Luca Raele was born in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Acclaimed as one of the premier clarinetists of Brazil, he is also regarded as an accomplished composer, pianist and arranger, and has performed extensively with chamber-music groups and popular instrumental bands. In 1987 , Raele and a group of four friends created Nouvelle Cuisine, a quintet dedicated to revisiting jazz-standards and Brazilian songs, creating unconventional arrangements that approached true re-compositions of the original material. Since 1991, Raele joins in another quintet (Sujeito a Guincho) to provide a medium for compositional and technical experimentation. It was in this context that Raele could develop his conception of what was to become his trademark as arranger and composer: the blurring of edges between popular, classical and contemporary music, in such a way that virtually any procedure could be borrowed, adapted, twisted or created to achieve results immediately recognizable as his own. Sujeito a Guincho has been recognized internationally for its significant contributions to the vocabulary and literature of the clarinet. In 2005, with guest singer Monica Salmaso, the group performed in Washington and Miami. In 2008, in Moscow. In partnership with his ybmusic associate Maurício Tagliari, created many soundtracks, including: " Redentor" ," "A Mulher Invisível", "O Homem do Futuro", for director Claudio Torres, and of "Magnífica 70", original HBO series. Mini Biography By: Carlos Fernando Nogueira