Larissa Luz prepares the repertoire with tributes to Gal and Elza for Mascarados

In an interview with Terra, Larissa commented on expecting to return to Carnival with a mission to replace Margareth Menezes as head of the block.

After 24 years at the head of the Mascarados bloc, singer and current Minister of Culture, Margareth Menezes, passes the runway to Larissa Luz command this which is one of the most anticipated popcorn of the Salvador carnival. The block starts right on the opening day of the revelry, this Thursday 16th at 10pm.

Audiences should expect a personalized repertoire from Larissa, who has tried to merge her story with that of Mascarados. The presentation at the Barra-Ondina Circuit (Dodô) will also honor artists such as Margareth, Elza Soares and Gal Costa.

“It will be a great dance of affirmation and resistance,” promises Larissa Luz.

In an exclusive interview with Earththe singer commented on the anticipation for her return to the Carnival – and the presentations in six different spaces, all free -, recalled her departure from the band Ara Ketu, and opened her heart about how she understands herself as an artist, with the many functions between presenter, singer and actress.

Watch the full interview!

Who is Larissa Luz herself?

I consider myself a multi-artist, I’ve always wanted to do this, it’s always been my big project to work with various artistic effects. I am very happy to be able to do it today, to mix artistic languages, to say what I believe in, to come up with my guidelines, my questions. I am completely intense, I am very sincere and I preach a lot for the truth. I think the big word for me is being able to be true, having the freedom to be who we are. After discovering it, I never wanted to give up. And, in terms of art, I work with music, I write, I present, I’m a communicator and an actress.

They are more than 15 years of career, with the right to be nominated for a Latin Grammy, pulling a solo trio at the Salvador carnival. Can you still feel butterflies in your stomach in light of everything you’ve been through?

Absolutely. I say if I lose it, something’s wrong, I’ll have to get it back. It’s a great sign that art is alive within me. Butterflies in the stomach are a great sign that art is happening in an intense and profound way, as it always has been. I’m super excited, super nervous. Nervous for several reasons, for being there, in that traditional block, for the time without doing anything, for having been the great comeback. It’s going to be a reunion with revelry within a big ritual, so I think it’s going to be very strong. But I think everything will work out. I am very optimistic, very excited, happy to be able to interact again with the large audience of Carnaval and happy to return under these circumstances, with the blessing of Maga, the Mascarados and this audience.

Is the responsibility greater for being announced as Margareth Menezes’ understudy in Mascarados, which has already become a tradition at Carnival?

It has an expectation. Naturally there is an expectation of what will happen, because the blockade already has a tradition, a history. I have tried to create a repertoire to align my story with that of the lockdown. I put my breath into the formation of the band, I put the electronics at the center of the arrangements. It will be a mix of who I am, my story, with the story of Mascarados, of Maga, honoring singers I love, like Elza Soares, Gal Costa. I think it will be a great show of affirmation and resistance.

“My goal was to make art, to work with art and to have creative freedom. When I felt trapped, I left”, Larissa Luz on the transition from axé to pop

You crossed Ara Ketu, when you were younger, singing Axé songs, and nowadays your songs are more pop oriented. What led to this change?

I’ve always dared in the sense of trying things. When I realized I was a bit stuck there, I preferred to follow other paths because it doesn’t make sense to me. I appreciate the freedom to create in art, I never wanted to be famous. My goal was to make art, to work with art and to have creative freedom. When I felt trapped, I left. And it was really cool, because I’m looking for diasporic rhythms, black rhythms and the interplay of these rhythms. I like being there to be able to do that. It was very smooth and still is. It will be like this forever, I will test and experience the multiplicity that black culture offers me.

Today you have a great national exposure, as a presenter, an actress. Have you noticed a difference in your singing career due to the influence of these new roles?

I think these fronts add arguments for people to want to see me, want to be close, want to watch. So, I take advantage of each project to talk about something else that I carry as an artistic baggage. If I’m in a show, I talk about the show; in a film I sing… So my archetype is closing and people are able to understand me and welcome me in my complexity. I think one thing helps the other.

Source: Terra

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