Renato Borghetti
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Brazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
ian folk music
Folk music
Folk music is an English term encompassing both traditional folk music and contemporary folk music. The term originated in the 19th century. Traditional folk music has been defined in several ways: as music transmitted by mouth, as music of the lower classes, and as music with unknown composers....
ian and composer
Composer
A composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...
.
He works in many genres including traditional styles from his home state of Rio Grande do Sul
Rio Grande do Sul
Rio Grande do Sul is the southernmost state in Brazil, and the state with the fifth highest Human Development Index in the country. In this state is located the southernmost city in the country, Chuí, on the border with Uruguay. In the region of Bento Gonçalves and Caxias do Sul, the largest wine...
, other styles of Brazilian music like samba
Samba
Samba is a Brazilian dance and musical genre originating in Bahia and with its roots in Brazil and Africa via the West African slave trade and African religious traditions. It is recognized around the world as a symbol of Brazil and the Brazilian Carnival...
, and international genres like jazz
Jazz
Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...
and European classical music
Classical music
Classical music is the art music produced in, or rooted in, the traditions of Western liturgical and secular music, encompassing a broad period from roughly the 11th century to present times...
. His main instrument is the diatonic button accordion
Accordion
The accordion is a box-shaped musical instrument of the bellows-driven free-reed aerophone family, sometimes referred to as a squeezebox. A person who plays the accordion is called an accordionist....
(gaita). He won a Latin Grammy
Latin Grammy Awards of 2005
The 6th Annual Latin Grammy Awards were held in Los Angeles at the Shrine Auditorium on Thursday, November 3, 2005. It was the first ceremony to be broadcast by Univision in the United States. Ivan Lins was the big winner winning two awards including Album of the Year. He is the first and only...
in 2005 for Best Brazilian Roots/Regional Album, for his album Gaita Ponto Com.
In 2009 he performed at the Womex
WOMEX
WOMEX is an international world music support and development project based in Berlin, whose main event is an exposition held annually in different locations throughout Europe. It integrates a trade fair, showcases, conferences, film market, networking sessions, and awards...
festival
Discography
- 1984 - Gaita Ponto - RNS Discos
- 1985 - Renato Borghetti - Som Livre
- 1987 - Renato Borghetti - RCA Victor
- 1988 - Esse tal de Borghettinho - RCA/BMG-Ariola
- 1989 - Renato Borghetti - Chantecler/Continental
- 1990 - O Melhor de Renato Borghetti - Som Livre
- 1991 - Borghetti - Continental
- 1992 - Pensa que Berimbau é Gaita? - RBS Discos
- 1993 - Renato Borghetti - RGE
- 1993 - Instrumental no CCBB (with Hermeto Paschoal) - RGE
- 1994 - Accordionist - Prestige Records
- 1995 - As 20 Melhores de Renato Borghetti - RGE
- 1996 - Gaúcho - RGE
- 1998 - Gauderiando - RGE
- 1999 - Ao Ritmo de Tio Bilia - RBS Discos/Som Livre
- 2001 - Paixão no Peito
- 2002 - Ao Vivo em Viena
- 2002 - Umberto Petrin & Renato Borghetti - Reunião
- 2002 - SESC São Paulo - A Música Brasileira Deste Século Por Seus Autores e Intérpretes
- 2005 - Gaitapontocom
- 2005 - Gaúchos (Quinton Recorde Viena)
- 2007 - Fandango