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Born in Itapeva- SP - Brazil and brought up in a multi-cultural environment, Fernando began his music studies simultaneously at Escola Municipal de Música and the House of Spain in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Musicians such as Lorenzo Virseda, Paco Cruz and Manolo San Lucar deeply influenced his initial training as a Flamenco musician. His interactions with Spanish guitar maestros and Flamenco dance companies touring Brazil, lead to collaborations with Spanish artists who had immigrated to Brazil. He subsequently worked closely with the Flamenco guitarist legend, Gerardo Nunez.
Fernando is the winner of the prestigious award, "Certámen de Coreografía, Danza Española y Flamenco", for best original music composition for dance, in June 2004 at the Teatro Albéniz, Madrid.
Some of his worldwide performances between 1999 and 2007 include,
in Brazil:
Teatro Municipal (Sao Paulo)
Sala Sao Paulo (Sao Paulo)
Teatros do Sesc Pompéia and Sesc Vila Mariana (Sao Paulo)
Centro Cultural Vergueiro(Sao Paulo)
Palácio das Artes (Belo Horizonte)
Teatro do Sesi(Belo Horizonte)
Teatro Carlos Gomes -Sala Guarany(Rio de Janeiro)
in the United States:
United Nations (U.N) - New York City, NY
The Joyce Theatre – New York City, NY
The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts– Washington, D.C.
The Majestic Theatre – Boston, MA
in Europe & Asia:
Theatre Bobino, Café de la Dance - Paris, France
The Concertgebouw Theatre – Amsterdam, Holland
Clinkers Festival – Brugge, Bélgium
The Geneva Flamenco Festival – Geneva, Switzerland
Teatro Franco Parenti – Milan, Italy
Teatro Quirino – Rome, Italy
The Turín Flamenco Festival – Turin, Italy
Teatro Albeniz, Teatro de Madrid, Teatro da Real Escuela Superior de Artes Dramáticas de Madrid (RESAD) – Madrid, Spain
Teatro de La Fortuna – Madrid, Spain
Teatro de La Maestranza – Seville, Spain
Teatro Isabel La Católica – Granada, Spain
Tour around theatres in Ukraine (Odessa, Lvov)
Russia (St. Petersburg, Kirov, Moscow)
Kameido Theatre, Shinjuku Bunka Center – Tokyo, Japan
The Singapore Art Festival – Singapore
Courses & Workshops Taught:
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (1995) – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Universidade de Música de Salvador (1996) – Salvador, Brazil
Universidade Livre de Música Tom Jobim (1998) – Brazil
Sanlúcar de Barrameda (1998, 1999) – Cádiz, Spain
Fernando currently lives in Madrid, Spain. He performs worldwide and is actively involved in diverse musical projects, both as a solo artist and in collaboration with other musicians with his own composed material. His repertoire reflects the strong musical and multicultural influences from Flamenco, Bossa nova, Samba and Chorinho.
DISCOGRAPHY
"Planeta Azul- Chitaozinho & Xororó" (1992 Polygram)
"Espirito Cigano" (1992 Sony Music)
"Roberto Carlos" (1993 Sony Music)
"Fortuna- La Prima Vez" (1993 FPA, MCD - World Music)
"Fortuna- Cantigas" (1994 FPA, MCD - Wordl Music)
"Edson Cordeiro" (1994 epic/Sony Music)
"Chico Medori - instrumental" (1996 MUBI)
"Nosso Ninho - Negritude Junior" (1996 EMI - Odeon)
"Fortuna- Mediterraneo" (1996 FPA, MCD World Music)
"The Eastern Side - Merit Aton" (1997 MCD World Music)
"Women of Spirit" (1998 Putumayo Records)
"Jewish Odyssey" (1999 Putumayo Records)
"Al Aire Flamenco" (1997 MCD - World Music)
"Fortuna- Mazal" (1999 FPA, MCD World Music)
"Fortuna- Caelestia" (2001 MCD World Music)
"Fortuna- Encontros" (2002, 2003 FPA, MCD World Music)
"De Ida y Vuelta - Patricia" (2005 Poliamyda Records/Sgae)
"Sueños de un Hombre Despierto- Ismael Serrano" (2007 Universal)
"Trabajito de Chinos- La Shica" (2008 Dro Atlantic/Warner)
"Supercop- La Shica" (2010 Dro Atlantic/Warner)
"Beyond the Sea Sabrina Rabello" (2010 Slice the Pie)
