Titles by: JULIO HERRLEIN
JULIO HERRLEIN
Julio Herrlein was born in Porto Alegre, Brazil, on September 22, 1973, and started playing music at age 11. He has been working professionally for nearly 20 years as a guitarist, composer, and arranger. He earned his bachelor's degree and Master 's degrees in musical composition at UFRGS (Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil). In 2006, in Rio de Janeiro, Julio won first prize in the VIII National Composition Contest - IBEU (Brazil-United States Institute) with his composition "Brazilian Maestros Suite," composed and arranged by him for big band. This composition honors three key figures of Brazilian culture: Moacir Santos, Hermeto Pascoal, and Maestro Cipo. Among the judges were Carlos Malta (saxophonist, arranger), Joao Guilherme Ripper (member of the Brazilian Academy of Music and curator of Cecilia Meirelles Hall), and Leonardo Bruno (composer, Abel Ferreira's son). In 1996, his composition "Novembro," from the album "Julio Herrlein Quartet," won the I Instrumental Music Festival of Rio Grande do Sul. He has composed, arranged, and produced nearly 1,300 pieces, many of which have won awards, for advertising broadcast nationally and internationally. As a guitarist, he recorded his first album, Julio Herrlein Quartet, in 1996 at age 22, with the musicians Kiko Freitas, Michel Dorfman, and Ricardo Baumgarten. He has also performed in a variety of formations (duo, trio, and quartet), sharing the stage with many important musicians of the Brazilian and international scenes.