Dihelson Mendonca

Dihelson Mendonca is a well-known Pianist, arranger, and Composer from Brazil. He is considered by many experts as one of the greatest artists of the new generation from Brazil. His wide repertoire, along with his incredible virtuosity ranging from classical music to Jazz has led him to achieve great acceptance and popularity. He is also a fine composer, having made more than a hundred instrumental and vocal pieces.

He has worked with some of the greatest musicians from Brazil, including Hermeto Pascoal, Toninho Horta, Arismar do Espirito Santo, Vinicius Dorin, Marcio Resende, Luciano Franco, Fhatima Santos, Lia Chaves, and many many others. He was awarded the best keyboardist in 2003 in "Nelson's Award of music", an important award in the northeast Brazil. He has also played on many Jazz festivals and travelled throughout the country. After more than 20 years as a musician, Dihelson Mendonca is recording his solo work on a CD, after working as a sideman on?many others. This new CD, which the sugestive title: "Jazz Brasil", is very coherent with his carreer.

He has also worked in?partnership with some great local composers, recording music from?Haroldo?Ribeiro?(?his main musical partner )?,?Pachelly jamacaru (?worked on two albuns as arranger and keyboardist, called 'Balaios da Vida' and 'Pachelly Jamacaru' )?and Luciano Franco, a great bass player?who has also a?nice?work.

Dihelson Mendonca?is constantly challenging himself and recently played some very different and important works: A Tribute to pianist Bill Evans, a Tribute to Chick Corea and a Mozart Recital, which was considered by public and critics as a rare achievement. Currently he is preparing his most ambitious project, which includes a total fusion between Classical and Jazz piano.

Here you can appreciate?a few?samples of these original works and partnerships on the 20 year's carreer of the great Dihelson Mendonca.

In Portuguese:

Dihelson Mendonca - Bastante reconhecido entre os musicos Brasileiros como um dos grandes pianistas da nova geracao de musicos. Aclamado por onde tem passado por seu estilo cativante, virtuosistico, e emocional, seu repertorio varia desde o Classico ao Jazz, passando por Composicoes proprias de muito bom gosto.

Dihelson ja tocou com muitos musicos famosos, destacando-se Hermeto Pascoal, Toninho Horta, Arismar do Espirito Santo, Nene Batera, Itibere Swarg, Carlinhos Patriolino, Marcio Resende, Cleivan Paiva, Luciano Franco, Fhatima Santos, Lia Chaves, dentre inumeros outros. Participiou de inumeros Festivais de Jazz e recebeu premios.

Dihelson tambem tem tocado e gravado trabalhos em parceria com alguns dos grandes compositores do Nordeste Brasileiro: Haroldo Ribeiro, seu principal parceiro musical, com quem divide parceria em 14 composicoes, Pachelly Jamacaru, com quem gravou dois CDs, de t?tulos respectivos: 'Balaios da Vida' e 'Pachelly Jamacaru' , e tambem com o grande compositor e contrabaixista Luciano Franco, musico que tambem possui um excelente?trabalho instrumental.

Aqui estao disponiveis algumas amostras de trabalhos originais e parceiras nos 20 anos de carreira do grande Dihelson Mendonca.