Vinícius Melo is a live and studio musician, arranger and producer.
Graduated from CDMCC in Tatuí - SP (2006), worked as a music teacher at
IGB Music School (affiliated with Souza Lima College & Berklee) in Franca
- SP from 2009 to 2015. Attended several workshops and training courses
hosted by musicians such as Egberto Gismonte, Hamilton de Holanda, Arismar
do Espíri...
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Vinícius Melo is a live and studio musician, arranger and producer.
Graduated from CDMCC in Tatuí - SP (2006), worked as a music teacher at
IGB Music School (affiliated with Souza Lima College & Berklee) in Franca
- SP from 2009 to 2015. Attended several workshops and training courses
hosted by musicians such as Egberto Gismonte, Hamilton de Holanda, Arismar
do Espírito Santo, Filó Machado, Yamandú Costa, Laércio de Freitas, André
Marques, Zé Barbeiro, Cléber Carrapicho, DuoFel, Daniel Maudonnet, Vitor
Alcântara, Pedro Ramos, Ary Piassarollo, Douglas Fonseca, Zé Eduardo
Nazário, Paulo Braga, Alexandre Cunha, Arthur Maia, among others. Recorded
albums and DVDs alongside Arthur Maia, Chico Oliveira, Alexandre Cunha,
Diego Figueiredo, Alex Reis, Alexandre Piu, Beto Sápio, Eduardo Machado
and others. Worked as a sideman on cultural festivals, such as the Savassi
Jazz Festival in 2009 - Belo Horizonte - MG, Femucic 2010 - Maringá - PR,
Book Fair in 2011 and 2013 - Ribeirão Preto - SP, Book Fair 2013 - Franca
- SP. In 2011, toured with a project funded by the Cultural Secretariat of
the State of São Paulo - ProAC - "The History of the Brazilian Bass", from
the proponent Eduardo Machado. Besides the authorial and cultural work
experience, has always worked as a freelancer for different artists and
groups on various events, such as wedding parties, proms, social
ballrooms, pub gigs and Carnival's "Trios Elétricos". In 2012,
participated in an international tour that resulted in the recording of
the album ''Eduardo Machado Quintet - Live in Birds Eye" in Basel,
Switzerland, where they returned in 2014 and also toured Germany. In
2016 and continuing, traveled abroad as a sideman accompanying artists
from the whole world onboard cruise ships from Regent Seven Seas and Norwegian Cruise Lines such as Christine Andreas (USA), Jane Cho
(AUS), Jonathan Johnston (IRL), Robin North (ENG), Vov Dylan (AUS),
Michael Montgomery (AUS), Sally Jones (ENG), Ray Solaire (ENG),
David Nevin (CAN), Camille Mesnard (FRA), Lukas Poost (USA), Alan
Kavanagh (IRL), Craig Owen (ENG), Rob Lewis (ENG), The Opera Girls
(ENG), Clare Langan (ENG), Dave Christian (ENG), Phillip Browne
(ENG), Byron Johnston (USA), Gary Guthman (USA), David Howarth
(ENG), Bernadett Nyari (HUN), Samantha Ivey (ENG), John Bowles
(AUS), Francisco Yglesia (PAR), Gary Abuthnot (IRL), Alberto
Sanchez (USA), Dominick Allen (SCO), Jeri Sager (USA), Stephen
Clarke (SCO), Marien Meringolo (USA), Lovena B. Fox (CAN)...........
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