RODRIGO GALVAO STARTED HIS STUDIES IN LONDON, 1985 WHEN HE JOINED THE LONDON SCHOOL OF SAMBA. BACK IN BRAZIL IN 1988, HIS STUDIES CONTINUED AT BRASILIA SCHOOL OF MUSIC AND HAD LESSONS WITH HIS UNCLE AND DRUMMER, ZEQUINHA GALVÃO.
FROM 1990, HE STARTED PLAYING AS A PROFESSIONAL MUSICIAN WITH BIG NAMES OF BRAZILIAN MUSIC AS ROSA PASSOS, CASSIA ELLER, RENATO VASCONCELLOS, BRAPO ORQUESTRA, LULA GALVAO, TONI BOTELHO, NELSON FARIAS, AND CARLOS MALTA.
IN 1993 STARTED TO TOUR AROUND BRAZIL, FIRST WITH LUANDA COZETTI, THEN MANDUKA IN 1994, COCINA DEL DIABLO IN 1996 AND FEIJAO DE BANDIDO IN 2001 WITH WHOM WON THE RENATO RUSSO AWARD WITH HIS TUNE (AGUAS DO CERRADO).
IN HIS HOME TOWN, BRASILIA, PLAYED AT THE MOST IMPORTANT EVENTS OF THE MUSIC SCENE, SUCH AS; THE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, CULTURAL SUMMER, INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC FESTIVAL AND THE INTERNATIONAL SUMMER COURSE OF MUSIC.
IN 2004 MOVED TO AUSTRALIA. PLAYED WITH MIKE NOCK AND JONATHON SWARTZ IN SOME OCCASIONS AS HIS FIRSTS GIGS . DURING THAT YEAR, HE ALSO JOINED THE MULTICULTURAL BAND MARSALA, AND THE PASSIONFRUIT DUO WITH GUY STRAZZ, WITH WHOM HE PLAYED AT THE WORLD EXPO IN AICHI (JAPAN), IN 2005. IN THIS SAME YEAR, HE RECORDED LIVE AT THE BASEMENT WITH THE BAND ESPIRITO, AS A SPECIAL GUEST.
WITH MARCELLO MAIO & JUNICHI SHIOMI CREATED THE SAMBA MUNDI TRIO, PLAYING IN THE SAME YEAR AT THE MANLY JAZZ FESTIVAL.
IN 2006, HE WAS INVITED TO PLAY WITH THE INDONESIAN MUSICIAN BALAWAN AND THE GERMAN LEGEND GUITARRIST LULO REINHARDT, PERFORMING IMPORTANT SHOWS AROUND THE COUNTRY. STILL IN 2006, HE RECORDED THE FIRST ORIGINAL ALBUM WITH SAMBA MUNDI - AT SBS STUDIOS, SYDNEY.
IN 2007, AS A SPECIAL GUEST OF THE ITALIAN PIANIST DOMENICO SEPE PERFORMED AT THE PADDINGTON CHURCH'S CONCERT. ALSO DEVELOPED THE "CULTURAL EXCHANGE PROJECT BRAZIL/AUSTRALIA" WITH THE SUPPORT OF THE AMBASSADOR FOR AUSTRALIA IN BRAZIL, MR. PETER HEYWARDS. DURING THIS EVENT, HE PLAYED WITH HIS FATHER CARLOS GALVAO AND UNCLE LULA GALVAO, AS WELL AS WITH DOUG DE VRIES AND ROBERT BOURKE IN SYDNEY AND MELBOURNE.
YET IN 2007 TOURED WITH MARSALA TO THE GOLD COAST. PLAYED WITH THE GYPSY BAND LOLA LOVINA AT THE FACTORY AND THE LATIN BAND, LATIN FIRE AT DARLING HARBOUR FESTIVAL.
IN 2008 WITH SAMBA MUNDI, AND THE JAZZY SINGER TONY ALLAYIALIS AND THE PERCUSSIONIST JESS CIAMPA, PLAYED THE CONCERT WITH TWO OLD FRIENDS FROM BRASILIA, GABRIEL GROSSI & DANIEL SANTIAGO.
AS A SPECIAL GUEST PERFORMED IN CANBERRA AT THE BRAZILIAN EMBASSY WITH GABRIEL & DANIEL.
WAS INVITED TO PLAY AT THE CAFE CARNIVALE WITH SAMBA MUNDI & EDDIE DE BRASIL'S BAND.
RECORDED WITH ( BANDA MUNDO ), HIS NEW BAND, THEIR FIRST CD AND SAMBA MUNDI IS PREPARING NOW THEIR SECOND CD.
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