Rai Medrado

Músico atuante no cenário cultural de Minas desde 1982, Rai Medrado apresentou-se ao lado de nomes significativos da música brasileira como Toninho Horta, Yuri Popoff, Titane, Sivuca, Nana Caime e outros. Além disso, Rai traz em seu currículo apresentações no Canadá (Toronto-1990), Oriente Médio (Abudabi-1991), França (Paris-1992), Estados Unidos (Cleveland-2001 e 2002) e Espanha (Ibiza-2006). Em turnê internacional no ano de 2001, o compositor representou o Brasil no Festival de Culturas Étnicas do Rock & Roll Hall of Fame (Museu da música e do rock em Cleveland – OH – USA) com o show “Urucum”, mostrando ao público norte-americano um set de suas composições. Convidado a se reapresentar na edição 2002 do mesmo festival, Raí Medrado levou seu novo show, “Anjo na Contramão”, que foi gravado pela MTV norte-americana...............................Compositor de grande talento musical e muitas influências rítmicas adquiridas em sua formação como baterista, Rai Medrado possui um repertório de composições autorais diversificado, que explora ritmos legitimamente brasileiros como o Samba, a Bossa Nova, o Baião, o Forró e também ritmos internacionais como o Pop, a Balada e os Jazz Standards. Esse seu trabalho, precioso para a cultura musical Brasileira, já foi premiado em festivais e colocou Rai entre os finalistas do Festival BDMG de Música Instrumental em 2003, 2005 e 2006. No segundo semestre de 2006, Rai finalizou a gravação de dois CDs – Oriente (instrumental) e Urucum (com voz) onde registra parte desse seu trabalho autoral..................................................... ............................................................ ...................................................Born in a family of musicians, Rai Medrado inherited from his father the talent of playing acoustic guitar and soon learned how to play other instruments, beginning his career as a drummer in 1982 and as a composer in 1993. Throughout his training, he had the pleasure of having among his teachers two masters of Brazilian rhythms: Esdras Ferreira (Nenem) and Laercio Villar. .................. In Brazil, he has performed beside some known names of Brazilian music such as Nana Cayme, Toninho Horta, Yuri Popoff, Andre Dequech, Titane, among many others. He has also been recorded on several independent CDs produced by musicians and composers to whom he is acquainted, including the Acoustic Base player Christian Gante, member of the French Symphonic Orchestra. Rai Medrado has performed in Canada (Toronto 1990), France (Paris 1992), USA (Cleveland 2001 and 2002) and Spain (Ibiza 2006). ...................A composer full of natural talent and many rhythmic influences acquired thru his formation as a drummer, Rai Medrado explores the magical richness present on Brazilian rhythms as the Samba, the New Bossa, the Baião and also international rhythms as the Pop, the Ballad and the Jazz Standards to create a diversified repertoire of authorial compositions that has already yielded him awards in competitions as a composer. His music has been greatly accepted and in addition to his own performances, his compositions are being recorded by other singers in Brazil, and have already found their way to radio media. Up till now, Rai has recorded two CDs - Oriente (instrumental) and Urucum (with voice) - in which he registers part of this authorial work that is so precious for the Brazilian musical culture MyWackoSpace Photo Collage MySpace Comment Box MySpace Editor Comment BoxContact Table Generated with MyWackoSpace
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