Sergio Krakowski
Sergio Krakowski is considered one the best pandeiro players in the world. Born in 1979, he has dedicated himself to this percussion instrument, the very symbol of brazilian music, since 15. Crossing national and cultural barriers, Sergio has played Choro, Jazz e Contemporary Music. He has played with artists such as Maria Bethânia, Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Lenine, David Linx, Maria João, Mario Laginha, Nelson Veras, Yamandú Costa e Hamilton de Holanda. He developed his own pandeiro technique, which has been taught in workshops in all over the world: New York, Paris, London, Berlis, Stockholm, Helsinki, Amsterdam, Barcelona, Toulouse, Montpellier, Perpignan, Brighton, Dublin, Rome, Milan, Bolonha, Genova, Kolm, Montevidéu, São Paulo e Recife. Mr. Krakowski is a mathematician as well, with a BA and MSc in UFRJ and a PhD in musical computation in IMPA....
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Sergio Krakowski
Sergio Krakowski is considered one the best pandeiro players in the world. Born in 1979, he has dedicated himself to this percussion instrument, the very symbol of brazilian music, since 15. Crossing national and cultural barriers, Sergio has played Choro, Jazz e Contemporary Music. He has played with artists such as Maria Bethânia, Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Lenine, David Linx, Maria João, Mario Laginha, Nelson Veras, Yamandú Costa e Hamilton de Holanda. He developed his own pandeiro technique, which has been taught in workshops in all over the world: New York, Paris, London, Berlis, Stockholm, Helsinki, Amsterdam, Barcelona, Toulouse, Montpellier, Perpignan, Brighton, Dublin, Rome, Milan, Bolonha, Genova, Kolm, Montevidéu, São Paulo e Recife. Mr. Krakowski is a mathematician as well, with a BA and MSc in UFRJ and a PhD in musical computation in IMPA.
Edmar Castañeda
Edmar was born in 1978, in the city of Bogotá, Colombia. Since his move to the United Sates in 1994, Edmar has quite literally taken New York and the world stage by storn with the sheer force of his virtousic command of the harp – revolutionizing the was audiences and critics alike consider an instrument commonly relegated to the “unusual category”. A master at realizing beautiful complexities of time, while skillfully drawing out lush colors and dynamic spirit, Edmar has been characterizes as “almost a world unto himself” (The New York Times). The legendary Paquito D’Rivera, Edmar’s frequent collaborator, has remarked: Edmar is… an enormous talent, he has the versatility and the enchanting charisma of a musician who has taken his harp out of the shadow to become one of the most original musicians from the Big Apple.
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