Luciano Alves

                                                                                           Texto em português: no final.

Luciano Alves – teacher, pianist, keyboardist, composer and author of music methods. He has seven CDs released worldwide and five publications of music methods. More than 70 tracks from his CDs are available on iTunes, Amazon, Raphsody etc. 

Luciano is one of the founding partners of the CTMLA Music School – Center of Technology in Music – Luciano Alves (Rio de Janeiro) which, since 2003, offers courses for instruments, singing, music initiation, music production and home studio recording. At CTMLA, he teaches piano (classical and popular), theory, harmony and jazz improvisation, having already taught classes with a few hundred students, many of whom have been attending his classes for more than 10 years. In addition, he has been teaching on Skype to many students from countries around the world since 2012.

Goals
1. Help beginners (or others) to progress efficiently and quickly in the wonderful universe of piano study.
2. Make the piano and keyboard courses of the CTMLA school available to students around the world.

Methodology
The Online Course teaching methodology was created for both students who want to play only for fun and for those who crave a successful professional musical career. Every experience gained over many years as a musician and teacher is shared here through step by step lessons. Thus, students absorb solid musical and technical foundations so that they can play with confidence and enjoy. After all, playing at home or for a large audience should always be a pleasurable experience.

Brief biography
Luciano started classical piano studies at the age of seven. At the age of 14, he graduated in music theory from UFRJ (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro) and began his career as a pianist and musical director in many theatrical plays, while simultaneously teaching his first piano lessons and forming his first band. Subsequently, he attended classical piano classes at the CBM (Brazilian Conservatory of Music) and musical perception in the Preparatory Course of OSB (Brazilian Symphony Orchestra).

In 1976, he joined the band Os Mutantes, with which he toured Brazil and Italy, recording the LP “Mutantes Live”. With the group, he lived in Milan during the year 1977, where he produced his first arrangements and participated in recordings with many Italian artists. Back to Brazil, he started his career as musical director and pianist for many Brazilian singers, performing in Brazil and abroad, additionally, creating arrangements and conducting orchestras for recording companies such as Warner, CBS, Polygram etc. As a recording studio musician, he participated in more than 60 albums with renowned Brazilian artists.

Since 1985 he has been performing solo or with his band in Brazil and in many other countries. In the area of classical music, he performed as soloist in concerts of the Brazilian Symphony Orchestra and Orchestra of the Municipal Theatre of Rio de Janeiro, under the regency of Maestro Isaac Karabtchevsky.

In 1991 he toured Denmark, promoting his CDs and Brazilian instrumental music. On that occasion, he was invited to teach Brazilian music at several Danish universities.

As of 2010, Luciano went on to perform in duo with singer Bettina Graziani, playing jazz and Brazilian standards with his own arrangements.

In 2013 the CD “Luciano Alves plays Chopin” was released, in which he plays 12 of Chopin’s pieces. This CD was recorded in New York, with a Steinway D Centennial grand piano. In 2015, he recorded and filmed in New York, 12 videos with new performances for the CD “Luciano Alves plays Ernesto Nazareth”.
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Luciano Alves – professor, pianista, tecladista, compositor e autor de métodos de música. Possui sete CDs lançados mundialmente e cinco livros de música. Mais de 70 faixas dos seus CDs estão disponíveis nos sites iTunes, Amazon, Raphsody etc. 

Luciano é um dos sócios fundadores da escola de música CTMLA – Centro de Tecnologia Musical Luciano Alves (Rio de Janeiro) a qual, desde 2003, engloba cursos de todos os instrumentos, canto, iniciação musical, produção e home studio. No CTMLA, leciona piano (clássico e popular), teoria, harmonia e improvisação tendo já ministrado aulas para algumas centenas de alunos muitos dos quais, frequentam suas aulas há mais de 10 anos. Além disso, leciona por Skype para vários países desde 2012. 

Metas 
1. Ajudar os iniciantes (ou iniciados) a progredirem com eficiência e rapidez no maravilhoso universo do estudo de piano.
2. Tornar os cursos de piano e teclados do CTMLA acessíveis aos estudantes de vários países. 

Metodologia
A metodologia de ensino foi idealizada tanto para os estudantes que querem tocar apenas por diversão quanto para aqueles que almejam uma carreira de músico profissional bem sucedido.