Egberto Amin Gismonti (born 5 December 1947) is a Brazilian composer, guitarist and pianist.

Biography

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Gismonti was born in the small city of Carmo, state of

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, into a musical family. His mother was from

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and his father was from

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. At the age of six, he started studying the piano at the Brazilian Conservatory of Music. After studying the classical repertoire in Brazil for 15 years, he went to

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, France, to delve into modern music. He studied with

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(1887–1979), after acceptance as a student by the composer

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, a student of

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and

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. Boulanger encouraged Gismonti to write the collective Brazilian experience into his music. Gismonti is a self-taught guitarist. After returning to Brazil, he designed guitars with more than six strings, expanding the possibilities of the instrument. Approaching the fretboard as if it were a keyboard, Gismonti gives the impression that there is more than a single guitar player. Gismonti's sojourn in the Xingu region of the Amazon basin made a lasting impression. This is documented musically in tunes such as "Yualapeti" and "Sapain" (Yualapeti shaman, Sapain) and in the recordings '' Dança das Cabeças'' ("Dance of the Heads", 1977), ''Sol do Meio-Dia'' ("Noon Sun", 1978), which he dedicated to the Xingu, and '' Duas Vozes'' ("Two Voices", 1984). The musical career of Gismonti spans five decades. The major phases are distinguished by record company, the ensemble format, and the musical collaborators. The most important ensembles are his Brazilian group Academia de Danças, including Mauro Senise (saxophone and flutes), Zeca Assumpção (bass) and Nenê (Realcino Lima Filho, drums and percussion), the duo with

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(percussion), and the trio with

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(bass) and

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(saxophone). '' Dança das Cabecas'', the first

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record, was nominated "Album of the Year" by ''

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'' and received the 1977 ''Großer Deutscher Schallplattenpreis''. In 1978 he founded the music label Carmo, which has had several joint ventures with ECM.

Discography

* ''Egberto Gismonti'' ( Elenco, 1969) * ''Sonho '70'' (

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, 1970) * ''Orfeo Novo'' ( MPS, 1970) * ''

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'' (EMI-Odeon, 1972) * ''Egberto Gismonti'' (EMI-Odeon, 1973) * ''Árvore'' (Decca/ECM, 1973) * ''Academia de Danças'' (

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, 1974) * ''Corações Futuristas'' ( Odeon, 1976) * ''Carmo'' (EMI, 1977) * '' Dança das Cabeças'', with

(

, 1977) * ''Nó Caipira'' (Odeon, 1978) * '' Sol do Meio Dia'' (ECM, 1978) * ''

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'' (ECM, 1979) * '' Mágico'', with

and

(ECM, 1980) * '' Circense'' (EMI, 1980) * ''

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'' (ECM, 1981) * '' Sanfona'', with Academia de Dancas (ECM, 1981) LP * ''Em Família'' (EMI, 1981) * ''Fantasia'' (EMI, 1982) * ''Cidade Coração'' (EMI, 1983) * '' Duas Vozes'', with Naná Vasconcelos (ECM, 1985) * ''Trem Caipira'' (1985) * ''Live at Berlin Jazzbühne Jazz Festival'' (1984) * ''Alma'' (1986) * ''O Pagador de Promessas'' (1988) * '' Dança dos Escravos'' (ECM, 1989) * ''Feixe de Luz'' (1988) * ''Presents a Musical Childhood with Infância'' (1990) * ''Amazônia'' (1991) * ''Kuarup'' (Carmo, 1991) * ''Infância'' (ECM, 1991) * ''Casa das Andorinhas'' (1992) * ''Música de Sobrevivência'' (1993) * ''Brasil Musical'' (1993) * ''Zig Zag'' (ECM, 1995) * ''Forrobodó'' (Carmo, 1996) * ''Violão'' (Carmo, 1996) * ''Meeting Point'' (ECM, 1997) * '' In Montreal'', with Charlie Haden (ECM, 2001) * ''Retratos'' (EMI, 2004) * ''Saudações'' (ECM, 2009) * '' Mágico: Carta de Amor'', with Jan Garbarek and Charlie Haden (ECM, 2012)

References

External links

Oldies.com
at European Jazz Network *

at Brazil-Brasil.com
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on ECM Records {{DEFAULTSORT:Gismonti, Egberto 20th-century Brazilian classical composers 20th-century Brazilian classical pianists 20th-century Brazilian guitarists 20th-century jazz composers 20th-century Brazilian male musicians 21st-century Brazilian classical composers 21st-century Brazilian classical pianists 21st-century Brazilian guitarists 21st-century jazz composers 21st-century Brazilian male musicians 1947 births Brazilian classical guitarists Brazilian jazz composers Brazilian jazz guitarists Brazilian jazz pianists Brazilian male guitarists Brazilian multi-instrumentalists Brazilian people of Italian descent ECM Records artists Living people Brazilian male classical composers Brazilian male classical pianists Male jazz composers Postmodern composers Male jazz pianists