On March 29, Amaro Freitas will take the stage to celebrate World Piano Day as he introduces Y’Y to music lovers.
Amaro Freitas, who hails from the Northeastern Brazilian coastal city of Recife, was drawn to Manaus, located in the Amazon basin, some 4600 kilometers to the west. His experience in that lush wilderness led him into a new realm of musical creation, one rooted in magic and possibility and tempered by a sense of stewardship for the earth’s bounties and a connection to the Sateré Mawé indigenous community. Crucial to the experience for Freitas was the maintenance of a true exchange of knowledge.
Freitas will release his new album Y’Y (pronounced eey-eh, eey-eh) as an “homage to the forest, especially the Amazon Forest, and the rivers of Northern Brazil.” In addition to serving as a call to nature, Y’Y expresses lessons Freitas learned in the Amazon about the incandescent power of enchanted spirits who intervene on behalf of the community in times of struggle.