MEHMARI Andrè
Veredas

SCA 166

8015948001660

 

Andre Mehmari is considered one of the most talented young musicians of his native Brazil. His activities as pianist, composer, arranger and instrumentalist are highly regarded both in popular and classical music. As his compositions and arrangements have been performed by important Brazilian orchestras (OSESP) and chamber ensembles (São Paulo String Quartet), his career in jazz and Brazilian popular music has also attained wide attention as he has gained wide recognition for his music in jazz festivals and concerts.
This album called Veredas collects compositions form his latest releases: De Arvores e Valvas, 2008 (tracks 1-5); Continua Amizade, 2007, with Hamilton de Holanda (tracks 6-8); Piano e Voz, 2006, with Ná Ozzetti (tracks 9-12)


Andre Mehmari is considered one of the most talented young musicians of his native Brazil. His activities as pianist, composer, arranger and instrumentalist are highly regarded both in popular and classical music. As his compositions and arrangements have been performed by important Brazilian orchestras (OSESP) and chamber ensembles (São Paulo String Quartet), his career in jazz and Brazilian popular music has also attained wide attention as he has gained wide recognition for his music in jazz festivals and concerts.

Born in 1977 in Niteroi (RJ), he began to study music with his mother at the age of five, and completed an organ course in the Conservatory of Ribeirao Preto (SP). After beginning his professional career playing piano and organ in social events he later formed his own jazz trio demonstrating his abilities as composer and performer in local jazz clubs. Andre’s precociousness as a composer and multi-instrumentalist was well documented by the media. In 1995 he moved to Sao Paulo to study at the Sao Paulo State University (USP). He participated in a recording with the inclusion of a Mehmari/Jardim’s composition interpreted by the popular Brazilian singer/composer, Milton Nascimento. In the following year he won the first national VISA MPB (Brazilian Popular Music) Competition, the most important award for popular music in Brazil. He has an active performing schedule with his two trios, solo piano and in duet with singers Monica Salmaso and Ná Ozzetti. With the later, he recorded the acclaimed Piano e Voz, considered a true Brazilian masterpiece of recent MPB. He made his U.S. premiere at the 2005 edition of Spoleto Festival USA in Charleston, South Carolina, stunning the audience with his blend of virtuosity, vitality, and musicality. In 2008 he toured the northeast of Brazil with Ivan Lins, playing both Ivan's and his own compositions. With the quintet album Nonada, Mehmari was nominated for the 2008 Latin Grammy Awards. In 2010 he put out, along with Gabriele Mirabassi, his first album with Egea called MIRAMARI.

This album called Veredas collects compositions form his latest releases: De Arvores e Valvas, 2008 (tracks 1-5); Continua Amizade, 2007, with Hamilton de Holanda (tracks 6-8); Piano e Voz, 2006, with Ná Ozzetti (tracks 9-12)