Paulo Bellinati
Paulo Bellinati ( born September 22, 1950 in São Paulo) is a Brazilian guitarist and composer.
Life
Bellinati had as a child guitar lessons from his father and studied from the age of 17 at the Conservatorio Musical de São Paulo e Dramático at Isaías Sávio. With a scholarship, he went in 1975 in Switzerland, where he studied at the Conservatory of Geneva and then taught at the Conservatory of Lausanne. With his own band he has performed at European jazz festivals such as the Montreux Jazz Festival, the Ozone Jazz in Neuchâtel and the Festival du Bois de la Batie in Geneva.
In the 1980s, he worked in Europe, Asia and America with musicians such as Steve Swallow, Brazilian singer Mônica Salmaso, the Brazilian flutist Antonio Carrasqueira, with Renaud Garcia -Fons, Jean -Louis Matinier, Lucilla Galeazzi, Antonio Placer, Carla Bley, Gal Costa, Leila Pinheiro, João Bosco, Cesar Camargo Mariano, Edu Lobo, Chico Buarque and the group, Pau Brasil, with whom he recorded five albums. In 1994 he received the Prêmio Sharp as an arranger of Gal Costa's album O Sorriso do Gato de Alice. As an arranger, he worked for Edu Lobo, Leila Pinheiro and Vânia Bastos.
Bellinati composed works for solo guitar, for guitar duo, trio and quartet, as well as guitar and vocals, which he partly themselves grossed on his albums, and musicians such as John Williams, the Los Angeles Guitar Quartet, Costas Cotsiolis, the guitar quartet Quaternaglia, Badi Assad, Cristina Azuma, Shinichi Fukuda and Carlos Barbosa Lima were taken. In 1988 he received the eighth Carrefour Mondial de la Guitare in Martinique the first prize for composition with the solo piece Jongo.
Special merits Bellinati acquired by the work of the composer and guitarist Garoto ( Aníbal Augusto Sardinha ), which he transcribed and grossed in the double album The Guitar Works of Garoto.
Compositions
- Escaldado for melody instrument and guitar, 1976
- Baião de Gude for Soprano Saxophone and Instrumental Ensemble, 1977
- Jongo, 1978
- Dedicated Modinha for double bass and guitar, Pavel Pesta, 1978
- Suite Contatos, 1981
- Suite Contatos, 1985
- A Furiosa, maxixe for four guitars, 1989
- Cabra - Cega for Viola caipira, 1989
- Lenço - Atrás for Viola caipira, 1989
- Lun - duo, Lundu for two guitars, 1989
- Pulo do Gato, concert piece for solo guitar, 1989
- To Amor de Valsa, 1989
- Valsa Brilhante, concert piece for solo guitar, 1989
- Queimada for Viola caipira, 1990
- Choro Sapeca for guitar solo, 1992
- Mão -na- Mula for Viola caipira, 1992
- Aristocratica, Scottish, 1993
- Dedicated Choro Sereno for solo guitar, Francisco Gusso, 1993
- Fole Nordestino, baião, Luis Gonzaga dedicated, 1993
- Esconde - Esconde for Viola caipira, 1994
- Alvoroço, maxixe for guitar solo, 1995
- Dedicated cordão de Ouro, Lundu, Baden Powell de Aquino, 1995
- Dama da Noite, Modinha, 1996
- Dedicated Embaixador, Maracatu, Antonio Madureira, 1996
- Dedicated emboscada, Xaxado, Lelo Nazário, 1996
- Primo Pink, Valsa Braileira, Garoto dedicated, 1996
- Dedicated Rosto Colado, Bolero, Guinga, 1996
- Sai do Chão, frevo, Edgard Poças dedicated, 1996
- Seresteiro Paulistano, Serestra, Nelson Ayres dedicated, 1996
- , Antônio Carlos Brasileiro de Almeida Jobim dedicated to Tom e Prelúdio, 1996
- Estudos Litorâneos, 1997
- Dezenove for guitar solo, 2000
- Maracatu da Pipa for three guitars, 2004
Discography
- Pau Brasil, 1983
- Pau Brasil: Pindorama, 1986
- Pau Brasil: Cenas Brasileiras, 1987
- Pau Brasil: Dança da Meia -Lua, 1988
- 30 Anos da Nossa Bossa with Marinho Boffa, Idriss Boudrioua, Paulo Braga, 1989
- Pau Brasil: Lá vem a tribo, 1990
- Pau Brasil: Metropolis Tropical, 1991
- Guitares du Brésil, 1991
- The Guitar Works of Garoto, 1991
- Serenata, 1993
- Afro - Sambas, compositions by Baden Powell and Vinicius de Moraes, with Mônica Salmaso, 1997
- Lira Brasileira, 1997
- New Choros of Brazil with Harvey Wainapel, 2004