Odeon EP-20231
Some time ago I was contacted by
Steve Bernard's daughter
Sandra Bernhardt, who was pleased to find here the posts about her father and promised to send me the recordings I did not have. Also she was so kind to write a text about her father, clearing some misinformation about him which were also published at the usual hub for distorted facts: Parallel Realities.
Here is
Sandra's integral text covering the so far undisclosed parts of
Steve Bernard's life and history:
Steve Bernard was born in
Brasov, Romenia (
Roumania).
He was a
Jew but before getting married to my mother,
Eva, he converted to
Christianity (
Catholic). They got married on Dec, 19,
1954 in a Catholic church named
Nossa Senhora da Paz, in
Ipanema, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Eva, was a very famous and gracious dancer, known as
Eva Lanthos. She was born in
Budapest, Hungary.
As far as I know, he began to play classical music very early, in
Brasov, Roumania (not in
Vienna).
At the age of 18, he was awarded in several Competitions in
Vienna, played piano in cinemas and with some singers like,
Lilly Fayol,
Gina Liano and
Arthur Allam. A few years later he had his Band with presentations in
Bucharest, Roumania.
Moved to
Paris to study at
Sorbonne (
Philosophy and
Music), made tours in
England and
Canada before coming to
Rio de Janeiro,
Brazil in
1952, after
Paul Péri's invitation.
Paul Péri, was a famous
French actor /
singer. He invited
Steve to play at the
Golden Room,
Copacabana Palace Hotel in
Rio in
1952. Some days later
Mauricio Lanthos and
Waldir Calmon invited him to play the
Hammond B3 Organ, recently bought, at
Arpège (nobody knew how to manage the Organ, just Steve!) He needed to live in a tropical city in order to feel better from his constant pains (MD recommendation) and decided to live in
Rio.
The next step was the his first record -
Steve Bernard e sua Arte - produced by
Sinter in
1954 and the second one in
1955., formed his band and .... you have all information about him after that...
Tracks:
1.
To The End of The Earth (Joe Sherman / Noel Sherman)
2.
Sonoroso (K.Ximbinho / Del Loro)
3.
Suas Mãos (Ayres da Costa Pessoa "Pernambuco" / Antônio Maria)
4.
A Certain Smile (Paul Francis Webster / Sammy Fain)
THE DAUGHTER
Créditos:
Sandra Bernhardt
