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Artist
Renato Martins
12+ albums
percussionjazzBrazilian Jazzmusica brasileirabrazilian percussion
about
The multi instrumentalist Renato Martins, born in Rio brought up in Sao Paulo, started to play percussion and piano when he was just four years old. His musical education started at six with maestro Silvio Tancredi, progressing on to study drums and piano concentrating on Brazilian popular music at Zimbo Trio’s School, The CLAM. He also studied classical piano with Professor Leda Maria Chacur Alves, as well as harmony, composition and conducting at Santa Marcelina Arts University. Renato was self-taught in a majority of his percussion techniques and created new techniques (melodically) for traditional instruments, for example, the moringa (clay pot). He is also known to have applied kitchen utensils as percussion instruments and has been considered a renewer of the Brazilian percussion and one of the greatest percussionists of Brazil by the specialized media. Between 1994 and 1996 he lived in England and played with the tabla player Sarvar Sabri, the sax player Andy Hamilton and other big names of jazz and ethnic music in the country. He participated in festivals like: “Womad” and “The Birmingham Jazz Festival”. He also played at The Queen Elizabeth Hall in London with the percussionist Nana Tsiboe from Ghana. In 1998, back in Brazil, Renato Martins was the only percussionist to reach the semi finals in the 1st Visa Award of Instrumental Brazilian Popular Music. Since then he worked in collaboration with famous Brazilian artists like: Duda Neves, Sergio Sa, Moacyr Luz, Sa &
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2753Bar dos Sonhos, 1900
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