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Name: Marcelo Caldi
City/Place: Rio de Janeiro
Country: Brazil

Life & Work

Bio: By breaking the barriers between different landscapes of music, bringing the Argentine Tango and the Brazilian forró closer together and performing as a singer and instrumentalist, besides being a composer and arranger for symphonic music, Marcelo Caldi has become one of the most brilliant and accomplished musicians of his generation. He has contributed greatly to the resurgence of the accordion in the contemporary music scene in Brazil, and is the author of the book “Tem Sanfona no Choro” (There is accordion in the Choro), which includes a homonym album. Released in 2012 by Moreira Salles Institute in partnership with Funarte (Luiz Gonzaga Centenary Award), the book recovers an unpublished material: the music sheets of the choros from Luiz Gonzaga’s early work.

Marcelo has toured with the show “Marcelo Caldi Trio” through Brazil and Portugal, performing original songs such as the forró “Lembrei do Ceará”. The song is part of the album “Forró e Choro Vol. 1” (in partnership with Fabio Luna), relaunched in 2013 by Mills Records, and nominated to the 2009 Brazilian Music Award in the instrumental category. Other titles include “Cantado” (MP,B, 2009), “Nesse tempo” (Delira, 2006) and “Intrometidos” (with Alexandre Caldi, Independent, 2003).

The musician has also arranged songs performed by the Petrobras Symphonic Orchestra, the Barra Mansa Symphonic Orchestra and the Recife Symphonic Orchestra (the last two had renowed singer Elba Ramalho participation as a special guest), in honor to Luiz Gonzaga. In the concerts alongside Petrobras Symphonic Orchestra and Recife Symphonic Orchestra, Caldi performed Sivuca’s songs to accordion and orchestra: “Rapsódia gonzaguena” and “Concerto sinfônico para Asa branca”.

In 2013, Caldi shared the stage with Gilberto Gil and Pro Arte Orchestra at MIMO Festival, performing in Ouro Preto e Olinda. He also wrote arrangements for the Young Orchestra of Paquetá and composed a song for the Radamés Gnattali Quartet. In the same year, he wrote marchinha arrangements for the Petrobras Symphonic Orchestra and the group Monobloco, in addition to composing a tribute to Dorival Caymmi for the Bahia Symphonic Orchestra. In October of 2014, Marcelo was the soloist of Radamés Gnattali’s “Concerto para acordeom, orquestra de cordas e tumbadoras”, performed alongside the Federal University of Fluminense Symphonic Orchestra.

Ao romper barreiras entre diferentes paisagens da música, aproximar o tango argentino do forró brasileiro e se apresentar como cantor e instrumentista, além de compositor e arranjador sinfônico, Marcelo Caldi se tornou um dos músicos mais completos de sua geração. É um dos responsáveis pela revitalização da sanfona no cenário contemporâneo, autor do livro “Tem sanfona no choro”, que inclui CD homônimo, lançado em 2012 pelo Instituto Moreira Salles, em parceria com a Funarte (Prêmio Centenário de Luiz Gonzaga), em que resgata um material inédito, as partituras de choros da primeira fase do rei do baião.

Compôs arranjos sinfônicos cantados por Elba Ramalho e interpretados pela Orquestra Petrobras Sinfônica, Orquestra Sinfônica de Barra Mansa e Orquestra Sinfônica do Recife, em homeagem a Luiz Gonzaga.

Nos concertos com a Petrobras Sinfônica e a Sinfônica do Recife, Caldi interpretou peças de Sivuca para sanfona e orquestra, “Rapsódia gonzaguena” e “Concerto sinfônico para Asa branca”. Foi o solista do “Concerto para acordeom, orquestra de cordas e tumbadoras”, de Radamés Gnattali, junto com a Orquestra Sinfônica da Universidade Federal Fluminense, em 2014.

Compôs uma peça sinfônica inédita para Orquestra Petrobras Sinfônica, em homenagem aos 450 anos do Rio de Janeiro, chamada “Alma carioca”, interpretada pela primeira vez na estreia da temporada de 2015, no Theatro Municipal do Rio de Janeiro.

Com o show Marcelo Caldi Trio, excursionou pelo Brasil e Portugal, mostrando canções de autoria própria, como o forró “Lembrei do Ceará”. A música está no disco “Forró e Choro Vol. 1” (com Fábio Luna), relançando em 2013 pela Mills Records, e indicado ao Prêmio de Música Brasileira 2009 na categoria instrumental. Lançou ainda os discos “Cantado” (MP,B, 2009), “Nesse tempo” (Delira, 2006) e “Intrometidos” (com Alexandre Caldi, independente, 2003).

Em 2013, subiu ao palco ao lado de Gilberto Gil e Orquestra Pro Arte na MIMO, em Ouro Preto e Olinda. Também criou arranjos para Orquestra Jovem Paquetá e uma composição para o Quarteto Radamés Gnattali. Em 2014, compôs arranjos de marchinhas para Orquestra Petrobras Sinfônica e Monobloco e uma homenagem a Dorival Caymmi para Orquestra Sinfônica da Bahia.