Siri

A percussionist from Rio de Janeiro, graduated at Los Angeles Music Academy and at Sangeet Music School (USA), releases his first solo album and is recording his new DVD, which is expected to come out at the end of the year.Siri started his professional career as a musician of the carioca blues band Big Allanbik, in which he performed a tour across the USA, and played among other nightclubs in the mythic Blue Note. During this tour they recorded the CD Batuque and Blues , considered by the specialized critics the best blues work created by a non American group. Back to Brazil, he had his talent recognized by Sivuca and the MPB-4. Before long, he came back to USA, where he graduated as a drummer, gave lessons of batucada and recorded the movie sound track Beethoven III , by Universal. He returned to Brazil to be a member of the group Bossa Cuca Nova, of Roberto Menescal, with whom had his passport stamped four times to Europe, once to Japan, Africa and several times to USA. He had been nominated for this work to the Latin Grammy, with the CD Brasilidade. All the experiences he went through this period are in his opening CD, which holds his nickname SIRI.