André Mehmari

André Ricardo Mehmari (born April 22, 1977) is a Brazilian pianist, composer and arranger. His works were played by the Orquestra Sinfônica do Estado de São Paulo (OSESP), Orquestra Petrobras Sinfônica and Orquestra Amazonas Filarmônica, among other Brazilian orchestras. In popular music, he played and recorded albums with the mandolinist Hamilton de Holanda and the singer Ná Ozzetti. He likes playing improvisations since an early age. He has performed in all of Brazil’s major jazz festivals and abroad at Umbria Jazz in Italy and Juan Les-Pins in France. Awards * Prêmio Nascente (USP-Editora Abril) - category Popular Music-Composer (1995) and category Classical Music-Composer (1997). * 1° Prêmio Visa de MPB Instrumental (1998). Discography * (1998) Odisséia (with Célio Barros and Sérgio Reze) • PMC records * (2000) Canto • Núcleo Contemporâneo * (2001) Improvisos (with Célio Barros and Sérgio Reze) * (2003) Lachrimae • CAVI Records * (2004) Nonada (quintet with Proveta, Teco Cardoso, Tutty Moreno and Rodolfo Stroeter) * (2005) MPBaby Internacional: Beatles (solo) - Vol. 10 * (2005) Piano e Voz (with Ná Ozzetti) * (2007) Continua Amizade (with Hamilton de Holanda) * (2007) DVD Piano