Hamilton de Holanda Vasconcelos Neto (born March 30, 1976) is a Brazilian bandolinist. He is known for his mixture of

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and contemporary

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, and for his instrumental virtuosity.

Biography

Born in

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, he moved to

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with his family as a boy. He started playing the bandolin at 5 and appeared at his first performance at six. With his brother Fernando César he formed the group Dois de Ouro. Throughout his career he has collaborated with many other significant artists such as

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, Mike Marshall and

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. He has received several Latin Grammys. He has taught at the

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Choro academy. He plays a custom made 10 string Bandolim. In 2015, his album ''Bossa Negra'', a partnership with

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, was nominated for the 16th Latin Grammy Awards in the Best Samba/Pagode Album category. The title track of the album was also nominated for the same award, in the Best Brazilian Song category. In 2016, he was nominated for the Latin Grammys again, this time for Best Instrumental Album, for his ''Samba de Chico'' album, which also generated a nomination for Best Engineered Album. In 2017, he received yet another nomination, this time for

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. In 2021, he once again had an album nominated for Best Instrumental Album, this time with ''Canto de Praya - Ao Vivo''. His album ''Harmonize'' was considered one of the 25 best Brazilian albums of the first half of 2019 by the

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Discography

* 1997: with Fernando César Dois de Ouro – ''Destroçando a Macaxeira'' * 1998: with Fernando César Dois de Ouro – ''A Nova Cara do Velho Choro'' * 1999: with Fernando César Dois de Ouro – ''Dois de Ouro'' * 2000: with Marco Pereira – ''Luz das Cordas'' * 2000: with Brasilia Brasil – ''Brasilia Brasil"(Velas) * 2001: Caravelas – ''Abre Alas'' * 2002: A música de Hamilton de Holanda - compilation * 2003: Hamilton de Holanda - "Musica das nuvens e do chão"(Velas) * 2005: "01 Byte 10 Strings" (Brasilianos)- solo * 2005: "Samba do Avião"- solo * 2006: Hamilton de Holanda Quintet "Brasilianos 1"- (Brasilianos – Biscoito Fino) * 2006: with Mike Marshall – ''New Words / Novas palavras'' (Brasilianos/Adventure) * 2007: ''Íntimo'' (Brasilianos/ Deckdisk)- solo * 2007: with André Mehmari – ''Contínua Amizade'' (Brasilianos/ Deckdisk) * 2008: Hamilton de Holanda Quintet – ''Brasilianos 2'' (Brasilianos) * 2009: with

– ''De Bandolim a Bandolim'' (Brasilianos) * 2009: with Yamandú Costa – ''Luz da Aurora'' (Brasilianos) * 2010: with

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– ''Sessões com Hamilton de Holanda'' (Brasilianos) * 2010: ''Esperança – Live in Europe''- solo (Brasilianos) * 2010: Hamilton de Holanda Quintet & Orquestra - Brasilianos – ''Sinfonia Monumental''(Brasilianos) * 2011: with André Mehmari – ''Gismontipascoal''(Brasilianos) * 2011: Hamilton de Holanda Quintet – ''Brasilianos 3''(Brasilianos) * 2013: with

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– '' O Que Será'' (

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) * 2013: "Mundo de Pixinguinha" - Projeto Natura Musical - CD * 2014: "Bossa Negra" - com

- CD * 2014: "Pelo Brasil" - CD * 2014: "Caprichos" - CD * 2015: "Hamilton de Holanda and Baile do Almeidinha" - CD * 2015: "Alegria" - With Orquestra do Estado de Mato Grosso - CD * 2015: "Mundo de Pixinguinha" - DVD * 2016: "Samba de Chico" - CD * 2017: "Casa de Bituca" - CD * 2018: "Jacob 10ZZ" - CD * 2018: "Jacob Bossa" - CD * 2018: "Jacob Baby" - CD * 2018: "Jacob Black" - CD * 2019: "Harmonize" - CD * 2020: "Canto da Praya" - Hamilton de Holanda &

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- Digital * 2020: "Canto da Praya" - Hamilton de Holanda & Mestrinho - Digital * 2020: "Ao vivo" - Brasília Brasil - Digital - (recorded at April, 2000, Brasília) * 2022: Chabem - with

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and

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* 2023: Flying Chicken - with Thiago Rabello and Salomão Soares * 2023: Samurai (A música de Djavan) * 2024: Tembla - with C4 Trío * 2024: "COLLAB" - with

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References

External links

Hamilton de Holanda Matrix Page

{{DEFAULTSORT:Holanda, Hamilton de 1976 births Living people Brazilian mandolinists Choro musicians Brazilian composers Latin Grammy Award winners Latin music songwriters Latin music composers Latin music record producers