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Frederico Heliodoro’s concert with EACMC students moved to Thursday 17th
Born on 2 September 1987 in Rio de Janeiro, Frederico Heliodoro spent his youth in Belo Horizonte, where he trained as an artist. After a few years in São Paulo, Heliodoro moved back to Rio, where he now lives.
Heliodoro took part in milton nascimento’s ‘a última sessão de música’ tour and has worked with kurt rosenwinkel, pedro martins, louis cole, shin sasakubo, bala desejo and roberto gatto as a bass player and/or guest artist.
A multi-instrumentalist, producer and composer, heliodoro began his career in
1999 in Belo Horizonte. He has won two awards from the bdmg – ‘Jovem
Instrumentalist 2007’ / “bdmg instrumental 2009”. He released his first album in
2011 and today has 9 authorial projects in his catalogue, as well as important productions for the local scene in south-eastern Brazil, such as Mahmundi, Gabriel Bruce, Affonsinho and Paulo Nazareth.
He has a bachelor’s degree in music from the Federal University of Minas Gerais. He makes, plays and teaches
Music. He conducts extensive research into improvisation and melodic accents within it. He has taught in Japan, Italy, the United States and Portugal.