Rodrigo Leão


Rodrigo Costa Leão Muñoz Miguez, known professionally as Rodrigo Leão, is a Portuguese musician and songwriter. He became known in the 1980s as a member of the Portuguese groups Sétima Legião and Madredeus. In the 1990s, Leão launched his career as a solo artist, with multiple albums reaching number-one in the Portuguese album charts.
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Music career

In 1982, Leão was one of the founding members of Sétima Legião, one of the most successful bands in Portugal's 1980s rock scene.
In 1985, he started Madredeus with Pedro Ayres Magalhães and Sétima Legião's Gabriel Gomes as a sideline acoustic project. Madredeus received national and international acclaim and became one of Portugal's most successful music groups internationally.
In 1993, Rodrigo released a mostly instrumental solo album in a neo-classical, minimalist mode, titled Ave Mundi Luminar.
In 1994, with Sétima Legião on a long break, he left Madredeus to dedicate himself to his solo career. He has experimented with modern classical music and contemporary pop, joining electronics with string and horn sections. With the project Os Poetas, he composed music for poems from some of Portugal's greatest poets.
Over the years Leão has worked with various singers and musicians. Singers who have participated in Leão's music include Beth Gibbons, Neil Hannon, Stuart Staples, Joan As Police Woman, Scott Matthew, Sónia Tavares, Lula Pena, Rosa Passos and Thiago Petit. Leão has also performed with Ryuichi Sakamoto or Ludovico Einaudi.
Leão's music is also present in film and series soundtracks, including Lee Daniels’ Oscar-nominated historical drama The Butler and the TV documentary series Portugal – A Social Portrait by António Barreto. He has also composed the soundtracks for the mobile education apps Art Legacy and for the award-winning history app Back in Time.

Discography

With Sétima Legião

With Madredeus

With Os Poetas

  • ''Entre Nós e as Palavras''

Solo albums

  • Ave Mundi Luminar
  • Mysterium
  • Theatrum
  • Alma Mater
  • Pasión
  • Cinema
  • O Mundo
  • Portugal, um Retrato Social
  • A Mãe
  • In Memoriam
  • A Montanha Mágica
  • Songs
  • The Butler
  • O Espírito De Um País
  • Florestas Submersas
  • A Vida Secreta das Máquinas
  • O Retiro
  • Life Is Long
  • 100 metros
  • ''O Aniversário''