Contemporary large ensemble music integrating Brazilian musical traditions, improvisation, orchestral writing, and hybrid ensemble practices.
ARTISTIC APPROACH
My work explores the intersection between Brazilian music, improvisation, orchestral writing, jazz language, and contemporary large ensemble practices.
Rather than treating these musical traditions as isolated categories, my artistic approach focuses on the possibilities created through their interaction and coexistence. Brazilian rhythmic language, improvisation, chamber music textures, jazz orchestration, and concert music practices are integrated as part of a broader contemporary musical vocabulary.
This work includes compositions, arrangements, music direction, and hybrid ensemble projects developed for orchestras, jazz symphonic ensembles, chamber groups, studio productions, and interdisciplinary performances across Brazil, the United States, and Europe.
HYBRID ENSEMBLE LANGUAGE
A significant part of my work is developed through hybrid ensemble practices that combine elements of orchestral music, jazz symphonic language, chamber music, improvisation, and Brazilian rhythmic traditions.
Rather than approaching orchestral writing and improvisation as separate musical worlds, these projects explore the fluid interaction between written material, spontaneous performance, groove-oriented rhythmic structures, and contemporary ensemble textures. This includes works for jazz orchestra, chamber orchestra, studio orchestra, rhythm section with orchestra, and other contemporary large ensemble formats that move beyond traditional big band writing.
Part of this artistic perspective was shaped by the influence of composers, arrangers, and music directors working at the intersection of jazz and concert music, including artists such as Maria Schneider, Bob Brookmeyer, Vince Mendoza, and other contemporary large ensemble composers whose work helped expand the possibilities of orchestral and improvisational music in contemporary contexts.
BRAZILIAN RHYTHMIC LANGUAGE IN ORCHESTRAL CONTEXTS
An important part of my work explores how Brazilian rhythmic language can be adapted and expanded within orchestral and contemporary large ensemble settings.
Rather than simply transferring rhythmic patterns into orchestral instrumentation, these projects investigate how groove, articulation, texture, rhythmic layering, and ensemble interaction can be reimagined through orchestration. Musical elements associated with Brazilian traditions such as baião, samba, and other rhythmic practices become part of a broader contemporary ensemble language involving improvisation, chamber textures, and large-scale orchestral writing.
This process often involves balancing rhythmic clarity with orchestral color, integrating rhythm section practices with acoustic ensemble writing, and developing ways for Brazilian musical textures to function naturally inside contemporary orchestral and hybrid ensemble contexts.
SELECTED COLLABORATIONS AND PERFORMANCES
My work as a composer, arranger, and music director includes collaborations with orchestras, jazz symphonic ensembles, chamber groups, recording projects, and internationally recognized artists across Brazil, the United States, and Europe.
Selected collaborations and performances include projects developed with ensembles and institutions such as Metropole Orkest (Netherlands), Brasil Jazz Sinfônica, Henry Mancini Institute Orchestra, Costa Rica National Orchestra, Campinas Symphony Orchestra, Symphony of the Americas, and other contemporary large ensemble and orchestral projects.
As an arranger and composer, I have also collaborated with artists including Chick Corea, Terence Blanchard, Gregory Porter, Ivan Lins, Romero Lubambo, Brad Mehldau, and other musicians working across jazz, Brazilian music, and contemporary concert music contexts.
WRITING AND ESSAYS
Part of my work also includes writing about composition, orchestration, creative process, Brazilian music, improvisation, large ensemble practices, and contemporary musical creation.
Through essays, articles, and educational reflections, I explore topics connected to artistic practice, hybrid musical languages, arrangement, music direction, and the relationship between Brazilian musical traditions and contemporary ensemble writing. These texts function both as educational material and as an extension of the artistic and conceptual ideas present in my creative work.
AVAILABLE FOR COLLABORATIONS
I am available for selected artistic collaborations involving composition, arrangement, orchestration, music direction, large ensemble projects, recordings, concerts, festivals, educational activities, and interdisciplinary productions.
This includes collaborations with orchestras, chamber ensembles, jazz orchestras, Brazilian music projects, solo artists, and contemporary hybrid ensemble productions developed for concert performance, recording sessions, festivals, academic institutions, and cultural organizations.