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Itiberê Orquestra Família
12+ albums
jazzexperimentalAvant-Gardebrasilinstrumental
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Violin, viola, piano, flutes, sax, cavaquinho, mandolin, rabeca, viola caipira, acoustic and electric guitar, electric bass, drums, percussion, and voice all blend together in this non-conventional orquestra. All nine musicians play more than one instrument, dancing around the stage from the drum set to the sax, the bass to the piano, the flute to the guitar or cavaquinho, the violin to the viola and mandolin... It all began back in 1999, when these young musicians met to practice music in weekly workshops led by Itiberê Zwarg, in an old mansion in Rio de Janeiro, the Pro Arte Music School. Since then, the meetings - and the music - have never stopped. As the musicians progressed, the Itiberê Orquestra Família was formed, and gained recognition as their vast repertoire and surprising musical qualities led the group to play many concerts and festivals in Brazil, such as Festival de Jazz de Joinville/SC, Festival de Inverno Ouro Branco/MG, Festival de Inverno do Rio de Janeiro/RJ, Festa da Música/MG, Festival de Música de Tatuí/SP, Festival de Montes Claros/MG, Festival Savassi/MG, Mercado Cultural/BA, Sesc Instrumental/SP, Sala Funarte Sidney Miller/RJ, Museu da República/RJ, Tom Brasil/SP, Festival Instrumental de Tatuí/SP, Teatro Carlos Gomes/RJ, Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil in SP, RJ and DF, Planetário da Gávea/RJ,Unicamp/SP, Sala São Paulo/SP, Teatro da PUC, Curitiba, Teatro Alvares Carvalho/SC, Teatro Francisco Nunes/BH, Teatro Castro Alves/BA, among many others, and
