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o'mg [oscar]

new? jazz? languages? and the quest for music

About Me

Born in Aveiro in 1980. Started studying music at the age of six. Some years later he entered the local conservatory where he studied Classical Piano untill 1998. In 2002 he completed a Composition Degree in Lisbon. In 1996 he began playing jazz and in 2005 he attended classes at Berklee College of Music, after receiving a Scholarship.
Oscar is currently teaching at Riff - School of Music, in Aveiro and he's involved in several projects like the o'mg (solo jazz with electronics), liftoff (quartet), erro de sintaxe (jazz duo), doublebeat (acoustic jazz drum'n'bass) and TeraGroove (funk latin 6-horn ensemble).
He continues writing music and he's also creating music for websites. In October he's starting his Doctoral Research in Jazz Performance at the University of Aveiro.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 4/9/2006
Band Website: oscarmg.web.pt
Band Members: "...passa-cá?" and "...eivissa" were performed live in a Portuguese Radio Broadcast (Antena 2) on November 14th. The performers in my quintet ómg5v0.1 were João Guimarães (alto sax), Eurico Costa (guitar), Miguel Ângelo (bass), Marcos Cavaleiro (drums) and me (piano).

"...reykjavik" and "...portland" are interely performed by me using piano and electronics.
Influences: Life, Thought and related sounds
Sounds Like: Sounds like what I don't get from the music that I listen to with what my brain filters from that same music...
Type of Label: None