Olha Maria - Musique

In The 1985 Gramado Cinema Fest Awards Glauco Sagebin Was Honored For His Work In The Animation 'As Cobras' Being Voted Best Original Music For Short Movie. Few Who Have Followed The Career Of The Pianist And Composer Were Surprised At The Result Of The Balloting. The Single Award
was Only A Glimpse Of The Path The Artist's Career Would Take Since He First Appeared On The Music Scene More Than Two Decades Ago. As Pianist And Performer He Has Touched Many Musical Bases In And Out Of Jazz During His Entire Career. A Native Of Jaguarao Rio Grande Do Sul At The South Border Of Brazil With Uruguay He Grew Up Listening The Sounds Of His Grand Father Transglobal Short Wave Radio Located At The Border His Radio Used To Sintonize
sounds From Satellites Noise Transmissions To Wager Operas Rock Groups And Jazz Big Band That Were Being Transmitted From Everywhere In The Globe. Glauco Served His Professiona Apprenticeship Initially Attending The Music School Of OSPA Porto Alegre Symphonic Orchestra For Music Theory Class And Private Piano Lessons. He Made His Initial Impact As A Sideman For Two Support Bands From South Of Brazil Stabilished Local Artists Nei Lisboa And Bebeto Alves. From There He Segued Into Work As A Arranger
and Performer With His Own Groups. It Was Only A Matter Of Time Before Glauco's Talent Would Attract The Attention Of Artists And Producers From The Brazilian Musical Center Rio De Janeiro And Sao Paulo He Fixed Residence In The Later In 1983. It Was In His Stint As A Session Studio Musician That Glauco Start Arrange
and Produce His Own Works Which Lead To The Release Of His First Album In 1985 As Leader And Composer For MPA. He Spend The Remain Of The
80' Touring And Performing With Support Bands For Several Brazilian Acts. Glauco's Next Step Was To Again Let His Music And Talent Lead The Way. After A Short Turne In The USA In 1989 He Fixed Residence In
Tokyo Japan. Was During His Japan Years That Glauco Was Exposed To A Gamut Of Musical Styles An Musicians. His Years In Japan Exposed Him To A Colossal Interchange Of New Ideas Which He Truly Start Come Into His On As An Artist. During This Period Glauco
began To Playing Almost Exclusively Acoustic Piano. From There He Also Segue To Gig With Jazz Rock All Star As The Electrc Bassists Paul Jackson Alphonzo Jonshson And The Guitarrist Scotch Anderson. In 1999 Glauco Based Himself And Family In New York City Again Didn't Took Longer For Him To Make Himself Notice. In 2003 He Sign
with Blue Toucan Music And Released His USA Debut Record. When Baden Meets Trane. It Brings Him Full Circle To His Musical Roots And Believes
solidifying His Current Direction Of Ever More Narrowing The Gap Between Jazz And His Brazilian Sound. " Glauco Sagebin Is A Sensational Pianist More Concerned With Modern Jazz Even Though He Retains His Natural Feel For Latin Jazz.”Al Merritt Jazznow.Com The Composer Also Has Show A Knack For Classical Music Composition With Some Of His Chamber Pieces Like Piano Trio No 1 And Trio For Flute Clarinet And Cello Being Already Premiere In USA. Glauco Has A Master Degree In Music Composition From Aaron Copland School Of Music From
Queens College City University Of New York .
Glauco Died In New York City On 11/21/2011. read less