Hamilton de Holanda Vasconcelos Neto
(Rio de Janeiro, March 30, 1976) is a Brazilian mandolinist, composer and improviser.
Born into a musical family, his first instrument, at the age of four, was the melodica.
Two years later (1982), he began his professional career, at the age of six, as a mandolin prodigy on a national TV program (Fantástico) with an audience of millions.
Today, as a composer, improviser and band leader, this educator's music transcends genres and enchants the public.
The construction of his music comes from family encouragement, the consolidation of his university degree in composition and the freedom of toccatas on the streets of the Brazilian capital, Brasília, where he grew up.
Its first genre was Choro, a Brazilian cultural heritage, a cousin of Jazz. He was one of the founders of the first Choro School in the world (Brasília, 1997) and created the petition to the National Congress to grant Choro a National Day.
As a result, since April 23, 2000, the Official Choro Day has been celebrated in Brazil, by proclamation of the then Brazilian president, exposing the first Brazilian popular music to the people. Also in 2000, an emblematic year for him, he reinvented the traditional Bandolim de 8 strings adding a pair of extra bass strings tuned to C (going from 8 to 10) giving it a deeper voice that emancipates the emblematic Brazilian instrument from the legacy of some of its influences and genres. The increase in the number of strings, combined with the fast solos, counterpoints and improvisations, inspires a new generation to pick up the 10-string mandolin.
Hamilton's playing and improvisation transcends limitations and genres.
Today he travels to different corners of the planet "bringing his heart at his fingertips", presenting his own compositions with his characteristic sound. It interacts with other musical traditions, ensembles and instruments. This allows him to be the guest soloist with Wynton Marsalis and his Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, or perform his own compositions with symphony orchestras around the world; from Rock/Pop Festivals to the Dave Mathews Band megashow at The Gorge; from the legendary stage of Central Park in New York to the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro; from noble museums such as the Smithsonian in Washington or the Grand Palais in Paris to our famous Carnival in Rio de Janeiro. Places like Australia, Paris, Germany, Amsterdam, Rome, Norway, Los Angeles and other cities and festivals around the world.
He is a multi-award-winning musician, winner of several Latin Grammys, Brazilian Music Awards, Echo Jazz, Choc and numerous nominations.
Popular support and the innate desire to give back inspired him to promote benefit concerts for the great tragedies and social projects in Brazil, such as ABRACE, which offers social assistance to children and adolescents with cancer and blood diseases. Hamilton also supports music programs for people from economically disadvantaged areas to bolster their image and help young people find inspiration and employment.
Hamilton has a long discography, whether it be his own compositions or tributes to some of his idols. He has released his recordings on his own independent record label, Brasilianos, or on worldwide partners such as Universal, ECM, MPS, Adventure Music. He understands that the music industry needs category definitions for the music it plays, such as Jazz, Brazilian Jazz, Brazilian Popular Music; But for him, inspiration transcends labels, it is something that grows freely without the need to be defined.
And so it goes! He likes to explain himself as a musical explorer in search of beauty and spontaneity.
He shared the stage or recorded with Wynton Marsalis, Chick Corea, The Dave Mathews Band, Paulinho da Costa, Chucho Valdes, Egberto Gismonti, Ivan Lins, Milton Nascimento, Joshua Redman, Hermeto Pascoal, Gilberto Gil, Richard Galliano and John Paul Jones. , Bela Fleck, Stefano Bollani among many others.
His album Harmonize was elected one of the 25 best Brazilian albums of the first half of 2019 by the São Paulo Association of Art Critics.
Discography
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•(1997) "Destroçando a Macaxeira" - Dois de Ouro -
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•(1998) "A Nova Cara do Velho Choro" - Dois de Ouro -
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•(2000) "Dois de Ouro" - Dois de Ouro -
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•(2000) "Luz das Cordas" - com Marco Pereira -
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•(2001) "Abre Alas" - Brasília Brasil -
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•(2002) "Hamilton de Holanda"
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•(2003) "A Música de Hamilton de Holanda" (compilação)
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•(2004) "Música das Nuvens e do Chão"
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•(2005) "01 Byte 10 Cordas - Ao vivo no Rio"
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•(2006) "Brasilianos" - Hamilton de Holanda Quinteto
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•(2006) "New Words / Novas Palavras" - com Mike Marshall
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•(2007) "Samba do Avião"
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•(2007) "Íntimo"
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•(2007) "Contínua Amizade" - com André Mehmari
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•(2008) "Brasilianos 2" - Hamilton de Holanda Quinteto
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•(2009) "De Bandolim a Bandolim" - com Joel Nascimento
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•(2009) "Luz da Aurora" - com Yamandú Costa - CD
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•(2010) "Sessões com Hamilton de Holanda" - Ensamble Gurrufío
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•(2010) "Esperança - Ao vivo na Europa" -
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•(2010) "Sinfonia Monumental" - Hamilton de Holanda Quinteto & Orquestra Brasilianos - comemorativo dos 50 anos de Brasília
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•(2011) "gismontipascoal - a música de Egberto e Hermeto" - com André Mehmari -
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•(2011) "Delírios e Devaneios" - com André Mehmari e Hermeto Pascoal - exclusivo do site hamiltondeholanda.com
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•(2011) "Brasilianos 3" - Hamilton de Holanda Quinteto -
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•(2013) "TRIO" - com André Vasconcelos e Thiago da Serrinha -
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•(2013) "O Que Será" - com Stefano Bollani -
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•(2013) "Mundo de Pixinguinha" - Projeto Natura Musical -
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•(2014) "Bossa Negra" - com Diogo Nogueira -
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•(2014) "Pelo Brasil"
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•(2014) "Caprichos"
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•(2015) "Hamilton de Holanda e o Baile do Almeidinha"
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•(2015) "Alegria" - Com Orquestra do Estado de Mato Grosso
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•(2015) "Mundo de Pixinguinha" - DVD
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•(2016) "Samba de Chico"
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•(2017) "Casa de Bituca"
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•(2018) "Jacob 10ZZ"
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•(2018) "Jacob Bossa"
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•(2018) "Jacob Baby"
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•(2018) "Jacob Black"
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•(2019) "Harmonize"
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•(2020) "Canto da Praya" - Hamilton de Holanda & João Bosco - Digital
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•(2020) "Canto da Praya" - Hamilton de Holanda & Mestrinho - Digital
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•(2020) "Ao vivo" - Brasília Brasil - Digital - (gravado em Abril, ano 2000, Brasília)
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•(2021) "Maxixe Samba Groove" - Digital
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•(2021) "Chabem" - Chano Domínguez + Hamilton de Holanda + Rubem Dantas - Digital