1927

  • ID card of Radamés, enlisted in the War Shooting, in Porto Alegre (RS), on January 06.

On December 30, 1927, Radamés received the gold medal of the contest he had won in 1924 at the Porto Alegre Musical Conservatory. Aída Gnattali explains: ‘Radamés was the only one from that generation who managed to get the maximum score: 60 points. After him, years later, only Nise Obino got that score.

 

  • The Odeon label releases the first supplement of Brazilian records recorded by the electric system. Radamés, at the age of 21, participates as accompanying pianist for violinist Anselmo Zlatopolsky in several records.

SOUVENIER – Franz Drdla
Violin solo – Anselmo Zlatopolsky
Piano: Radamés Gnattali
Odeon – 10041-a (1927)

 

  • On January 25, in Rio de Janeiro (RJ), composer, pianist, arranger and lyricist Tom Jobim (Antônio Carlos Brasileiro de Almeida Jobim), to whom Radamés dedicates the song Meu amigo Tom Jobim [1], was born. In return, Tom composes the choro Meu amigo Radamés.

 

Radamés composes:


    • Romance (without words), for piano –
      dedicated to Vera, his fiancée.

 

The world premiere is held in the U.S. of the first talkie film, the feature film, produced by Warner Brothers, TheJazz Singer, by Alan Crosland, starring Al Jolson.

[1] In 1971 Radamés composed the play Musiquinha para Bis (about the teme “Domingo azul no mar”, and Tom Jobim and Newton Mendonça), dedicating it to the Guanabara Quarte t. Later, he rewrites the play with the definitive title of Meu amigo Tom Jobimand records it at Odeon with his sextet and string orchestra Visit the website Instituto Antonio Carlos Jobim:http://www.jobim.org/