Born in Brazil.Live in Europe since thirty years.Worked as artistic consultant at the Opera House of Rome (1977:the first jazz festival at an Italian opera house with Max Roach/World Saxophone Quartet,Sonny Rollins/Tony Williams,Betty Carter,Stéphane Grappelli/Lee Konitz/Martial Solal,Ran Blake,George Shearing/Mel Tormé,Dave Burrell,Curtis Fuller,Roy Brooks...).Has been (1995-2017) Artistic Director of a foremost music series in Milan (www.aperitivoinconcerto.com).Taught History of Music at Bocconi University in Milan.Artistic director for five years of EtnaFest festival in Catania,hosting Alvin Curran,John Zorn,Dave Holland,Steve Coleman,Steve Martland,Wayne Shorter,Herbie Hancock,Zeitkratzer,Yuka Honda,Bang On A Can,Elliott Sharp,Susie Ibarra,Kristjan Järvi,Raz Mesinai,Philip Glass,Bobby McFerrin,Ben Neill,Manhattan Transfer,Karl Berger,Steve Kuhn,World Saxophone Quartet,Billy Bang,Bobby Previte,Gilberto Gil,Charles Lloyd,Phil Woods,Lou Reed, Joe Lovano,Steve Reich,Gavin Bryars,Anouar Brahem,Yusef Lateef. Assistant producer at Horo Records.Worked with Kibbutz Dance Company,Absolute Ensemble,Fretwork,London Sinfonietta,Piano Circus,Evelyn Glennie,Phillip Johnston,Dave Douglas,Wallace Collection,Ruggiero Ricci,Peter Donohoe,Rony Rogoff,Giuliano Carmignola,Sonny Rollins,Joshua Rifkin,Kim Crisswell,Antonio Meneses,Pinchas Zukerman,Wayne Marshall,Patti Smith,Elvis Costello,David Byrne,k. d. lang,Marianne Faithfull,Laurie Anderson,Juliette Gréco,Hanna Schygulla,Ute Lemper,Icebreaker,Stefan Hussong,Ryuichi Sakamoto,London Saxophonic,Christian Lindberg,Dave Brubeck,Tommy Flanagan,Gary Burton,Charles McPherson,Vanguard Jazz Orchestra,Max Roach/Cecil Taylor,Bobby Hutcherson,Carla Bley,Henry Grimes,Uri Caine,Diavolo Dance Theater,Hubbard Street Dance,Abdullah Ibrahim,John Scofield,Marc Ribot,McCoy Tyner,Johnny Griffin,Jim Hall,Jon Faddis,Count Basie Orchestra,Hamiet Bluiett,Steve Nelson,Andrew Cyrille,Ivan Lins,Archie Shepp,Oliver Lake,Frank London,William Parker,Amiri Baraka,Miroslav Vitous,Michel Portal,Stanley Cowell,Charlie Haden,Leo Smith,Either/Orchestra,Gonzalo Rubalcaba,João Bosco,David Murray,David Krakauer,Jobim-Morelenbaum,Wayne Shorter,Dino Saluzzi,Blind Boys of Alabama,Oregon,Jack DeJohnette,Sonny Fortune,Vijay Iyer,Sun Ra,James Spaulding,Freddy Cole,Woody Herman Orchestra,Ahmad Jamal,Andrew Hill,Perry Robinson,Art Ensemble of Chicago,Bass Desires,Terence Blanchard, and the likes...