The President of the Republic sent condolences to the family of the founder of Orfeu

This Monday, the President of the Republic expressed his condolences to the family of Orfeu founder Arnaldo Trindade, whom he remembers as “one of the most important figures in the music of Portugal between the 1960s and 1980s.”

The historical music publisher Arnaldo Trindade, founder of Orfeu, has died at the age of 89, his family announced this Monday on social networks, without providing further details.

“Giving people the opportunity to be heard is as important as composing, playing or singing, and in this sense Arnaldo Trindade was one of the most important figures in Portuguese music between the 1960s and 1980s,” the note said. published in the journal of the President of the Republic. Web site.

Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa emphasizes that “his courage and taste marked an era in Portuguese music and marked the country far beyond music.”

“Founder of the publishing house Orfeu, he made us listen to José Afonso, Adriano Correia de Oliveira, Vitorino, Sergio Godinho or Fausto, and it was through him that we also heard popular music and classical music, fado and pop, as well as the voice of poets, starting with Miguel Torgui in 1956,” says the text of the head of state, who also expresses “sincere condolences” to the family.

In a message published on Arnaldo Trindade’s Facebook account, it can be read that the wake will be held at the Cristo Rey Church in Porto on Tuesday at 16:30, and the funeral will take place on Wednesday at 10:00. .

Founder of the publishing house Orfeu, in the 1950s he bought Rádio Triunfo and invited “several poets and prose writers to record their works spoken by themselves: Miguel Torg, José Regio, Sofia de Mello Breiner, Eugenio de Andrade, Daniel Filipe. , Aquilino Ribeiro”, among others, which can be seen in the biography published in the collection of poems “Jogos de Xadrez e da Vida”, with which he debuted in this genre in 2013.