The composer, drummer, and percussionist, who has worked with many greats of the music world over the course of his more than 30-year career, will fill the stage with a show that is soaked with melodies and rhythms from all corners of Brazil and Africa. They are inspired by jazz
and classical music. Paiva is described by critics as one of the great Brazilian drummers of the present. His combination of percussive vocal solos, body percussion and drums make him, rhythmically blessed, an outstanding figure in the Brazilian music scene.
Born in 1965 in Porto Alegre, Brazil, Fernando Paiva composer, drummer, percussionist, showman and music producer is consi-dered by the Brazilian and Brazilian press as one of the main exponents of the Brazilian drummer in the world. As drummer and percussionist he created a unique style of playing his in-strument mixing percussive vocals, percussion and drums.Based in Vienna, Fernando founded his group „Fernando Paiva Group“ in 1999 to play his own compositions.
In his compositions Fernando drinks from the sources of Brazilian mu- sic, jazz, African music, classical music to create a unique mix. Inspired melodies, elaborate arrangements, rich and enga-ging rhythms are the hallmark of his work as a composer.
In ad-dition to his teaching activities at different music universities, Fer- nando has a long international career playing live or in stu-dios with: Joe Zawinul Sindicate, Lionel Ritchie, Sertab Erener, Alegre Correa, Vienna Art Orchestra, Raul de Souza, Chris Jagger among many others.
