{"id":41,"date":"2023-12-10T22:30:26","date_gmt":"2023-12-10T22:30:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forrolamparina.com.au\/?page_id=41"},"modified":"2025-03-05T12:07:35","modified_gmt":"2025-03-05T12:07:35","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/forrolamparina.com.au\/index.php\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-layout-1 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1596\" height=\"994\" src=\"https:\/\/forrolamparina.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/forrolamparina.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-179\" srcset=\"https:\/\/forrolamparina.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/forrolamparina.jpeg 1596w, https:\/\/forrolamparina.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/forrolamparina-300x187.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/forrolamparina.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/forrolamparina-1024x638.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/forrolamparina.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/forrolamparina-768x478.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/forrolamparina.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/forrolamparina-1536x957.jpeg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1596px) 100vw, 1596px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Forr\u00f3 Lamparina has a short but thriving history in Melbourne City. Idealised by musician, percussionist, educator Humberto Porto, who has moved to Australia in the midst of the pandemic, Lamparina has completed one successful year in May 2023. Performing usually as a quartet, Forr\u00f3 Lamparina has been consistently present in Melbourne&#8217;s music scene having performed in innumerous venues including Wolfhound on Brunswick, Bar Oussou, Bodriggy Brewing Company, Post Office Hotel, King&#8217;s Hotel and in festivals such as Warburton Valley festivals and Renaissance Festival. As well as in regional Victoria, Wild Misty Mountain and Canberra, La Fiesta Latin Festival.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:22px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Lamparina serves to the public an authentic experience, with traditional instruments and arrangements. The traditional instruments for the forr\u00f3 are Accordion, zabumba (percussion) and triagle (percussion) forming a trio. Other instruments may be added and are very welcome enhancing the experience. Names such as Dominguinhos, Luiz Gonzaga, Jackson do Pandeiro and Sivuca, pillars of the genre, are among the artists mostly represented in Lamparina\u2019s repertoire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">The Band is composed by:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Steve Grant \u2013 Accordion<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Maria Lozano \u2013 Vocals and triangle<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Humberto Porto \u2013 Vocals and zabumba<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Jorge Albuquerque \u2013 Bass<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Forr\u00f3 Lamparina has also collaborated with other musicians such as former member bassist Rodrigo Salgado, accordionist substitute Amy Lynch, accordionist substitute George Butrumlis, bassist substitute Tebs, bassist substitute Josh Bridges, vocalist and percussionist Juliana Nascimento and vocalist and percussionist Dani Maya.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Forr\u00f3 Lamparina has a short but thriving history in Melbourne City. Idealised by musician, percussionist, educator Humberto Porto, who has moved to Australia in the midst of the pandemic, Lamparina has completed one successful year in May 2023. Performing usually as a quartet, Forr\u00f3 Lamparina has been consistently present in Melbourne&#8217;s music scene having performed &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/forrolamparina.com.au\/index.php\/about\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">About<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"disabled","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forrolamparina.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/41"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forrolamparina.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forrolamparina.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forrolamparina.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forrolamparina.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/forrolamparina.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/41\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":182,"href":"https:\/\/forrolamparina.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/41\/revisions\/182"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forrolamparina.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}