Arnaldo Baptista

Arnaldo Baptista is a key figure in the development of Brazilian music. A classically trained pianist, he is thought to be the link between the tropicalista rock of the 1960s and '70s and the rebirth of Brazilian rock in the '80s. He founded the group Os Mutantes, a virtual institution in Brazilian cultural history who have transcended pop music and expanded their range of influence through the aesthetic habits and identity of several generations. Baptista was born in São Paulo in 1948, the son of concert pianist and composer Clarisse Leite Dias Baptista and journalist, poet...