With over 20 years of professional experience, João Bittencourt is a Pianist, Accordionist, Composer, Arranger, Director and Music Producer. He was musical director and arranger for more than 20 theatrical shows in the city of Rio de Janeiro, having been nominated for the Shell Prize and the Casgranrio Prize, the two most important awards in that city, for Best Music. He played and/or recorded with several groups and artists such as Bibi Ferreira, Itiberê Orquestra Família, Moyseis Marques, Marjorie Estiano, Victor Biglione, Jessica Ellen, Geraldo Azevedo, Amelinha and Moacyr Luz, among others.

For four years he was a teacher of various subjects - including Harmony, Arrangement and Piano - at the Global Music Institute, an Indian music school that has a partners with recognized music schools around the world, such as Berklee College of Music (US), BIMM University (UK), JMC Academy and AIM (Australia). He currently produces albums, singles and arrangements for different artists.

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Besides his expertise in Brazilian musical genres and musical scores for theater, João has profound knowledge of a wide variety of styles such as Pop, Rock, Jazz, Tango, Classical, World and Latin music. His main role is to turn anything you have into high-quality, professional materials for your recording sessions. You just need to provide basic material, which he will convert into 1) A chords chart (PDF), 2) A midi tempo map if needed, and 3) Audio files for both the harmony and melody. Our session musicians love working with his material - it’ll massively improve the experience of your other sessions, and level up the quality of your music. Note that João’s pre-production service does not include arranging, composing or songwriting. If in doubt, you can learn more about the Pre-Production service in our Help Center.