Samuel Quinto
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Commander Samuel Quinto FRSA | |
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 Medal 50th Anniversary United Nations Peacekeeping Forces at São Paulo County Hall. | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Samuel Quinto Feitosa |
| Also known as | Professor at Universidade Anhembi Morumbi |
| Born | September 5, 1973 Belém, Pará, Brazil |
| Genres | Jazz, Latin jazz, Classical, Pop, Rock, MPB, Gospel |
| Occupation(s) | Conductor, Composer, Musical producer, Pianist, Professor . |
| Instruments | Piano |
| Years active | 25 |
| Labels | Numérica, Chiado Group |
| Associated acts | . |
| Website | samuelquinto.com |
Samuel Quinto Feitosa FRSA (born September 5, 1973) is a Brazilian - Portuguese pianist of jazz, pop, gospel, and classical music, as well a conductor, music producer, composer, arranger, who has lived in São Paulo since 2014. Quinto grew up in Salvador, where he developed his art mainly on piano. In 2018, he joined Ph.D. Digital Media Art, a program developed by the Department of Science and Technology - Portuguese Open University in partnership with the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences - University of Algarve, both of which are renowned Portuguese public universities. He has a graduation in Music, post-graduation in Neuroscience and a MBA in Educational Management. He was elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts - London, title that grants him to sign FRSA after the name, granted by the British Crown. In 2019 he takes over the music and performing arts direction of the United Nations Baptist Church in São Paulo, an invitation from Baptist pastor Luis Sayão. He was invited to be a full professor at Laureate International Universities. He is an artist Fritz Dobbert Pianos.
Biography[edit]
Samuel Quinto was born in Belém, Pará, but grew up in Salvador, Bahia. From the age of seven, he developed his musical talent by virtue of contact with the piano through the gospel, accompanied Baptist Church who attended in childhood with his family in Salvador. Samuel took his first steps in piano in the family home, always without accompanying teachers, and developed his piano skills learning also, as an autodidact, harmony, reading and writing music and orchestration, musical composition, arrangentfor the church choir, which starts playing as a pianist at age 12. [1]
Portugal[edit]
At the age of 25, leaving behind the study of Civil Engineering at the Federal University of Bahia and began his successful career as a pianist at the Marriott Hotel in Costa do Sauipe, Bahia. After passing through his repertoire for various types of music, from Brazilian music - and some recreated original way "Asa Branca" and "Silver Sandal"; jazz standards, Chick Corea, Cole Porter, through Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Samuel Quinto finds the pianist Michel Camilo and Latin jazz, and proceeds to devote then that jazz genre. The passage of a more mainstream jazz to jazz-Latin is almost natural, for its Brazilian cultural substrate, and the repertoire and practices that had developed over time, using Brazilian musical languages mixed with more traditional jazz. [2]
In 2004, Samuel Quinto moved to Portugal and began teaching jazz piano and Latin jazz in the city of Porto as well as participating in concerts and jazz festivals. He later formed his "Samuel Quinto Trio" and toured in Portugal and Spain. He was also pianist at the School of Ginasiano Dance (classical and modern ballet) in Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal.
Europe[edit]
Samuel Quinto published his first CD "Latin Jazz Thrill" in 2007, in Portugal, with trio formation (Bass, Piano and Drums), which forms the core of his repertoire at various festivals and concerts during the years 2007 and 2008 in Portugal, and during his 2008 tour in which shows in cities like Hamburg, Berlin, Cologne, Heilbronn, Liège and Limoges; plus a special concert held in Salvador in partnership with the Catholic University of Salvador in June 2008. His compositions are used at the Polytechnic Institute of Porto (ESMAE) in undergraduate degree program in Jazz, as study material for training Jazz students.
The second CD entitled "Salsa 'n Jazz", containing eight original compositions by Samuel Quinto, and the standard Stella by Starlight was launched in June 2009 at a concert in the city of Oporto, during his tour through Belgium, Germany, Portugal, Spain, France, Luxembourg, Netherlands and England. In this second work, Samuel was accompanied by another Brazilian - classically trained Marcos Borges on bass - and Manuel Santiesteban, Cuban drummer.
In late 2009, Mr. Quinto designed the first Latin Jazz course for Jazz School North, Porto - the first professional school of Jazz accredited in Portugal and the only one in the Iberian Peninsula to have the course in Instrumental Professional Jazz at that time. In addition to being invited to be the artistic director of one of the most traditional jazz Portuguese clubs, B-flat.
Samuel has been invited to conduct workshops in Jazz, Latin Jazz, Composition and Arrangement both in Brazil and in Europe. With his musical talent not being limited to jazz, Mr. Quinto also wrote compositions to accompany the ballet on spectacles, as well as for orchestra and choir. Inspired by great composers such as Beethoven, Mozart, Bach, Tchaikovsky, Brahms and others, initiated compositions to accompany the ballet on spectacles, as well as for orchestra and choir.
His first symphonic composition, written in 2011, was the Symphony No. 1 in A flat Major "Pascha Aeternam" for the Orchestra, Chorus and soloists in 4 parts, that has emphasis on Easter.
Brazil[edit]
In 2012 he returned to Brazil leaving momentarily aside his career as a concert performer and educator for Music Minister at the Second Baptist Church in Mossoro, Rio Grande do Norte. He wrote the Christmas Oratorio for Choir in 5 suits and Symphony; his second symphony, the Symphony 2 in C Minor, titled "Symphony Lightly Beautiful" for choir and Orchestra in five suits, yet the Motet angelic, inspired by the motets of Bruckner to 5 suits; string Quartet; Opera Samson and Delilah (unfinished).
In 2013, he adapted the Symphony No. 1 for the opera format. Opera Pascha Aeternam said in its structure with theater, classical and modern ballet, choir and soloists a total staff of 148 people, and it was presented at the Second Baptist Church in Mossoro, as well as the Municipal Theater Dix-Huit Rosado for a total estimated audience more than 1,500 people, receiving rave reviews in RN state newspapers.
Still in 2015 becomes the newest pianist representative Fritz Dobbert/Kawai pianos mark with a debut concert at Teatro Gazeta in São Paulo and DVD recording Solo Performance - Latin Jazz.
Currently turned his pianist career back, releases his DVD Latin Jazz Piano Solo - Live in São Paulo, performing in Brazil and Europe.
Finished in March 2016 his first book "Improvising is very easy! Jazz in a easy way" by Chiado Publishing.
International Federations and Awards[edit]
He is a member of the International Council for Traditional Music, a non-governmental organization in formal consultative relations with UNESCO; member of the American Council of Piano Performers, senior member of the National Federation of Music Clubs the only music organization member of the United Nations.
Samuel was invited to become the first international member of the Pennsylvania Federation of Music Clubs - PFMC.
In April 2016 he was elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (RSA) based in London.
In São Paulo he was appointed Commander of the Brazilian Society of Arts, Culture and Education and the Medal of Merit Maestro Carlos Gomes.
Received the Medal 50th Anniversary United Nations Peacekeeping Forces in Brazil.
He is also an Effective Member of the Academia Internacional de Artes, Letras e Ciência - Alpas 21 and Immortal Member at Music Academy of Brasil (ALMUB) in Brasília.
He received the Castro Alves trophy for literary excellence in Minas Gerais - Brasil.
He was invited to be Executive President of the Academy of Letters of Brazil - ALB - São Paulo city, for which he received the title of Phi - Immortal Philosopher, which is the design of the above title 'Doctor in Philosophy Univ.' as the highest honor of the ALB.
United Nations Ambassador and Grand'Ambassadeur by Divine Academié Française des Lettres Arts et Culture in Paris.
Jazz style[edit]
Samuel's unique style reveals a strong influence of Michel Camilo's music, mixed with Chick Corea, Chucho Valdés, and Gonzalo Rubalcaba. His style is percussive, often marked by repetitive bass lines, the characteristic "tumbao" of Cuban music, and improvisation lines that reveal extensive knowledge of the genre as well as jazz harmony.
As proof of his unique style in his second CD, the result of musical fusion is a "musical dish" full of spice and complicity, that mixes Brazilian roots with Cuban rhythms, without forgetting the African flavor.
Today, Samuel Quinto is considered by the magazine "All about Jazz", "The Latin Jazz Corner" US and "Latin Jazz Network" Canada as one of the greatest representatives of the Latin Jazz European.
"The Emergence Of A New Piano Stylist" - The Latin Jazz Corner.[3]
"Samuel Quinto is also an accomplished composer and shows maturity and a sense of adventure with the rhythmic variety." - All About Jazz[4]
"Samuel Quinto is a pianist of great expressive resources, since it combines the improvisational skills - stemming from the free-jazz practice - the memory of Brazilian popular music and Latin America in general, allowing you to use the piano as an instrument with the dual function of highlight and amplify contrapuntally melodies and voices, and above all to support or substantiate the rhythm, the cadence of the sentences, sometimes as if incorporates percussion. " - Prof.Dr. Pires Laranjeira - University of Coimbra.[4]
"The Brazilian talent that surpassed borders and today is considered one of the greatest representatives of Latin Jazz in Europe!" - Keyboard Magazine Brazil.[5]
[6] "The Master of Latin Jazz".
Discography and Book[edit]
- "Latin Jazz Thrill", Samuel Quinto Trio (Ed. Numérica) (2007)
- "Salsa 'n Jazz (DGP)", Samuel Quinto Trio (Ed. Compact Records) (2009)
- "DVD Latin Jazz Piano Solo", Samuel Quinto (Self-produced)(2015)
- "Improvisar é muito fácil!", Samuel Quinto (Chiado Publishing) (2016)
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Jazz, All About. "Samuel Quinto". All About Jazz.
- ↑ Entrevista em "Porto24"
- ↑ Boaz, Chip (23 July 2009). "Spotlight: Salsa' N Jazz, Samuel Quinto Trio". Latin Jazz Corner. Retrieved 23 July 2009.
- ↑ Jazz, All About. "Samuel Quinto Trio: Salsa' N Jazz album review @ All About Jazz". All About Jazz.
- ↑ Fagundes, Heloísa (August 2015). "O talento brasileiro que ultrapassou fronteiras e hoje é considerado um dos maiores representantes do Latin Jazz na Europa!". Revista Keyboard Brasil. Retrieved August 2015. Check date values in:
|access-date=(help) - ↑ "Member Spotlight: Samuel Quinto – The Master of Latin Jazz – Piano Performer Magazine". magazine.pianoperformers.org. Retrieved 2016-10-25.
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