Born in São Paulo, Brazil, Abdallah Harati grew up in São José dos Campos. At home, there wasn’t a single day without, either radio or with his mom singing. With his grandparents addicted to the traditional Brazilian music, he couldn’t escape. Uncles and cousins, some amateurs, other professional musicians, music quality was always a must. He started learning music since the childhood. Flute, piano and finally guitar. Even though he completed the classical guitar studies, the home influences of Choro and Samba was very strong.
During the College in Bauru (country side of São Paulo, Brazil), he made several programs at the Radio UNESP and performed in several concerts. He had the pleasure to make the openings for famous artists, like Oswaldo Montenegro and Tom Zé.
Awarded at the USP Music Festival in 1994 and 1995. At that time, he was already part of the Choro Club in São José dos Campos and had the pleasure to play (and indeed, learn a lot) from Seu Martins, master of the 7 Strings Guitar.
Counting with a Gypsy nature, he started travelling the entire world. Sometime spent at Berklee College of Music (http://www.berklee.edu/) in Boston and in Granada, Spain, at Carmen de Las Cuevas (http://www.carmencuevas.com/) . Flamenco was a dream!
In 1999, Abdallah moved out of Brazil to travel around Latin America, US and Europe. Always with his best friend - the guitar - either 6 or 7 string (at the end, what matters is to play!), he went everywhere in the planet. He even dare to invest in the Brazilian Percussion.
Back to Brazil in 2002, established in Rio de Janeiro. He was definitely honoured to integrate the one of most amazing initiatives to propagate Choro in Brazil - Escola Portátil de Música (EPM - http://www.escolaportatil.com.br/). His masters were Luciana Rabello, Maurício Carrilho, Pedro Amorim, Álvaro Carrilho and Celsinho Silva. An unforgettable experience was the rehearsals (actually they were real Choro classes) at Seu Álvaro’s home, in Acari, Rio de Janeiro.
The Gypsy nature has no merci, so in 2006 Abdallah ended up in the Dubai, U.A.E. Part of a world percussion ensamble - Dubai Drums - and the Dubai Guitar Orchestra.
In 2007, forced to enjoy the excellent German beer, he ended up in Munich, Germany. He has been performing Choro and Samba around. His favourite audience is now my son, Pedro, born in Munich.
And following the world adventure, now living in Hanoi, Vietnam, since November 2009. The Asian musical updates already started!
A life goal? To spread Choro and Samba around the world.
