Fred Góes

Origin

Rio de Janeiro, RJ

Also known as

Frederico Augusto Liberalli de Góes

Years Active

1980

Genres

MPB, brazilian popular music, samba, choro, carnival

Instruments

piano, violin

Biography

Fred Góes, artistic name of Frederico Augusto Liberalli de Góes, was born in Rio de Janeiro on February 3, 1948. He is a renowned composer, lyricist, writer, essayist, playwright, professor-doctor of Theory of Literature at UFRJ, and a researcher of Brazilian Popular Music (MPB). His ancestry dates back to the violinist Giovanni Liberalli, who was the concertmaster of the orchestra that accompanied King João VI during his exile in Brazil in the early 19th century. His maternal grandfather, Mário de Souza Liberalli, was a pianist and engineer who pioneered the installation of the first radio station in Brazil in 1922. His father, Paulo de Góes, an internationally renowned microbiologist, co-authored the song "Pode ir embora" in 1936, recorded by Carmen Miranda.

Throughout his career, Fred Góes has had his lyrics recorded by several prominent interpreters of MPB. In addition to his work in music, he is the author of numerous essays published in books and specialized periodicals, both in Brazil and abroad. His academic background includes a master's degree in Communication and Culture from ECO-UFRJ and a doctorate in Theory of Literature from the Faculty of Letters of the same university. Between 2003 and 2004, he conducted post-doctoral research in Human Sciences at Tulane University in New Orleans, USA, with a fellowship from the Rockefeller Foundation. Currently, he is a researcher at CNPq and leader of the Interdisciplinary Group of Carnival Studies.

Fred Góes also had a significant involvement in the university theater universe, founding and directing the Tule Group (University Theater of Letters/UFRJ) in the 1980s, where he wrote and staged the play "K-ótico após-trópico romântico". His work as a researcher and curator extends to projects such as the curation of the "Carnival" module in the "500 Years of Brazil" exhibition at the National Library and the presidency of the jury of the "Prêmio Rival BR de Música" between 2003 and 2008. He has also published works on other artists, such as "Gilberto Gil" (Literature Commented) and "O ABC de Jorge Amado" (in partnership with Moraes Moreira).