Born on December 18th 1979, Sergio dedicated his whole life to the Pandeiro, also known as the Brazilian Tambourine. A complete āhand drum kitā, this instrument has always been considered a symbol of Brazilian Music and Culture. Crossing whatever national and cultural barrier, Sergio made this instrument a possible tool in various musical genres, from the Choro, the fundament of Brazilian Music, to Jazz, Contemporary and Electronic Music. Besides his musical career, Sergio plunged into the application of his knowledge acquired in a Computer Music PhD to allow percussion instruments to trigger videos, control effects and interact with the machine, creating real time dialogues between percussionist and computer. This research turned into an electronic music project named āTalking Drumsā that has been presented in a myriad of stages such as The Guggenheim Museum of Bilbao, The Stone (as guest of Cyro Baptista), Drom NYC, (Le) Poisson Rouge NYC and Circo Voador, in Rio de Janeiro.
