Ceremony takes place on December 10 in Rio de Janeiro and celebrates four decades of career of the musician carioca
Zeca Pagodinho will be the great honoree of the ninth edition of the UBC Awardwhich takes place on December 10 at Casa UBC, in Rio de Janeiro. For the first time since its inception in 2017, the award of BRAZILIAN UNION OF COMPOSITORS recognizes a samba artist. Before him, they were honored Gilberto Gil, Erasmo Carlos, Milton Nascimento, Herbert Vianna, Djavan, Alceu Valença, Caetano Veloso, Rita Lee and Roberto de Carvalho.
“It is a pride to be the first sambista to be chosen for the UBC Award And enter the gallery of so many friends already chosen. And live the samba! ”, Celebrates the artist. Paula LimaPresident of UBChe points out that “Zeca Pagodinho It is one of the great pillars of Brazilian popular music. Truth, excellence and love for samba, opened ways for new generations and consolidated gender as a fundamental expression of our culture. ”
The authorial legacy of Zeca Impressed: There are 143 registered compositions and 1,156 musical recordings. Among the interpreters who most recorded their songs are Arlindo Cruz, Dudu Noble, Beth Carvalho, Jorge Aragon and Paw. In the last five years, the most performed songs have been “I’m not that anymore”, “Shrimp that sleeps the wave takes”, “Yellow Range”, “Who is she” and “I’ll put your name on macumba”. The most rewrited are “Mud in the streets”, “I’m not that anymore” and “Jew of me”.
The trajectory of Zeca He began in the early 1980s, when he had his first song recorded: “Bitterness”in partnership with Claudio Camunguelolaunched by Backyard. The proximity to the group led him to know Beth Carvalhowhich recorded in 1983 his first great success: “Shrimp that sleeps the wave takes”with Arlindo Cruz and Beto without arm.
In 1985, the collection Brazilian race brought compositions like “evil of love” and “Garrafeiro”selling 100,000 copies. The following year, his debut solo album has entered classics such as “Heart in Desalinho” and “Jew of me”reaching 1 million copies sold.
In the following four decades, with 25 albums released, Zeca won four awards Latin Grammy 12 indications. In 2025, he celebrated his 40th career with the album Zeca Pagodinho – 40 years (live).
Wilson Simoninhavowel director of UBCemphasizes that
in such a divided country, Zeca Pagodinho It is a unanimity of generations and styles. Representing samba and a victorious career, he has always been concerned with bringing his partners, formed and valued genius musicians.
THE UBC Award 2025 will have artistic direction of Max Pierre and Victor Kelly. In a surprise show even for its own Zecaguests and artists who marked their trajectory will interpret unpublished versions of their authorial repertoire.
+++ Read more: Zeca Pagodinho donates land and creates green revolution that kills hunger in Xerém
+++ Read more: Zeca Pagodinho’s tribute to Arlindo Cruz, who left us
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Source: Rollingstone
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