David Brito

David Brito (born August 26, 1980 in Maracaibo , Venezuela ) is a Venezuelan-Swiss double bass player who works in both classical music and jazz .

biography

David Brito completed a large part of his studies at the José Luis Paz Conservatory in his hometown of Maracaibo. After moving to Switzerland in 2003, he completed his studies at the Lausanne Conservatory in the class of Marc-Antoine Bonanomi and graduated with a teaching diploma in 2006 and a concert diploma in 2009. He then began a course with Bänz Oester and Larry Grenadier at the jazz school in Basel and completed this course in 2014 with a master's degree.

David Brito is a member of the Argovia Philharmonic ( double bass - substitute section leader ) and until 2016 of the Collegium Musicum Basel (double bass solo). He is a double bass teacher at the Conservatoire de Lausanne .

He also founded the Latin jazz band Tendencia Nueva , with which he released three albums with his own compositions. He is also a member of the Ochumare quartet and other ensembles of the singer and violinist Yilian Cañizares and can be heard on her album Invocación .

Discography

• Tendencia Nueva (2015; Unit Records , with Oliver Pellet, Jerry Léonide , Florian Haas, Edwin Sanz)
• Venezuela Songbook (2016; Unit Records, with Juan Munguía, Niko Seibold, Oliver Pellet, Malcolm Braff , Florian Haas, Edwin Sanz)
• Dinner with Aldemaro (2016; Unit Records, with Julie Driver, Oliver Pellet, Jerry Léonide, Florian Haas, Edwin Sanz)

Web links

• Web presence David Brito
• David Brito at Discogs (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ David Brito double bass Tutti. Argovia Philharmonic, accessed January 30, 2017 . 
2. ^ Argovia Philharmonic. Argovia Philharmonic, accessed January 30, 2017 . 
3. ^ Unit Records Switzerland catalog, David Brito. (No longer available online.) Unit Records Switzerland, archived from the original on January 30, 2017 ; accessed on January 30, 2017 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
4. ^ Unit Records Switzerland catalog, David Brito. (No longer available online.) Unit Records Switzerland, archived from the original on January 30, 2017 ; accessed on January 30, 2017 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
5. ^ Unit Records Switzerland catalog, David Brito. (No longer available online.) Unit Records Switzerland, archived from the original on January 30, 2017 ; accessed on January 30, 2017 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.