Music has been an important part of my life since childhood, as I used to drum with friends on the streets in Salvador da Bahia, my hometown in Brazil. Much later the Saxophone and the Flute came to my life through the love of Jazz and traditional forms of Brazilian Music such as Samba-Choro. While studying Composition and Conducting at the Federal University of Bahia I was granted a Scholarship to take part on an exchange program in Germany and decided to stay to continue my formal studies in Jazz Saxophone under the tutelage of different jazz educators and also Flute under classical teachers. Later on, the Clarinet family was added to my skill set, due to professional demands. 

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After my studies I moved to Berlin and started working with local artists and playing regularly as a „Reedman“ on theater Musicals in different parts of Germany. I've also started working regularly in the field of musical education, teaching saxophone, flute, clarinet, jazz theory and promoting Brazilian Percussion workshops with skills I’ve learned under different percussion master teachers from Brazil and Haiti. 

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I've had important teaching engagements already in my College years, including an artistic and pedagogical residence at the prestigious Klosterschule Roßleben. I’ve been teaching in Berlin at the Staatliche Musikschule Spandau since 2013, leading woodwind ensembles and having led percussion workshops for 20-40 people of all ages. As an arranger, I was charged with the task of writing the arrangement for the occasion of their 75th Jubilee, for a large ensemble comprised of teachers and students: A string section, woodwind & brasswind sections, classical and Brazilian percussion sections, Turkish baglamas, acoustic guitars, children and adult choirs and also a rock band formation. The resulting recording should be released later this year.

 

From 2018 on I decided to concentrate my activities mostly on my own artistic projects and composing/arranging for local ensembles of different sizes, from chamber music to jazz big bands and mixed large ensembles. However, I continue to collaborate with other artists and promote intercultural work. 

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