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“The ethereal sound from their performances complimented the piece very well, which has no set instrumentation by Bach. It left a very remarkable impression for me, and it sparked my interest to discover more pieces that utilize the sweet sonorous tone of the recorder.”

Pablo Medina/NEIU Independent - 05/2016

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The Quinta Essentia quartet is the main Brazilian recorder ensemble, and one of the most important chamber music groups of the present time. Its unusual formation of four musicians but only one instrument inspires new works, encourages new audiences and promotes Brazilian culture and chamber music in different countries.

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Gustavo de Francisco
+55 11 996660497 quintaessentia@quintaessentia.com.br

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Comecei a estudar música aos 7 anos de idade, flauta doce e piano. Aos 18, me mudei de Minas para São Paulo com a certeza de que a música seria minha profissão. Estudei regência, musicoterapia, fonoaudiologia, mas minha paixão sempre foi a Flauta. Existem muitos caminhos dentro da música, mas tocar, com certeza é para mim o mais encantador. Formada...

I usually say that I did not choose the recorder, but it chose me. At the age of eight, I had no idea which musical instrument I would choose. I wanted only to be in touch with music. There was a big encounter with the recorder, I started to study and I did many other musical things concurrently, but at...

I already did many things, but art always formed part of my life. Since my early youth I have played the recorder, and even when I moved away from music to study engineering, or from the music production to work in a bank, in all my free time I came back to study music and to play with friends. When...

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Tunes!

The recorder is a fantastic musical instrument whose history and associations with the repertoire allow us to go further. It was an old dream of the ensemble to create a repertoire filled with soundtracks and to present the recorder to new audiences. Let’s get started! We have spent the last two years adapting to the circumstances. We were once again able to rehearse together, which allowed us to give shape to the incredible arrangements that Gustavo de Francisco had prepared for this project. Soundtracks for games and cartoons, played on the recorder! You can listen and try to guess the...

Caboclo

This is a Brazilian music sound photograph of the twentieth century, and also very special work, because this photograph is unheard of! The repertoire on this album has never been recorded previously on recorders. We also present two original Brazilian compositions for recorders. Brazilian popular culture is full of legends, one of which, Caboclo d’água (The Water Caboclo) lent its name to this album. Thus, with Caboclo, we make use of the symbolism of the enchanted, relating this character with one of the different representations and images associated with the recorder. Special thanks to our sponsors: Conservatório Musical Brooklin Paulista...

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Zooming in the quarantined recorders in Brazil

Difficult times force the artists to reinvent and be creative, finding new ways to connect to the audiences. On June 24th we completed 3 months in social isolation. Unfortunately, rehearsals, concerts and tours were cancelled, but we discovered many positive aspects of the situation: presencial lessons were transformed into online lessons with a very good quality and experience for the students. After 13 weeks of social isolation we can share what we learned from this situation, and everything we are doing in order to continue to making music together, and strengthening the recorder community. Before the pandemics, we already had...

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