Mingo Rangel

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Mingo Rangel
Mingo Rangel
Birth nameCarlos Alberto Rangel de Andrade
Born1958
Beira, Mozambique
DiedDecember 25, 2024(2024-12-25) (aged 65–66)
Occupation(s)Guitarist, singer, writer, composer
InstrumentGuitar
Years active1979–present

Carlos Alberto Rangel de Andrade (1958 in Beira, Mozambique - 25 December 2024), [1] better known as Mingo Rangel, was a Mozambican musician, singer, composer and writer.

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Early life

Born in Mozambique in the city of Beira, Rangel started his classical guitar studies early with professor Alfredo Costa.

He has held a professional musician's licence since 1979, when he was performing compulsory military service at the Military Hospital in Estrela (Lisbon, Portugal).

Music career

Rangel plays guitar with Portuguese musical group Trio Odemira. [2] He also regularly works with London-based jazz group Grand Union Orchestra, with whom he has performed in Holland, Ireland, France and the United Kingdom.

It was with Grand Union Orchestra that Rangel recorded an album at the famous Queen Elizabeth Hall in London, participated in the Setúbal Music Festival, and played at the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation. [3]

Rangel provided music for the 1996 film Mississe: a story of love, lust and black magic set in a small village in southern Mozambique. [4]

Some of Rangel's hits have been recorded and performed by renowned names in the Portuguese-speaking music scene, such as Paulo de Carvalho, Dany Silva, Maria João Silveira, Tito Paris, and João Afonso.

As of 2020, Rangel teaches classical guitar.[ citation needed ]

Writing

Rangel has published three books of poetry: Roupa Lavada, Na Ardósia and Receitas de Presépio.[ citation needed ]

He wrote the play Só Nos Dois, which featured actress Eugenia Bettencourt. [5]

Discography

As performer

As composer

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References

  1. https://www.grandunion.org.uk/news/obituary-carlos-alberto-rangel-de-andrade-mingo-rangel
  2. "Vocalista do Trio Odemira está desaparecido desde esta tarde". TV 7 Dias (in European Portuguese). 2019-06-04. Retrieved 2020-10-20.
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