EGBERTO GISMONTI

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Egberto Gismonti (born 1947 in Carmo, RJ, Brazil) is a Brazilian composer, guitarist and pianist.

He began his formal music studies at the age of six on piano. After studying classical music for 15 years, he went to Paris to study with Nadia Boulanger (orchestration and analysis), and composer Jean Barraqué, a disciple of Schoenberg and Webern. After his return to Brazil, Gismonti began to glimpse a reality broader than the classical world of music. He was attracted by Ravel's ideas of orchestration and chord voicings, as well as by "choro", a Brazilian instrumental popular music where varied kinds of guitars are featured. To play this music he made the transition from piano to guitar, beginning on the 6-string classical instrument and switching to the 8-string guitar in 1973. He spent two years experimenting with different tunings and searching for new sounds, which is also reflected in his use of
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EGBERTO GISMONTI Egberto Gismonti album cover 3.00 | 2 ratings
Egberto Gismonti
World Fusion 1969
EGBERTO GISMONTI Sonho 70 album cover 3.91 | 2 ratings
Sonho 70
World Fusion 1970
EGBERTO GISMONTI Orfeo Novo album cover 4.50 | 1 ratings
Orfeo Novo
World Fusion 1970
EGBERTO GISMONTI Água & Vinho album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Água & Vinho
World Fusion 1972
EGBERTO GISMONTI Egberto Gismonti (1973) album cover 4.00 | 2 ratings
Egberto Gismonti (1973)
World Fusion 1973
EGBERTO GISMONTI Academia de danças album cover 4.00 | 3 ratings
Academia de danças
World Fusion 1974
EGBERTO GISMONTI Corações Futuristas album cover 4.09 | 2 ratings
Corações Futuristas
World Fusion 1976
EGBERTO GISMONTI Dança Das Cabeças album cover 3.70 | 6 ratings
Dança Das Cabeças
World Fusion 1977
EGBERTO GISMONTI Carmo album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Carmo
World Fusion 1977
EGBERTO GISMONTI Sol Do Meio Dia album cover 4.50 | 3 ratings
Sol Do Meio Dia
World Fusion 1978
EGBERTO GISMONTI Nó Caipira album cover 3.50 | 2 ratings
Nó Caipira
World Fusion 1978
EGBERTO GISMONTI Solo album cover 4.08 | 3 ratings
Solo
World Fusion 1979
EGBERTO GISMONTI Circense album cover 4.04 | 3 ratings
Circense
World Fusion 1979
EGBERTO GISMONTI Sanfona album cover 3.50 | 2 ratings
Sanfona
World Fusion 1981
EGBERTO GISMONTI Em Família album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Em Família
World Fusion 1981
EGBERTO GISMONTI Fantasia album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Fantasia
World Fusion 1982
EGBERTO GISMONTI Cidade Coração (aka Egberto Gismonti) album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Cidade Coração (aka Egberto Gismonti)
World Fusion 1983
EGBERTO GISMONTI Egberto Gismonti / Naná Vasconcelos ‎: Duas Vozes album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Egberto Gismonti / Naná Vasconcelos ‎: Duas Vozes
World Fusion 1985
EGBERTO GISMONTI Trem Caipira album cover 1.50 | 2 ratings
Trem Caipira
World Fusion 1985
EGBERTO GISMONTI Alma album cover 4.50 | 1 ratings
Alma
World Fusion 1986
EGBERTO GISMONTI Feixe De Luz album cover 2.50 | 1 ratings
Feixe De Luz
World Fusion 1988
EGBERTO GISMONTI O Pagador De Promessas album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
O Pagador De Promessas
Jazz Related Soundtracks 1988
EGBERTO GISMONTI Kuarup album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Kuarup
World Fusion 1989
EGBERTO GISMONTI Dança dos Escravos album cover 3.67 | 3 ratings
Dança dos Escravos
World Fusion 1989
EGBERTO GISMONTI Infancia album cover 4.00 | 2 ratings
Infancia
World Fusion 1991
EGBERTO GISMONTI Amazonia album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Amazonia
Jazz Related Soundtracks 1991
EGBERTO GISMONTI Piazzollando (aka Astor Piazzolla New Tango, Brazilian Touch) album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Piazzollando (aka Astor Piazzolla New Tango, Brazilian Touch)
World Fusion 1992
EGBERTO GISMONTI Casa Das Andorinhas album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Casa Das Andorinhas
Third Stream 1992
EGBERTO GISMONTI Música De Sobrevivência album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Música De Sobrevivência
World Fusion 1993
EGBERTO GISMONTI Zig Zag album cover 4.25 | 2 ratings
Zig Zag
World Fusion 1996
EGBERTO GISMONTI Meeting Point (with Lithuanian State Symphony Orchestra) album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Meeting Point (with Lithuanian State Symphony Orchestra)
Third Stream 1997

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EGBERTO GISMONTI Jazzbühne Berlin '84 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Jazzbühne Berlin '84
World Fusion 1990
EGBERTO GISMONTI Saudacoes album cover 3.55 | 2 ratings
Saudacoes
World Fusion 2009

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EGBERTO GISMONTI Selected Recordings album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Selected Recordings
World Fusion 2004
EGBERTO GISMONTI Retatos album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Retatos
World Fusion 2004

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