Geraldo Vandre

Geraldo Vandré was at the peak of his creative impetus and popularity when he was pressed by Brazilian dictatorship in 1968. Exiled, he returned silent. Criticizing mass culture, he retired from artistic manifestations, living alone in his apartment in São Paulo, while his works have been constantly re-recorded. After some occasional appearances at the local radio station, he and his family moved to Rio in 1951. Under the pseudonym of Carlos José, he appeared in the most famous radio show of that time, the Programa César de Alencar. With the help of his mother, he recorded h...