Diego Zangado (June 11, 1980 - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) is a drummer, percussionist and composer. is the 162nd day of the year (163rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar). ... This article is about the Brazilian city. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... For other uses, see Samba (disambiguation). ... Choro, also called chorinho, is a Brazilian popular music style. ... For other uses, see Jazz (disambiguation). ... For other uses, including related musical genres, see Funk (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Bossa nova (disambiguation). ... A musical instrument is a device constructed or modified with the purpose of making music. ... For other kinds of drums, see drum (disambiguation). ... A percussion instrument is any object which produces a sound by being hit with an implement, shaken, rubbed, scraped, or by any other action which sets the object into vibration. ... is the 162nd day of the year (163rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar). ... This article is about the Brazilian city. ...

Background

Diego Zangado graduated in symphonic percussion and classical music from the Escola de Musica Villa-Lobos, one of the most traditional conservatories in Rio de Janeiro. He extended his studies taking classes from Eliseu Costa, the solo timpanist of the Rio de Janeiro Municipal Theatre Orchestra and Andre Boxexa, timpanist of the Brazilian National Symphonic Orchestra and drummer of "Agua de Moringa", a well-known group of samba and choro. Diego also took compositon and harmony lessons from the eletroacoustic music composer Tato Taborda. Heitor Villa-Lobos (March 5, 1887 - November 17, 1959) was a Brazilian composer, possibly the best-known classical composer born in South America. ... Theatro Municipal of Rio de Janeiro: frontal view. ... For other uses, see Samba (disambiguation). ... Choro, also called chorinho, is a Brazilian popular music style. ...

Diego became the first timpanist of the Fluminense Federal University symphonic band and he was elected the best instrumentalist in the 1999 Festvilla, the music festival of the Villa-Lobos Music School. The Fluminense Federal University (Universidade Federal Fluminense, UFF) is one of the four federally-funded public universities in the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. ...

As a teacher, Diego has coordinated a percussion group with less fortunate children from Rio de Janeiro. He also has been teaching in several music schools. Diego owns his studio, where he teaches private drums and percussion classes. He has also organised quick courses in several cities in Brazil.

Currently

Since 2004, Diego accompanies the famous pianist, singer and composer Francis Hime, and travels along with him, promoting his recent work, as well as his popular hits. Also he accompanies Francis' wife Olivia Hime, well-known singer and songwriter. Diego is also the drummer of Elton Medeiros, a true samba icon. For other uses, see Samba (disambiguation). ...

Diego is the drummer of Casuarina, a samba band that has been appointed as the best group in the current samba scene. Casuarina won the 2006 Rival Petrobras Music Awards, as "Best Musical Group". For other uses, see Samba (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Samba (disambiguation). ...

Diego is the percussionist of the group Pedra Lispe, a music band that mixes contemporary instrumental music and Brazilian regional armorial music. Roll of arms (or armorial) is a register of coats of arms in a given area, e. ...

Diego also plays as a duo with the guitar player Caio Marcio. Caio was nominated for the 2004 Tim Music Awards, as "Revelation". Diego also is a member of the group "Batucada Urbana", lead by the mandolin player Henry Lentino. The group was nominated for the 7th Visa Intrumental Music Awards.

On the stage

Diego has shared the stage with great names of the Brazilian Popular Music, such as Francis Hime, Lenine, Guinga, Elton Medeiros, Chico Pinheiro, Hamilton de Holanda, Elza Soares, Carlinhos Vergueiro, Moraes Moreira, Cristovão Bastos, Cristina Braga, Carlos Malta, Celso Viáfora, Olivia Hime, Wilson Moreira, Gabriel o Pensador, Paulinho Moska, Walter Alfaiate, Arlindo Cruz, Áurea Martins, Cristina Buarque de Holanda, Sandra de Sá, Maria Rita and others. MPB (Música Popular Brasileira) is a specific musical genre of Brazilian popular music that employs sophisticated lyrics, melodies, and harmonies in which the commercial aspect is subordinate to the performers artistic standards. ... Lenine (real name Osvaldo Lenine Macedo Pimentel - born February 2 1959) is a Brazilian singer-songwriter from Recife, Pernambuco. ... Guinga (born June 10, 1950) is a Brazilian guitarist and composer from Rio de Janeiro. ... Elza Soares is a Brazilian singer. ... Cristina Braga WWW.CRISTINABRAGA.COM Harpist and Singer Cristina Braga has been consolidating her career as one of the most important harpists of Brazil. ... Gabriel Contino, better known as Gabriel, o Pensador (Gabriel the Thinker) (born March 4, 1974) is one of the best known rappers on the Brazilian hip hop scene. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Maria Rita is a Brazilian singer in the Música Popular Brasileira musical genre. ...

When it comes to the "choro" scene, Diego has played with Joel do Nascimento, Paulo Sergio Santos, Galo Preto, Agua de Moringa and Mestre Ze Paulo among others. Choro, also called chorinho, is a Brazilian popular music style. ...

In the classical music scene, Diego is a member of the Guitars Orchestra of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, as well as the group of Fernanda Chaves Canaud, a pianist specialized in the Radamés Gnattali work. The Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (Portuguese: Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, UFRJ) is the largest federal university of Brazil, where state-owned colleges are the best and most qualified institutions. ... Radamés Gnattali (January 27, 1906 - January 13, 1988), was a Brazilian classical composer, conductor, orchestrator, and arranger. ...

Research Work

Diego also does reasearch work, studying the rudimentary and classical schools, with emphasis in the extinct Brazilian rhythms, such as the "samba-batucada" and "samba d'antiga", as well as in the "maxixe" and the "choro", creating a modern language of playing, both for drums and percussions. Batucada is a substyle of samba and refers to an African influenced Brazilian percussive style, usually performed by an ensemble. ... The maxixe (pronounced ma-shi-sh), occasionally known as the Brazilian tango, is a dance, with its accompanying music, that originated in the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro in 1868, at about the same time as the tango was developing in neighbouring Argentina and Uruguay. ... Choro, also called chorinho, is a Brazilian popular music style. ...

Compositions

When it comes to classical music, Diego has composed pieces for two pandeiros (hide-headed tambourines), dodecaphonic and serial pieces for the xylophone and pieces for two atabaques (large wooden drums). This article is about Western art music from 1000 AD to the 2000s . ... The pandeiro (pronounced: IPA: ), is a type of hand frame drum. ... Twelve-tone technique (also dodecaphony) is a method of musical composition devised by Arnold Schoenberg. ... Kulintang a Kayo, a Philippine xylophone The xylophone (from the Greek meaning wooden sound) is a musical instrument in the percussion family which probably originated in Indonesia. ... The atabaque (Pronounced: Ah-tah-bah-keh) is a tall, wooden, Afro-Brazilian hand drum. ...

Diego also has several popular music compositions. One of his most famous songs, "Vaso Ruim", was composed along with Casuarina's lead singer Gabriel Azevedo. "Vaso Ruim" was recorded in Casuarina's second album, released by Biscoito Fino in October 2007. Biscoito Fino is a record label from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. ...

Discography

External links

• Diego Zangado's page on Myspace

• Diego Zangado's page on Youtube