MÚSICA EXTRAORDINÁRIA
AWARD WINNING ARTISTS FROM EUROPE & SOUTH AMERICA
ANDRÉ MEHMARI PIANIST & COMPOSER
BRAZIL
From his youth, André Mehmari's musical sensibility has known no borders, flowing freely between the worlds of Chopin, Scott Joplin, and Ernesto Nazareth. Now a renowned pianist and composer, he has forged a language of tremendous expressive power from the resources of classical music, jazz, and Brazilian music. He deploys his instinct for composition not only in the writing of new works and arrangements, but also in interpretation as he understands a composer's intention, bringing its essence forward with clarity that often exceeds the original.
This skill is at the forefront of his trio recording, Na Esquina do Clube com o Sol Na Cabeça, devoted to the work of Clube de Esquina. Led by Milton Nascimento, this group of Brazilian artists blended ideas from pop. folk music, bossa nova, jazz, and classical avant-garde to create hymns honoring friendship and dialogue that are among the greatest treasures of Brazilian music.
There is something special about the sound of the piano trio that propels masters to another level. The trios of American pianists Keith Jarrett and Brad Mehldau -- to whom Mehmari is often likened -- provide evidence of this piano trio alchemy. Its power is now affirmed from a Brazilian perspective by Mehmari's trio.
PRESS QUOTES
“Pianist André Mehmari is a precocious genius, an extraordinary talent of vibrant and generous imagination. He uses his classical training to approach popular music as great pianists, such as Luis Eça and even Egberto (Gismonti), have before him, in a rich and creative way, making the formality of one language work for the enrichment of the other.” MAURO DIAS, O ESTADO DE SÃO PAULO (BRAZIL)
“One of the greatest talents this country has ever produced.”
LUIS NASSIF, FOLHA DE SÃO PAULO (BRAZIL)
“Among the many musicians, singers and arrangers, the critics and the lucky few who have heard his independent discs, there is no doubt: André Mehmari is the man ...”
ANTÔNIO CARLOS MIGUEL, O GLOBO (RIO DE JANEIRO)
ANDRÉ MEHMARI TRIO - TUDO QUE VOCÊ PODIA SER / TREM AZUL (LÔ AND MÁRCIO BORGES)
ANDRÉ MEHMARI TRIO - A MESMA ROSA AMARELA (CAPIBA)
ANDRÉ MEHMARI TRIO - WALDIR (ANDRÉ MEHMARI)
ANDRÉ MEHMARI TRIO - MAYSWAYS (ANDRÉ MEHMARI)
ANDRÉ MEHMARI TRIO - CANOA, CANOA (NELSON ANGELO / FERNANDO BRANT)
ANDRÉ MEHMARI TRIO - RIVERA'S DREAM (ANDRÉ MEHMARI)
ANDRÉ MEHMARI TRIO - NAZARETH SUITE (ERNESTO NAZARETH ARR. ANDRÉ MEHMARI)
ANDRÉ MEHMARI SOLO - SARABANDA PARA UM NOVO ANO / MÚSICA PARA UNS TEMPOS DE CÓLERA (ANDRÉ MEHMARI)
ANDRÉ MEHMARI SOLO - VARIATIONS ON ALL THINGS CONSIDERED THEME NO. 1
ANDRÉ MEHMARI SOLO - NAZARETH SUITE (ERNESTO NAZARETH ARRANGED BY MEHMARI)
ANDRÉ MEHMARI SOLO - IMPROVISATIONS ON PAGANINI VARIATIONS (LIVE AT THE TOLEDO MUSEUM OF ART, JULY 2016)
ANDRÉ MEHMARI SOLO - PENNY LANE (LENNON/MCCARTNEY, ARRANGED BY MEHMARI)
ANDRÉ MEHMARI SOLO - OBLIVION (ASTOR PIAZZOLLA)
ANDRÉ MEHMARI SOLO - UM ANJO NASCE / HELLO GOODBYE (MEHMARI, LENNON/MCCARTNEY)
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