Composer Aldir Blanc left his career as a psychiatrist to live exclusively off music. Born in Estácio, in the north zone of Rio de Janeiro, he was close to turning 30 years old when he decided to abandon medicine and dedicate himself entirely to composition.
In August 1976, Aldir Blanc received the O GLOBO newspaper team for a long interview in his small apartment on Avenida Maracanã, in Tijuca, also in the north zone of Rio. The reporter in charge was Vitor Sznejder. At the time, the composer was already a rising lyricist and partner of João Bosco, with his verses making a big hit sung by Elis Regina.
Throughout his career, Aldir Blanc wrote more than 600 songs, including classics such as "O Bêbado e a Equilibrista," "Um por Todos," and "Mestre-Sala dos Mares." Considered a chronicler of the streets who knew the soul of bars, he gave voice to the resistance against the military dictatorship in Brazil in the late 1970s.
