Rodrigo Simões is a Brazilian/Canadian musician. Through his musical creations, he shares a distinctive style that oscillates between Brazilian music and jazz improvisation. His international career has taken him through China, Australia, Paraguay and the United States, in addition to his native country – Brazil – and his adopted country – Canada. Early on in his musical career, this guitarist and mandolinist has already collaborated with great artists in Brazil (Elza Soares, Carlos Malta, Paulinho da Viola, Dominguinhos, Zeca Baleiro and Paulo Moska) and in Canada (Bill McBirnie, Joel Miller, Flavia Nascimento, Alex Lefaivre, Sonia Jonhson and Jean-Pierre Zanella). In 2013, his first album, “Aos Velhos Amigos”, was released in Brazil. In 2018, he released his second album, “Jazz Brésilien”, through the Montreal jazz record label Multiple Chord Music, which is considered among the 5 best 2018 jazz CDs release in Québec (according to Sortie Jazz Nights) and received a Bronze medal as best 2019 brazilian jazz album from Global Music Awards.