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He is constantly on the move as a Yamaha Artist giving master classes and recitals throughout Europe.

All About Jazz musician pages are maintained by musicians, publicists and trusted members like you. His broad and accurate curiosity led him to pursue different styles of musical expression, ranging from the typical classical repertoire to the pure jazz and improvised music, also establishing his reputation as a virtuoso with both standard
and contemporary repertoire for the tuba.

He has played principal tuba many orchestras including the Lisbon Metropolitan (1997-2001), Portuguese Symphonic, Gulbênkian, Remix-Ensemble, and several that include the honorable Portuguese Youth Orchestra and the European Youth Wind Orchestra.

He is a member of several different ensembles including the Estardalhaço da Geringonça (gadget ‘s fuss) Dixieland band (CD Old Tradition, New Ignition),TGB Jazz Trio alongside Mário Delgado (guitar) and Alex Frazão (drums), a trio with Bernardo Sassetti (piano) and Jean-François Lézé (marimba), and the Carlos Barretto Quartet.

Sérgio has appeared as a featured soloist not only in Portugal but also in France, Spain, Germany, Switzerland, the Czech Republic, and Finland.

He is constantly on the move as a Yamaha Artist giving master classes and recitals throughout Europe. More recently Sérgio formed the duo Moderato Tangabile with Argentinian pianist/composer Daniel Schvetz, SubWoof3r trio with Gil Gonçalves (tuba) & Miguel Moreira (drums), the DUO AR. with international acclaimed jazz singer MARIA JOÃO, member of the CROSSFADE Ensemble leading by Daniel Bernardes (piano) with Jeffery Davis (vibraphone), João Barradas (accordion), Ricardo Toscano & Mário Marques (saxophones), Hugo Assunção (trombone), the TransAtlantic Tuba Connection with Mike Forbes (tuba) and Pedro Silva (drums), YAMAHA TUBA DUO with Shimpei Tsugita (tuba) and a the project “T’NT” Tuba ’N Tubawith GENE POKORNY (principal tuba of The Chicago Symphony Orchestra).

His broad and accurate curiosity led him to pursue different styles of musical expression, ranging from the typical classical repertoire to the pure jazz and improvised music, also establishing his reputation as a virtuoso with both standard and contemporary repertoire for the tuba.

Sérgio has appeared as a featured soloist not only in Portugal but also in France, Spain, Germany, Switzerland, the Czech Republic, and Finland.

Portuguese tubist and Yamaha artist Sérgio Carolino started his tuba studies at the early age of 11 in Lisbon’s Conservatory and continued in the prestigious Superior Conservatory of Geneva (Switzerland) with Pierre Pilloud (principal tuba in the Suisse Romande Orchestra) as well participating in Kurt Sturzenegger’s Chamber Music Class.

Sérgio Carolino has attended several master classes also with some the most acknowledged masters of today including Roger Bobo, Michel Godard, Pia Bücher, Philippe Legris, David Taylor, Øystein Baadsvik, Thierry Thibault, Mel Culbertson, Anne-Jelle Visser, Walter Hilgers, Enrique Crespo, Gene Pokorny, and Harvey Philips.

Interested? Recent residencies have included the Real Conservatorio Superior de Madrid, Zürich Höchschule für Musik, 2003 Vigo International Tuba Festival, Lieksa Brass Week, International Brass Master Class in Quimper (France), and the 36th International Horn Symposium (Valencia).

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Album Review

TGB: Room4

by Alberto Bazzurro

Un trio con tuba, chitarra e batteria è cosa tutt'altro che usuale.

Tale anti-regola, se così la possiamo definire, ci giunge da tre giovanotti portoghesi, in realtà insieme ormai da vent'anni (questo, inciso nel gennaio 2022 e forte di nove brani tutti originali, è il loro quarto album, sempre su Clean Feed), capaci di regalarci un album pieno, ricco, scoppiettante, vitalissimo sul piano ritmico (ma non senza ripiegamenti verso aree più terse e pensose, come accade per esempio in “Dança ...

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Recent residencies have included the Real Conservatorio Superior de Madrid, Zürich Höchschule für Musik, 2003 Vigo International Tuba Festival, Lieksa Brass Week, International Brass Master Class in Quimper (France), and the 36th International Horn Symposium (Valencia).

Portuguese tuba player and Yamaha International Artist, Sérgio Carolino is one of the most acclaimed tuba players in the international scene, with a constant activity as a soloist and teacher in several music festivals, conservatories and universities all over the world (from Europe to Australia, passed through Asia and North and South America).

Since 2002 he has been involved in new and innovative music projects: the TGB trio with Mário Delgado and Alexandre Frazão, 2tUBAS&friends with Anne Jelle Visser (tuba), XL Duo & Trio with Telmo Marques (piano) & Jeffery Davis (vibraphone), director of The Portuguese Tuba Ensemble How Low Can You Go?, European Tuba Trio with François Thuillier (tuba) and Anthony Caillet (euphonium), The Postcard Brass Band, Tu ß'Horn trio with José Bernardo Silva (horn) and Telmo Marques (piano), the ensemble TUBAX DUO with Mário Marques (soprano saxophone), the COLOR WHEEL ENSEMBLE with Mário Marques, Telmo Marques & a String Quartet, Mr SC & The Wild Bones Gang, the TUBAB Duo with drummer Jorge Queijo, Surrealistic Discussion with accordionist João Barradas, his ensemble Hanging’ from the Strings (tuba & string quintet), the Funky Bones Factory! with Paulo Perfeito, Ruben da Luz, Daniel Dias and Rui Bandeira (trombones), Acácio Salero (drums) & Miguel Moreira (guitar), Conical Brass with Jeff Nelsen (horn), TUBA&DRUMS DOUBLE DUO with Oren Marshall (tuba) and Alexandre Frazão and Mário Costa (drums).

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