Christiano Galvão

With over 30 years of professional experience, Christiano Galvão is a very talented drummer and author from Rio de Janeiro. He has toured worldwide and recorded with major Brazilian artists such as Simone, Ivan Lins, Jorge Vercilo, Zélia Duncan, Marina Lima, just to name a few. His drumming has been heard since the early 2000s in many radio hits in Brazil and is credited in albums that received gold and platinum certificates, such as "Elo", "Livre", and "Jorge Vercilo ao Vivo", all by singer-songwriter Jorge Vercilo. Christiano released an album of Brazilian Jazz called "1+1 Alexandre Cavallo & Christiano Galvão". He is the author of two books dedicated for drummers: Creative Brazilian Drumming, published by Hal Leonard, and Brazilian Grooves Play-Along. As solo artist, he performed in the US at the Percussion Arts Society International Convention (PASIC). Christiano studied drums at the Drummers Collective in New York City, holds a Masters degree in Music Education (UNIRIO) and a PhD in Music Performance (UNICAMP).

Christiano is a very versatile drummer. He specializes in Pop-Rock, Singer-Songwriter, Brazilian and he is very comfortable in other genres including Blues, Jazz and Latin. He can work with basic song material and instructions (tempo, genre, music references) also including lead sheets if available.