Rodrigo Serrão

Musician, composer, author, and record producer, Rodrigo Serrão has taken to the Chapman Stick with passion and full commitment. Aided by his experience (Rodrigo has performed everywhere in the world and participated in over one hundred records), he has developed a playing style with each hand crossing over all the strings to play the entire instrument, exploiting the unified sound offered by the Stick — beautifully interwoven tapestries of sound emerging. His music is best described as "deeply rooted in Portuguese cultural tradition," viewed through the lenses of the Stick's unique potential. What this tradition means, historically speaking, is that it has its origins in the convergence between European and North African music, denying nothing but forcing everything to be led by a longing poetic feel — the Portuguese way.