Leo Gandelman

Leo Gandelman continues to be designated for his successful instrumental pop shows together with brass preparations and Brazilian percussion, both within Brazil and overseas (he presently lives in the U.S.). Together with his very own are an instrumentalist, he provides produced albums such as for example Gal Costa’s Plural and Marina’s Virgem. Being a composer he also offers created soundtracks for main TV cleaning soap operas and series and movies. He provides performed in such celebrations as the Free of charge Jazz Celebration as well as the Hollywood Rock and roll (both in Brazil), as well as the Montreux Celebration (Switzerland). Gandelman also was the champion of the paper Jornal perform Brasil (Rio de Janeiro) poll as the utmost popular instrumental musician for 15 years within a row. Given birth to in Rio de Janeiro, Gandelman, initiated by his mom, the concert pianist Salomea Gandelman, and by his dad, the conductor Henrique Gandelman, was affected by European traditional music. At 15, he performed like a flute soloist prior to the Orquestra Sinfônica Brasileira. He also analyzed viola da gamba, having being truly a person in the Pró Arte Antiqua group. At 16, he forgotten music, sick and tired of the tyrannical program of classical research, and made a decision to become a professional photographer. He only came back to music 3 years later on, already like a saxophonist. Going to Boston’s Berklee University, Gandelman furthered research on saxophone, structure, and arrangements. Time for Brazil upon graduation, in 1979, he quickly became a occupied session guy (having participated within the documenting of 600 albums during a decade), and created his 1st group, Avenida Brasil, with Serginho Trombone, Bidinho, and Zé (trumpets). In 1984, he published the soundtrack towards the film Rádio Pirata (Lael Rodrigues). His 1st solo recording, Leo Gandelman (1987), experienced a smash strike with “A Ilha” (with William Magalhãsera). Solar (1990), the 3rd one, offered 70,000 copies — pretty good for an instrumental name in Brazil. , THE BURKHA (American reissue of his second album, Ocidente [1988]) was regarded as the best intensifying music album within the U.S.