Caito Marcondes

-:-:-:-:-:-:-STUDIES - Symphonic Percussion with Claudio Stephan, Drums with Rubens Barsotti ( Zimbo Trio ), Piano with Caio Pagano, Harmony and Counterpoint with Mario Ficarelli, Composition and Analysis with Hans Joachin Köellreutter and Gilberto Mendes.-:-:-:-:-:-:-PARTICIPATED IN THE FOLLOWING GROUPS - Hermeto Paschoal ,Rita Lee, Marlui Miranda, Joyce, Monica Salmaso, Orquestra Popular de Câmara-:-:-:-:-:-:-PARTICIPATED IN SHOWS AND / OR RECORDINGS WITH - John Scofield, Joyce, Airto Moreira, Randy Brecker, Paulo Moura, Glen Velez, Nana Vasconcelos, Jaques Morelenbaum, Paul Hanson, Toninho Horta, Tutti Moreno, Zeca Assumpção, Paulo Belinati, Heraldo do Monte, Nelson Ayres, Rodolfo Stroeter, Marlui Miranda, Hermeto Paschoal, Milton Nascimento, Nico Assumpção, Rita Lee, Ná Ozzeti, Jovino Santos, Francis Hime, Turtle Island String Quartet, Monica Salmaso, Claudio Dauelsberg and others.-:-:-:-:-:-:-In 1995, he had finished his first solo CD “PORTA DO TEMPLO” ( Temple Gate ) in the United States ( nominated for the Sharp Awards in Brasil, and included among the 150 best CDs released in Europe in 1998 by the World Music Charts Europe ) with the Turtle Island String Quartet and François de Lima, released in Germany by ACT.-:-:-:-:-:-:-In 1996 he had participated in a Japan Tour with Joyce, performed in the Jingu Stadium (Tokio) and in the Blue Note Jazz Clubs in Tokio and Fukuoka.-:-:-:-:-:-:-He also has been arranging for the Orquestra Jazz Sinfonica from São Paulo, including the last Marlui Miranda’s CD “IHU 2- Rezar”, as well as his own piece Dança do Sol for percussion, electric violin and orchestra, performed by Caito, Tracy Silverman and the Orquestra Sinfonica do Paraná and Orquestra Jazz Sinfonica.-:-:-:-:-:-:-One of his various movie soundtracks, “O Cineasta da Selva”, was released as a CD, and became the first brasilian CD mixed in Dolby Sorround. -:-:-:-:-:-:-His work, North Meets South / Sul Encontra Norte, with the north american violinist Tracy Silverman, is a duo of percussion and violin where they share compositions and arrangements creating a new flavoured pan-american recipe.-:-:-:-:-:-:-Named by Airto Moreira as “Villa-Lobos of Percussion”, Caito has also a solo CD and concert entitled AUTO-RETRATO (SELF-PORTRAIT), where he explores the potencial of his vast percussive and timbric repertoire. In this show, Caito creates an involving atmosphere using different ethnic instruments combined with his voice, sometimes sounding like many musicians. Alternating between his unique percussion setup and the marimba, the pandeiro, the dambek, the caxixis, the xilophone and others uncommon instruments, like the Hang, yet rebaptized as “UFO”, Caito Marcondes synthesizes his rich experience as an instrumentist, composer and arranger, presenting some of his various compositions, as well as arrangements of important brazilian composers’ songs. Being for him the first impulse of creation, the improvisation is strongly present, making each performance a unique and exclusive moment.-:-:-:-:-:-:-Participating in european festivals since 2003, Caito is now involved in a project called 'Caito Marcondes Connecting Orchestra' with the italian Arkè String Quartet, clarinetist virtuose Gabriele Mirabassi and the master of trombone Louk Boudesteijn.