Danças Ocultas is a quartet of accordionists from Portugal. For the 2002 festival they present a live performance, recorded at Bègles in Bordeaux, France on April 12, 2002. The song was composed by Artur Fernandes and arranged by Danças Ocultas
The musicians and their instruments
 Artur Fernandes - Diatonic Accordion, Hohner, Corona III, GCF, Three upper buttons have chromatic notes, 1987 |
 Filipe Cal - Diatonic Accordion, Hohner, Corona III, GCF, Three upper buttons have chromatic notes, 1999 |
 Francisco Miguel - Diatonic Accordion, Hohner, Corona IIIR, GCF, Three upper buttons have chromatic notes, 1980 |
Filipe Ricardo - Bass Diatonic Accordion, constructed by Joaquim Nogueira (Portugal), only unit, 1999 |
"This Bass Diatonic Accordion is my own invention. On the left hand it is like a bass side of a Corona III in GCF and at the right side it's in G#C#F#, to have all chromatic notes. So, in this way it's a Bass Diatonic Accordion with a Chromatic mirror." - Artur Fernandes
You can visit the band on the web.
Discography
Danças Ocultas - EMI, 1996
Ar - EMI, 1998
Audio file ©2002 Fernandes and Dancas Ocultas and used with the express permission of the artists and composer. No other use may be made of this audio file without contacting the artist for permission.
