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| Felipe Fraga
Brazilian percussionist, drummer and vocalist
Felipe Fraga Brazilian percussionist, drummer and vocalist. Felipe, originally from Curitiba in the southern Brazilian state of Paraná, has been playing percussion since age 9. At age 13, he began studies at the Fine Arts and Music School of Paraná (EMBAP), where he performed with local orchestras, big bands and marching bands, the MPB Orchestra of Curitiba and with artists such as Arthur Moreira Lima, Altamiro Carrilho, Joel Nascimento, José Canuto and Roberto Gnatalli. Since relocating to Chicago in 2001, he has performed and/or recorded with Howard Levy, Robert Irving III, Wallace Roney, Farred Haque, Miles Evans, Yolanda Adams, Nick Colionne and Joe Vasconcelos and opened for Vinicius Cantuária, Daniela Mercury and Bajofondo. Most recently, Felipe was a featured percussionist for Robert Irving III’s “Sketches of Brazil” project that debuted at Millennium Park.
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