BORN AND RAISED IN BAHIA, BRAZIL, ANSELMO HAD A HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL CAREER TOURING AND RECORDING IN BRAZIL FOR MANY YEARS. AFTER HIS MOVE TO LONDON, AROUND 4 YEARS AGO, HE QUICKLY BECAME ONE OF THE MOST SOUGHT-AFTER MUSICIANS ON THE LONDON SCENE.WHETHER AS A PERCUSSIONIST OR PLAYING BANDOLIM (BRAZILIAN MANDOLIN), HE'S BEEN EXPLORING NEW MUSICAL HORIZONS AND EXPANDING HIS SOUND BY MIXING NATIVE BRAZILIAN RHYTHMS WITH A WIDE RANGE OF GLOBAL INFLUENCES WHICH HE HAS ENCOUNTERED HERE. ANSELMO GREW UP WATCHING HIS FATHER - A SINGER, GUITARRIST, PERCUSSIONIST AND A PASSIONATE MUSIC LOVER - PLAYING WITH HIS FRIENDS AND WHEN HE WAS 9, HIS FATHER GAVE HIM HIS FIRST INSTRUMENT, A PANDEIRO(BRAZILIAN TAMBORIM). SINCE THEN, MUSIC IS HIS LIFE! AND YOU CAN ACTUALLY UNDERSTAND THIS BETTER WHEN YOU SEE HIM ON STAGE! ANSELMO IS A SELF-TAUGHT MUSICIAN WHO HAS BEEN ARRANGING, COMPOSING, RECORDING, PERFORMING AND TOURING WITH SOME ARTISTS/GROUPS, SUCH AS: ESKA MTUNGWAZI, HEIDI VOGEL (LEVO), ZOE RAHMAN, IDRIS RAHMAN, ED MOTTA, GILBERTO GIL, GUIDA DE PALMA, JAZZINHO, HAMISH STUART, JIM MULLEN, NOEL McCOY, JONATHAN PREISS, BEN DAVIS, CHARLOTTE GLASSON, ROLAND PERRIN, ANTONIO FORCIONE, LOPA KOTHARI, CARATINGA, CAPITAL DO SAMBA, WILSON SIMONINHA, NETINHO DE PAULA, JEAN ABREU, HIROKO YAMAMOTO, SHARIFA, LUKE DANIEL. TO NAME A FEW. ANSELMO HAS ALSO BEEN A SPECIAL GUEST ON GUY BARKER'S WORLD CAFE ON THE BBC WORLD SERVICE, AND PLAYED LIVE ON THE RADIO WITH THE BBC JAZZ BAND. IN ADDITION TO THIS, ANSELMO ALSO FREQUENTLY RECORDS JINGLES FOR MAJOR TV COMMERCIALS INCLUDING KELLOGG'S, ARIEL, C&A, ROYAL MAIL. AMONG OTHERS. HOPE YOU ENJOY THE MUSIC AND HAVE THE CHANCE TO SEE HIM PERFORMING LIVE!
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