Luís Afonso is a Brazil

Brazil

Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...

ian clarinetist and bass clarinet

Bass clarinet

The bass clarinet is a musical instrument of the clarinet family. Like the more common soprano B clarinet, it is usually pitched in B , but it plays notes an octave below the soprano B clarinet...

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Afonso studied clarinet

Clarinet

The clarinet is a musical instrument of woodwind type. The name derives from adding the suffix -et to the Italian word clarino , as the first clarinets had a strident tone similar to that of a trumpet. The instrument has an approximately cylindrical bore, and uses a single reed...

 and bass clarinet at the Rotterdam

Rotterdam

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 Conservatoire under Walter Boeykens and Henri Bok

Henri Bok

Henri Bok is a Dutch bass clarinetist and saxophonist. He is a professor of bass clarinet at Rotterdam Superior Conservatoire and Musikene in San Sebastian....

. He has taught at São Paulo University since 1992. He plays clarinet in the Orquestra Sinfônica Municipal and Orquestra Jazz Sinfônica do Estado de São Paulo

São Paulo

São Paulo is the largest city in Brazil, the largest city in the southern hemisphere and South America, and the world's seventh largest city by population. The metropolis is anchor to the São Paulo metropolitan area, ranked as the second-most populous metropolitan area in the Americas and among...

. He also plays in a bass clarinet duo called Clarones with the Dutch Henri Bok, as well as in the acclaimed clarinet quintet Sujeito a Guincho

Sujeito a Guincho

Sujeito a Guincho is a clarinet quintet from Sao Paulo, Brazil. It started as a quartet, featuring Sérgio Burgani, Edmilson Nery, Luca Raele and Luiz Afonso Montanha, music professors who teach in and around the city of São Paulo while playing in the country’s top orchestras, such as the...

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Discography

• with Sujeito a Guincho, Sujeito a Guincho. 1997 - Gravadora Eldorado
• with Sujeito a Guincho, Die Klarinetmaschine. 1999 - YB Music
  YB Music
  YB Music is an independent record label established in Sao Paulo, Brazil. It started in 1999 launching unreleased artists of the underground scene and names rescued from recent history of Brazilian music....
  
  
• with Duo Clarones, Duo Clarones, 2003 - YB Music
  YB Music
  YB Music is an independent record label established in Sao Paulo, Brazil. It started in 1999 launching unreleased artists of the underground scene and names rescued from recent history of Brazilian music....