Leonardo Emanuel Martins Cioglia was born in 1971 in the city of Brasília,
Brazil, where his music studies began when he was seven years old. In 1980 he joined the Escola de Música de Brasília
(EMB), where he was selected to participate in the children's choir that performed on the first Opera seasons of
Brasília. At 14 years of age, after a pause from his studies at the EMB, Leonardo started playing electric-bass,
having performed with various rock bands of his home town. In 1987, he returned to the EMB where, for the first time,
he was exposed to an acoustic-bass. In 1989, during an exchange program to Canada, Leonardo participated
in a jazz festival and won a scholarship to study at Berklee College of Music. In 1991, he moved to Boston, where,
in 1995, he graduated from Berklee with a degree in Professional Music. Read More
The following are a few records from Leonardo's discography. Click on the product's link if you would like to purchase this item from Amazon.com.
