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Nando Lauria (born 11 May 1960 in Recife, Brazil) is a Brazilian singer, guitarist, composer, arranger and record producer. As early as seven years old, Lauria began playing violao (Brazilian acoustic guitar). He grew up in a musical family where his older brother played electric guitar in a band, and Lauria used to go to their concerts attempting to mimic the behavior at home with his violao. As a youth in the 1970s he heard repeatedly Beatles' releases, as well as popular Brazilian musicians. On his own he listened to the music and learned gradually more chord rows, and his admiration for music grew. Unlike music schools' educational approach, Lauria learned to improvise and take pleasure in their own "discoveries" in the music.

By age 12 he was active in many school productions and was often seen on local television and in theater. At the age of 15 Lauria went to a music festival in Brazil, called "Abertura". There he met national music at a high level, and especially he noticed a guitar duo named Burnier & Cartier. Other musicians who were present at the festival were, among others, Milton Nascimento with Clube da Esquina, Ivan Lins, Djavan and Egberto Gismonti. By age 16 he made his first self-produced song (called "Jangadeiro"); this can be translated like "boat man." This is said to have been crucial to his career choice; he would become a composer.

Another group influenced Nando; they were the vocal group Boca Livre (Free Mouth in English). With this release he was playing in the local community. In 1980, when at age 20, he entered the local music conservatory (Pernambuco Conservatory of Music). Lauria did so access grants from the Brazilian government to study music at the University of California at Berkeley, USA from 1983. Nando chose to study a wide range of musical genres rather than specialize. He studied the film, counterpoint, harmony and ear training. In 1987 he graduated with a bachelor's degree in Professional Music.

The original plan to go directly back to Brazil was soon changed when he was asked to attend a concert by jazz group Pat Metheny Group in 1988. The group was already well recognized and had won several Grammy awards already, and Lauria accepted the offer. Together they played a series of concerts at the Night Stage Club in Cambridge, Massachusetts . The plans to return to Brazil was more vague with time. In 1993 Nando signed a recording contract with Narada Records and released two solo albums. All the tracks were self-composed and self-produced albums and went into the lists of the best contemporary jazz published by Billboard Magazine. His songs were recorded in the U.S., Canada, most of Europe, and of course South America , but also Asian countries heard his songs on the radio. Nando Lauria has over 20 projects with Narada, and has performed with great musicians since his breakthrough. In 2005 he became an official member of the Pat Metheny Group, and he has toured with them ever since.

DISCOGRAPHY
1992: Alma Del Sur
1992: Narada Christmas Collection, Vol. 2
1993: Wind and Reed
1993: Narada Decade: The Anniversary Collection
1993: Earth Songs
1993: Music for Guitar: Passion
1994: Points of View
1995: The Narada Collection, Vol. 5
1995: Close To The Heart
1995: Christmas Blessings: Narada Christmas Collection, Vol. 3
1996: Novo Brasil
1997: Narada Smooth Jazz
1997: Narada World: A Global Vision
1998: The Best of Narada Christmas
1998: Narada Guitar: 15 Years of Collected Works
1998: Christmas Moods
1999: Latino Christmas
2000: Narada Guitar, Vol. 2
2001: Narada Decade, Vol. 2 : Evolution 1992-2001
2002: Nature of Narada
2003: Passion / Romance
2003: Narada Classic: Earth Songs / Precious Waters
2003: Narada Classic: Novo Brasil & Points of View
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