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Mário Negrão
Mário Negrão Borgonovi (born November 18, 1945, in Campinas, São Paulo) is a Brazilian composer, drummer and percussionist. Early life and study Negrão began studying the accordion at the age of five with teacher Lucia Gomes Pinto, Carlos Gomes's grandniece. He came to the state of Rio de Janeiro in 1964 to study agricultural engineering and forestry, and graduated in 1968. At this time, he began studying drums. In the second year of college, he met friends in Rio and connected to jazz, a genre that became very important for his musical training. Upon graduating, he opted to pursue a musical career rather than engineering. By this time, he already devoted entirely to the study of music and was a student of conductor Guerra Peixe, at the Museu da Imagem e do Som, and later in Pro-Art. He began his early work as a professional musician in the nightclubs of Rio de Janeiro. At this time, he was approved in a contest promoted by the Brazilian Symphony Orchestra in 1972 where h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Campinas
Campinas (, ''Plains'' or ''Meadows'') is a Brazilian municipality in São Paulo State, part of the country's Southeast Region. According to the 2020 estimate, the city's population is 1,213,792, making it the fourteenth most populous Brazilian city and the third most populous municipality in São Paulo state. The city's metropolitan area, Metropolitan Region of Campinas, contains twenty municipalities with a total population of 3,656,363 people. Etymology Campinas means ''grass fields'' in Portuguese and refers to its characteristic landscape, which originally comprised large stretches of dense subtropical forests (mato grosso or thick woods in Portuguese), mainly along the many rivers, interspersed with gently rolling hills covered by low-lying vegetation. Campinas' official crest and flag has a picture of the mythical bird, the phoenix, because it was practically reborn after a devastating epidemic of yellow fever in the 1800s, which killed more than 25% of the city's in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
