Thu 17 April 2025, 20:00 – Bernardo Aguiar invites Floor Polder & Elizabeth Fadel

Born in Rio de Janeiro in 1984, Bernardo became interested at a young age in playing Pandeiro, at seventeen he joined the group Pife Muderno, led by Carlos Malta. In 2009 with Gabriel Policarpo he founded the Pandeiro Repique Duo(PRD), a percussion duo that offers a universe of rhythm drawn from many regional musical influences all around the world.
Bernardo Aguiar is featured as a special guest of the band Snarky Puppy in their DVD “Family Dinner- Volume Two” in which he plays alongside Chris Turner, Susana Baca, and Salif Keita.
Carnegie Hall, The Juilliard School, and Forbidden City Concert Hall are some of the places where he was presented his art. He has collaborated with many notable Brazilian and international musicians including Guinga, Marcos Suzano, O Rappa, Jaques Morelenbaum, Yamandú Costa, Hamilton de Holanda, Aline Paes, Roberta Sá, and Jacob Collier, among others. And last but not least he made an online method about the modern Pandeiro.

Tonight he will be accompanied by the great Elizabeth Fadel on piano and Floor Polder on Flutes.