Samuel André Pompeo
Born in Americana, where he began his saxophone studies in 1982 at the Escola Municipal de Música and performed his first works in the Banda Municipal de Americana.
He was always interested in all the instruments of the saxophone and instrumentine family (flute, piccolo and clarinet), which made him look for the necessary knowledge to play from baritone sax to piccolo.
PTo this end, he studied with several of the most renowned musicians from São Paulo and Brazil, among them:
• Nailor Aparecido de Azevedo (Proveta)
• Hudson Nogueira
• Eduardo Pecci (Lambari)
• Nivaldo Ornellas
• Cláudio Leal
• Dilson Florêncio
• Grace Lauren
• Idriss Boudroua
• Roberto Sion
• Vitor Alcântara
Recorded or played with several names of Brazilian and international popular music, among them
• Jane Duboc
• Toquinho
• Elba Ramalho
• Maria Rita
• Alceu Valença
• Jair Rodrigues
• Gilberto Gil
• Simoninha
• Pepeu Gomes
• Ivan Lins
• Jon Anderson
• Gal Costa
• Alice Cooper
• Zélia Duncan
• Fito Paes
He participated as a guest musician in concerts with the main symphonic orchestras in the country, such as:
• Symphonic Orchestra of the Municipal Theater of São Paulo
• São Paulo State Symphony Orchestra (OSESP)
• Municipal Orchestras of Campinas, Ribeirão Preto and Santo André
• USP Symphony Orchestra
• Experimental Repertoire Orchestra
• Brazilian Symphony Orchestra
Recientemente participó en conciertos con importantes nombres del jazz, como:
• Banda Mantiqueira
• Bepi Damati (Itália)
• Gilson Paranzzetta
• Tad Nash (EUA)
• Ben Alisson (EUA)
• Ryan Keberle (EUA)
• Ohad Talmor (USA)
• Woody Witt (EUA)
Participó como profesor invitado en talleres y masterclasses de instituciones brasileñas e internacionales, entre ellas
• Universidad Estatal de Santa Catarina (UDESC)
• Universidad Anhembi Morumbi
• Sax Fest Brasil en la Universidad Santa Marcelina
• Viaje pedagógico para músicos de banda (JPMB)
• Festival "Fiato al Brasile" como Escuela Municipal de Música G. Sarti en Faenza (Italia)
Actualmente es profesor en la Escuela Municipal de Música de São Paulo, profesor invitado en el festival “Fiato Al Brasile” en Italia y estudiante de doctorado en música en la Universidad de Aveiro y UNESP. Como instrumentista lidera a Samuel Pompeo Quinteto, participa en SoundScape Big Band, Banda Urbana y BandoOzonze.
