Alexandre de Orio has a degree in guitar from FAAM and has done post-graduate work in Musical Language and Structure and Superior teaching in Music. He studied Jazz Improvisation and the History of Brazilian Popular Music in UNICAMP ‘s master degree program. He has recently completed a program in Free Improvisation at USP.

 

Author of the book "Brazilian Metal: Brazilian Rhythms Applied to Metal Guitar. New Ways for Guitar Riffs. Volume 1 - Samba Metal".

 

He is the guitarist of CLAUSTROFOBIA, one of the most important metal band in Brazil. They have released five albums and played with several important bands in the metal scene, performing tours in Brazil and Europe.

He is a member of the KROMA ELECTRIC GUITAR QUARTET, whose first album “Kroma”, was released in 2001. The second was released at the beginning of 2012 and it has important special guests such as Heraldo do Monte, Vera Figueiredo and Roger Moreira. He took part in the “Mostra Guitarras do Brasil" project that brings together important names in Brazilian guitar history going back to the 1940s. In this project, Kroma was selected to represent the decade of the 2000s.

 

At the beginning of 2012, Orio joined a percussion group for a new project called “Alexandre de Orio & Bateria S/A”, a peculiar combo with only electric guitar and percussion. The intent of the project is to present great Rock and Metal classics using percussion, sometimes simulating drums grooves, sometimes playing the role of a de facto percussion instrument, suggesting new arrangements from other rhythms like samba, baião, and maracatu, among others. In addition to metal and rock classics, the group also develops original compositions, exploring a range of rhythms and creating interaction between its percussion instruments and the aggressive sound of the guitar.

 

Orio has been a musical educator since 1998. He currently teaches at Yamaha Music School and Usina Música.