Marcelo Oliveira
He began his career in music at age 14, in 1982 to join the band Campesina in Nova Friburgo, RJ, his homeland. There, the Maestro Rubens Coelho Gomes, he was his first master at mountainous region of Rio de Janeiro, which besides teach music encouraged him to seek teachers in Rio de Janeiro. In 1986 he entered the prestigious School of Music of UFRJ, where he met great musicians and teachers as Paulo Sérgio Santos, José Botelho, Wolfgang Meyer, diversifying and developing his styles. That same year he joined the Fire Department Band where he remained until 1992, when he moved to Curitiba and he applied for the Symphony Orchestra of Paraná and entered and remains today as the first clarinetist of the Symphony Orchestra of Paraná.
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In parallel to his work with the orchestra, Marcelo conducted tours and concerts where he worked with the great names of Brazilian music as Egberto Gismonti, Nana Vasconcelos, Paulo Moura, Hermeto Pascoal that did develop and enhance his popular style and thus form different groups as Taquara Rachada (1997), Pé de Chinelo (1999), Brasilidade (2002), in addition to acting as a guest in several groups.

As soloist was accompanied by various orchestras , focusing in his repertoire by Brazilian authors.
Marcelo participated in several festivals and master classes in Nova Friburgo, Rio de Janeiro, Curitiba, Maringá, Londrina, Cascavel, Jaraguá do Sul and Antonina , teaching clarinet , flute , saxophone , bamboo’s flute and composition / arrangement .
With the group Brasilidade was awarded the 2nd Jazz Festival (2002 ) New Talent (2003 ) , the Circuito Cultural Banco do Brasil in Curitiba and step on the 8th Saul Trumpet Award (2003 ) . In 2006 , with the same group , directed the show Bluishmen - Tribute to Moacir Santos , with works of the master Brazilian composer who turned 80 that year and turned into a DVD released in 2007 .

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Multi - instrumentalist , Marcelo adds two worlds , classical and popular , and often wealth of influences coming from the Brazilian urban music , choro , samba , forró and international influences as Ukrainian music , jazz and flamenco thus rendering the world of sound and visiting various styles to make their music a mix of rhythms and accents . What makes him a musician and composer.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I will go in a European trip next August / November, and I'm looking for meet people and places.

Interests

Music, bikes, peoples, pets, nature, good food, photo...

• pets
• acting
• concerts
• festivals
• flamenco
• dining
• socializing
• music
• jazz
• trumpet
• tours

Music, Movies, and Books

I play some winds, flute, clarinet, sax, bamboo flute... This experiences made my all life full of sonority, full of sounds and accents... I Loves all music played with inteligence and sensibility!

Countries I’ve Visited

Germany, Paraguay

Countries I’ve Lived In

Brazil