Marcus Viana

Marcus Viana
Viana (right) in 2009 during event with then governor of Minas Gerais Aécio Neves (left, applauding)
Background information
Born (1953-08-03) 3 August 1953
Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
GenresNew age, world music, Latin,[1] progressive rock
OccupationsMusician, producer
InstrumentsSinging, keyboards, violin
Years activesince 1973
Formerly ofSaecula Saeculorum, Sagrado Coração da Terra
Websitemarcusviana.com.br

Marcus Viana (Belo Horizonte, 3 August 1953)[2] is a Brazilian violinist, singer, keyboardist and composer. He founded his own label Sonhos & Sons in the first half of the 1990s and is also the leader of progressive folk group Sagrado Coração da Terra.

Early life and career

Marcus Viana is the son of Sebastião Viana, former reviewer and assistant to Heitor Villa-Lobos.[2][1] He started learning music at the age of 13 when he took violin lessons with Hungarian teacher Gabor Buza,[2] a disciple of Carl Flesch.[1] Between 1972 and 1973, he lived in Pennsylvania, where he joined the Harvertown Symphonic Orquestra.[2]

Back to Brazil, he joined the Minas Gerais Symphonic Orchestra and stayed with them for seven years.[2] In 1974, he formed the progressive rock group Saecula Saeculorum.[3]

In 1979 he founded another group, Sagrado Coração da Terra, aiming to blend progressive and symphonic music with lyrics about the environmental and spiritual issues.[4][5] Since the mid-1990s, he has been focusing both on the group and on his career as a soundtrack composer for TV (such as Pantanal[2]), cinema, theater, ballet e musicais infantis.[6] He was nominated for a Latin Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Album in 2001 for the album Música das Esferas – Terra.[5]

In 2004 Viana worked as music producer for the film Olga. He later worked in two more films: As Filhas do Vento[7] e O Mundo em Duas Voltas.

Sagrado Coração da Terra

The band was founded in 1979,[8] soon after he left Saecula Saeculorum. The first album was released in 1984 and was well received, especially in Japan, where it was first released in CD format.[9]

In 2019 Viana was planning an entire album with Andre Matos (who guest performed on "Terra" (originally by Caetano Veloso) on the album À Leste do Sol, Oeste da Lua) singing English-language versions of songs by the band, but the project was cancelled following Matos's sudden death.[8]

Em 2001 é lançado Sacred Heart of Earth, um CD voltado para o mercado exterior, com canções importantes na carreira do Sagrado repaginadas e com letras em inglês. Em 2002, saíram duas coletâneas que também traziam algumas novas edições e arranjos: Coletânea I – Canções e Coletânea II – Instrumental.[9]

Discography

  • Sagrado (1984)
  • Flecha (1987)
  • Farol da Liberdade (1991)
  • Grande Espírito (1993)
  • A Leste do Sol, Oeste da Lua (2000)
  • Sacred Heart of Earth (2001) (coletânea)
  • Canções (2002) (coletânea)
  • Instrumental (2002) (coletânea)
  • Cosmos X Caos – A História parte 1 (2009) (DVD)
  • Flores do Eden – (DVD)

References

  1. ^ a b c "Marcus Viana – Allmusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 25 March 2011.
  2. ^ a b c d e f "Marcus Viana". Dicionário Cravo Albin da Música Popular Brasileira (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 16 October 2025.
  3. ^ Barbosa, Daniel (18 December 2005). "Marcus Viana revive Saecula Saeculorum". O Tempo. Retrieved 16 October 2025.
  4. ^ "Sagrado Coração da Terra – Allmusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 27 March 2011.
  5. ^ a b "Marcus Vianna leva esoterismo ao Grammy Latino". Reuters. Terra. 10 September 2001.
  6. ^ "Marcus Viana – História". sonhosesons.com.br. Archived from the original on 19 November 2011. Retrieved 25 March 2011.
  7. ^ "Marcus Viana lança o primeiro DVD". Terra. 25 February 2004.
  8. ^ a b Prata, Thiago (26 May 2020). "Marcus Viana: 40 anos do Sagrado Coração da Terra, novas canções e homenagem a Andre Matos". Hoje em Dia (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 20 October 2025.
  9. ^ a b "Rock Progressivo Brasil: Biografias – Sagrado Coração da Terra". rockprogressivo.com.br. Retrieved 27 March 2011.
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