Gilberto de Syllos

**Gilberto de Syllos** (born 27th April 1967) is a Brazilian actor, voice actor and dubbing director who provides voices for the Brazilian dub of *Thomas & Friends: All Engines Go*.

De Syllos holds a bachelor's degree in music from Campinas State University (UNICAMP) and is currently (April/2018) a master's degree candidate at the same university.

Since 2002, he has been on the faculty at Faculdade de Música Souza Lima in São Paulo, teaching the Electric and Acoustic Bass programs as well as Music History, Theory, and Ear Training.

De Syllos has authored several books, including “Drumset and Bass in Brazilian Popular Music”, “Electric Bass Techniques in Brazilian Popular Music,” and "Baião and Northeastern Brazilian Rhythms.” These last two books have been released in Europe and in the United States by Advance Music Editors. De Syllos participated on the play-along recording and book, “Brazilian Music of Roberto Menescal” and "Brazilian Music in Odd Metters," which were released by Editora Souza Lima.

As a professor, he has participated in clinics, workshops, and music festivals held in the main cities of Brazil and abroad, most recently in the United States, Venezuela, Germany, and Portugal.

In 2015 he produced the show “Basstucada” (available in English and Portuguese on Youtube which was recorded live at the Sesc Campinas. Basstucada covers the entire career of De Syllos as a player and as a composer.

In 2014, he received a special invitation by the Campinas Symphonic Orchestra to play with singer/composer Ivan Lins in the celebrations of the orchestra's 85th anniversary.

Since 2013 he has been the bass player of the Orquestra Rock de Campinas (SP) in spectacles produced and directed by conductor and Martin Lazarov.

De Syllos has been a columnist for the Brazilian Edition of Bass Player magazine (2012/2013), writing articles about acoustic and upright bass playing.

He composed the soundtrack to Diego Ruiz de Aquino and Helton Ladeira's award-winning short film “Noir” (2007).

He was praised by The New York Times critics and referred to as "the genial Gilberto de Syllos" for his work on the show “da Corda pro Pé” on Broadway in 2006.

His first CD, Tocando Baixo (1996), was nominated for the Prêmio Sharp in 1997.

Over the years, de Syllos has been working on a solo career as a composer and band leader, and has accompanied top Brazilian and International artists like Ivan Vilela, Izzy Gordon, Paulo Jobim, Roberto Menescal, Ná Ozetti, Toninho Ferraguti, Duofel, Hermeto Pascoal, Lenine, Zeca Baleiro, Marlui Miranda, Lupa Santiago, Pedro de Alcântara, Bina Coquet, Hot Jazz Club, Bloody Mary & Os Caipirinhas, Marcelo Onofri, Connie Evingson, Laura Penn, Maria Sole (Italy), Sally Burgues (New Zealand), Robin Nolan (Netherlands), Richard Smith (England), Thomas Walburn (Denmark), Connie Evingson, Laura Penn, and Jason S. Smith (USA), Niclas Campagnol (Switzerland), Dario Napoli (Italy) among others, in stage performances and recordings.

More recently, De Syllos has dedicated more of his time to be the dubbing and musical director for Atma Entretenimento, in São Paulo, Brazil, where he creates Brazilian versions for a variety of projects including live-action and animated movies, broadcast series and documentaries, as well as supervising the whole dubbing and music production team in the studio.

## Voices

* Kitty Scanner (*fourth series only*)
* Lettuce (*fourth series only*)
* Buncho Bananas (Kindi Kids) (*fourth series only*)
* Peppa-Mint (Kindi Kids) (*fifth series only*)
* Yolka (*fifth series only*)
* Cranky (AEG)
* Kenji (AEG)
* Troublesome Trucks (AEG)
* Beresford (AEG)
* Toby (AEG)