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Rogério Duprat

Born
Feb 7, 1932 · Aged 74
Died
Oct 26, 2006
Place of birth
Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Gender
Male
Movie credits
6
TV credits
0
Also known as (1)
  • Rogerio Duprat

Biography

Rogério Duprat (7 February 1932 – 26 October 2006) was a Brazilian composer and musician. Born in Rio de Janeiro, Duprat spent much of his life in São Paulo, where he died. It was there in the early 1960s that he developed an interest in the avant-garde art and music that would soon lead to him studying in Europe with Karlheinz Stockhausen and Pierre Boulez. Returning to Brazil, Duprat wrote scores for Walter Hugo Khouri's films. Against the background of military dictatorship, Duprat met the leaders of Tropicália: Caetano Veloso and Gilberto Gil. He found himself instantly drawn to the…