The guitarist, trombonist, conductor, arranger, and composer, born in São Paulo (Brazil) in 1984, studied music firstly at the University of Campinas. In 2012, Emiliano moved to Graz in Austria, where he studied jazz composition. In 2021, he finished his doctoral artistic research “Restructuring Hierarchy Within and Between Jazz and Classical Orchestras” with honors.
As a bandleader, Emiliano released eleven albums with his trio, his nonet, and his own big band, and his music was played in important Brazilian, Australian, and European jazz clubs and festivals. As a conductor, arranger and composer, he has worked with the Metropole Orkest (Netherlands), HR Frankfurt Radio Big Band, CCJO (Cologne), JazzKombinat (Hamburg), Lungau Big Band (Salzburg), Fete Huppe (Hannover), Uptown Big Band (Bern), Wayjo (Perth), Toshi Clinch Big Band (Melbourne), Big Band & the Vocals (Copenhagen), HRT Croatian Radio Band, Uni Jazz Orchestra (Regensburg), Graz Composers Orchestra (Graz), Mere Bigband, Soundscape, Speaking Jazz Big Band (Sao Paulo), Jerimum Big Band (Natal), Badi Assad, Dominguinhos, Trombone Quartet of Campinas, Orquestra Experimental de Sao Carlos (Brazil) and others.
Emiliano has won several accolades for his work such as 1st Prize at the Karel Krautgartner composition contest (Prague), diverse “Downbeat Student Awards” in the categories “Best Small Jazz Combo”, “Jazz Soloist”, “Outstanding Original Composition”, “Outstanding Arrangement for Large Jazz Ensemble”, and 3rd Prize in the Jazz Comp Graz Composition Contest. His latest release “We Have a Dream” is released this September 16th.
Speaking about the project, he shares,’ Since my teenage years, I was fascinated by big bands and orchestras. Now, thirty -seven years old, and after releasing fifteen albums as bandleader, I finally live this dream of writing music for my own Jazz Symphonic Orchestra!
Although the classical orchestra and jazz traditions are both strongly present in the music, I aimed to create a large work that dissolves the “invisible wall” between classical and jazz musicians, bringing them together and finding new ways for cooperation and interaction. The whole process created a new relationship and hierarchy between composer, conductor, musicians and written music, showing that an orchestra playing should be an inspiring example of people working together!
I couldn’t be more excited to release this album which is the realization of a dream that I’ve had since I was in my teenage years…writing orchestral music. This music is a result of the four years of doctoral artistic research I did at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Graz. ‘
For further information on the artist, please visit his website www.emilianosampaio.com
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