Remilson Nery (born 31 March 1961) is a Brazilian composer and musician.

Early life

The third of four boys, Remilson Santos Nery was born on March 31, 1961, in

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, Brazil. Remilson Nery spent his entire childhood in

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, a working-class district of north Rio. At an early age, he began his music education (guitar and

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) with a professional guitarist and a religious sister fascinated by Brazilian traditional and classical music. From 1971 to 1978, without his parents' permission, Remilson Nery played in the percussion orchestra of Portela samba school. From 1973–79, Nery studied

classical guitar The classical guitar, also known as Spanish guitar, is a member of the guitar family used in classical music and other styles. An acoustic wooden string (music), string instrument with strings made of catgut, gut or nylon, it is a precursor of the ...

with Leo Soares, Mario Jorge Passos and Dorival Lessa at the Villa-Lobos Music School in Rio, He also studied

, harmony, music history,

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and composition with composer

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. From 1981–86, Nery completed his Bachelor of Music Therapy at the Conservatório Brasileiro de Música in Rio de Janeiro.

Career

From 1971 to 2010, Nery performed several concerts (classical, pop and world music) as a soloist and a

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(classical or electric guitarist) across Brazil, Argentina, Chile, United States and Japan. During 1980-1983, he worked as an arranger for Polydor Record Brazil. Nery continued to write and publish classical music, such as ten pieces for classical guitar that were inspired by personal events, and published in 2015.

References

External links

* http://www.anotherear.com/remilsonnery.html * http://www.kazu-classicalguitar.co.uk/blog/content/classical-guitar-composers-compendium-interview-remilson-nery-france * http://latinamericancomposers.com/remilson-nery/ 1961 births Brazilian male composers Brazilian guitarists Brazilian male guitarists Living people 20th-century Brazilian male musicians 21st-century Brazilian male musicians {{Brazil-musician-stub