MARCOS ARIEL
Genres: Latin Jazz, Post-Fusion Contemporary, Pop, Art Song, Folk, Jazz Related Improv, Composition • Brazil

Marcos Ariel is in the forefront of the 90's Brazilian musician.  He's a virtuoso pianist, flutist and composer, with a musical style purely “Carioca” (one who's a native of Rio de Janeiro), splashed with a passion for Classical and Jazz. As a player he is swift and precise transcending genuine warmth that can only be Marcos Ariel. At home, in Rio de Janeiro, music flourished. His father encouraged him to listen and absorb the masters: Bach, Beethoven, Mozart and Chopin. He later developed an admiration for fellow countryman, Hermeto Pascoal and American contemporary Jazzman Chick Corea, who both influenced him. At the age of seven, he began studying piano and by 1971 he was studying flute in the School of Music of the Brazilian Symphonic Orchestra. He was also a professional actor with the Guanabara Youth Theater, but eventually returned to music performing, with a group of musicians and read more...