Whether he is traveling to the United States to perform
during the legendary South By
Southwest music festival or being recognized by Brazil’s
Ministry of Culture for his work in music, Punk Bossa artist, Van Botti is
creating something innovative, intelligent and sophisticated. Bringing together the irony and sarcasm found
in Punk Poetry and infusing it with the musical flavor of Bossa Nova and Jazz,
Van Botti is fostering an art that will leave fans laughing one moment and
contemplating existential completeness the next.
Saying that rock was his first language as a composer, the
Italo-Brazilian artist cites The Ramones, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, and the
Mutantes as some of his most important early influences. He was a student of one of the greatest
guitar players in the history of Brazil, Aderbal Duarte. A scholar of Brazilian popular music, Van
Botti transcribed for his master's dissertation numerous works of João
Gilberto. During the 1990's, Van Botti
was a member of indie rock star band, Úteros em Fúria, which toured
Brazil. He also enjoys the Bossa Nova
works of Stan Getz as well as Chet Baker in Jazz.
One of his most recent singles, Lost in the Storm, has
already garnered widespread praise from several critics, including Fabio
Massari (MTV Brazil, Yahoo! Brazil) and Chico Castro Jr. (A Tarde
Journal). Additionally, Van Botti has
been awarded the prestigious Pixinguinha Award, an award created by the
Brazilian Ministry of Culture to recognize the country’s most prominent music
artists. Past recipients have included
João Bosco, Joyce Moreno and Tom Zé. Van
Botti’s works have also been featured in advertisements for Ford Motors,
C&A, and the Brazilian Goverment. He
is known not only for his incredible improvisational skills on guitar and
piano, but also for his work composing instrumental themes mixing samba rhythms
and jazz forms.
In the rare moments that Van Botti steps away from music, he
can be found practicing Capoeira, drinking cachaça, and cooking Spaghetti alla
Corbonara. He also loves reading about
philosophy and astronomy. Some of his
favorite philosophers include Friedrich Nietzsche, Arthur Schopenhauer, and Maurice
Merleau-Ponty.
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