Artists
who's who and who's doing what?Renato Borghetti
Line up
- Daniel Sį (guitar)
- Pedro Figueiredo (sax, flute)
- Renato Borghetti (accordion)
- Vitor Peixoto (piano)
- country:Brazil
- region:Southern Brazil
- style(s):Gaucho Jazz
- label:Quinton Records
- type:Band, Composer/Songwriter
- gender:male
- instrumentation:instrumental
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Accordion virtuoso Renato Borghetti is the star among the new folk musicians from Rio Grande do Sul in Southern Brazil. The charismatic gaucho has revised, adapted and modernized many of the native sounds of his home country. His fast and playful tunes combine the sounds of the Argentinian pampa with central European, Italian and French elements into a sparkling, contemporary mixture of Tango, Polka, TexMex and Musette. He does not shy away from more typical forms of the wide spectrum of Brazilian and global pop, samba, jazz, tango and beyond, adapting each of those forms to his unique style of accordion playing. Borghettinho, as his fans like to call him, has been recording cds for 20 years. He has shared the stage with Stephane Grapelli, Ron Carter and Hermeto Pascoal and is the first Brazilian musician to achieve a golden record with purely instrumental music. His first European CD Gauchos was released in 2005 by the Vienna based label Quinton Records and nominated for the "Preis der Deutschen Schallplattenkritik".
Who has not seen on stage this accordionist and wonderful communicator with the attitude of a flamenco dancer, does not know what are joy and improvisation
Musicmap, I, July 2007
New CDs:
2008 Fandango, CD&DVD, artist's release
2005 Gauchos, Quinton Records
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