Bacuri

Origin

Rio de Janeiro, RJ

Genres

choro, instrumental music

Instruments

flute

Biography

Bacuri was a respected Brazilian flutist and composer who lived in Rio de Janeiro during the 19th century. His musical activity took place during a period of cultural effervescence, when choro was beginning to take shape and consolidate itself as a genuinely Brazilian genre.

Although his birth name is not known, Bacuri was recognized for his skill on the flute and for his choro compositions. He rubbed shoulders with other important musicians of the time, actively participating in the musical scene of the Second Empire. His contribution, even with few documentary records, is a fundamental part of the history of Brazilian instrumental music.

It is known that Bacuri also worked as a tax guard for the City Hall, which demonstrates the duality of his life between formal work and his passion for music. His work, marked by the flute, echoes in a time when Brazilian popular music was taking its first steps toward the identity we know today.