 496854775 CANADA TEL:416 537 7819 / 416 7605939 CABO VERDE: 00238 2313492 EMAIL BITANASCIMENTO@HOTMAIL.COM
Interests:  MUSIC,SPORTS,NATURE AND TECNOLOGY
Blog Created:  Tuesday, 23 October 2007
Last Updated:  Thursday, 28 March 2024 - 10:46 AM EDT
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