After 15 years playing with different big names of flamenco and also performing solo in over 40 countries, this young and experienced artist came to present his first cd solo - âAnywayâ. Featuring: Jorge Pardo, Hossam Ramzy, Carles Benavent...

11 MP3 Songs in this album (42:52) !
Related styles: World: Flamenco, Latin: Brazilian Jazz, Featuring Guitar

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Flavio Rodrigues - Musician, Composer, Musical Director and Arranger - Sao Paulo, Brazil (12/04/1979).

Has started playing the guitar with his Father at the age of 5.

In 1992, he entered in "Groove" (Free Music School), where he studied Popular Brazilian Music and Jazz with Mr. Leyve Miranda for three years.

During the same time, in 1994, he starts to study flamenco guitar in the âCentro Flamenco Pepe de Córdobaâ (Sao Paulo - Brazil), with Fernando de la Rua.

In 1998, he moved to Spain for the first time where he studied with three main flamenco guitar masters: Manolo Sanlúcar, Gerardo Núñez, and Rafael Riqueni.

Since 2000, living in Madrid, he worked with main flamenco artists such as Antonio Canales, Manuel Reyes, Juan Andrés Maya, La China, Domingo Ortega, Belén Fernández, Rafaela Carrasco, Belén Maya, Concha Jareño, Adela Campallo, Pastora Galván, Rocío Molina, Olga Pericet, Rubén Olmo, Manuel Liñán, Marco Flores, Maria Juncal, Daniel Doña, Concha Jareño, Belén Lopez, Alfonso Losa, José Maya (Joselillo Romero), Rafael Estevez, Pitingo, Rafael Jiménez "Falo", Talegón de Córdoba, Guadiana, Agustin Carbonell âBolaâ, Lole Montoya (Lole y Manuel), Montse Cortes, Pepe Habichuela, José Jiménez "el Viejín", José Luís Montón, Domingo Patricio, Juan Parrilla, Rubém Dantas, Juan Gomez âChicueloâ, Jorge Pardo, José Soto "Sorderita", and also with important Brazilian artists such as Filó Machado, Nana Vasconcelos, Carlinhos Antunes, Yamandu Costa, Sizao Machado, Renato Martins, Thiago Espirito Santo, Alex Buck, etc.

He has also been invited to work with different groups and projects to colaborate with artists of different styles worldwide: Yoshida Brothers (Japan), The Savage Rose (Denmark), Trilok Gurtu (India), and Hossam Ramzy (Egypt).

He was also guitarist, composer and musical director of the Rafael Amargoâs Company (during 5 years), of six different shows ("Amargo", "Poeta en Nueva York", "Intimo", "Enramblao", "D. Q. - Pasajero en Transitoâ¦" and "Tiempo Muerto"), performing his the most important theatres (Bunkamura - Tokyo, Champs Ellysses - Paris, City Center - New York, Gran Rex - Buenos Aires, Auditorio Nacional - D.F. México, Gran Teatre Liceo - Barcelona, Teatro Municipal â Sao Palo, Teatro Real - Madrid, etc.).


Last Years:

*Nominated at the âVIII Max Awards of Scenic Artsâ in the categories âBest Original Musicâ and âBest Musical Directorâ for the show "Enramblao" of Rafael Amargo's Company (2004).

*Finalist of the guitar "Paco de Lucia's Award" - Concurso Nacional de Arte Flamenco (Spain, Cordoba 2007).

*âFlamenco Guitar Supervisorâ of âZorro, the Musicalâ, produced by Isabel Allende and directed by Chris Renshaw, with original music by the Gipsy Kings and John Cameron (premiere in London's West End on 30th june, Garrick Theatre - 2008).

*Preview of his new solo album âAnywayâ - Braziliam Tour (9 concerts in 8 major cities), within the Internacional Flamenco Festival and âGuitarisimo Seriesâ, sponsored by Instituto Cervantes, and also in the 30th Anniversary â Festival Internacional de la Guitarra de Córdoba (Spain), with several international big names as Mark Knopfler, Paco de Lucía, Deep Purple, David Russell, Pepe Romero, Eva âLa Yerbabuenaâ, Duo Assad, Manuel Barrueco, Leo Brouwer, with resounding success with audience and critics (2010).