Arrigo Barnabé

One of the first and most talented proponents of the Vanguarda Paulistana movement (urban classically trained musicians of the city of São Paulo who added erudite experimentations to pop music), Arrigo Barnabé is an internationally awarded composer/arranger with an expressive contribution to Brazilian music. He studied at the University of São Paulo, at the Music College of ECA, from 1974 to 1979. He wrote the highly successful song "Clara Crocodilo" (with Mário Lúcio Cortes) and in 1976, he founded the Banda Navalha with Itamar Assumpção. In 1979, he won TV Cultura's MPB Fe...