Almaplana
Evora, Alentejo, Portugal
“Cor El Mim”
Cláudio Trindade - vocals, guitar
Ricardo Alberto - violin, vocals
Samuel Santos - cello, vocals
Bruno Rodrigues, Cláudio Trindade and Ricardo Alberto met in the University of Evora on May of 2003 and decided to present on stage songs from other bands on a more intimate style with vocals, violin, acoustic guitar and doublebass.
After several live shows from North to South of Portugal and the participation on a theatre project, they started to compose some original songs, producing their first demo cd titled “Almaplana”.
On 2004 the trio was invited to play live on the tv show “Lote 9”, on portuguese channel 2. After that they played live on the national radio show “Passeio Público” on Antena 1.
On January 2005 they composed the songs to the film “The Fifth Step”, produced and directed by Donna Mabey, Mariana Conde and Josephine Reynolds, nominated for the best production and post-production on the “Finest Film Awards” from the international Film School of Wales. On the same year they are invited to play live on the tv show “DiverCidades” from RTP International.
In 2006 Bruno Rodrigues left the group and Samuel Santos joins it playing cello.