A native of Brazil, Marcelo Coelho’s music has been heard all over the places. His debut recording as a leader – Colagens – with his group MC4plus garnered high critical acclaim.

A graduate of the University of Miami, he earned a Master’s degree in Performance and a Doctor’s degree in Composition, the later at Campinas State University, Sao Paulo, Brazil, while focusing extensively on polyrhythmic improvisation and composition. Because of his research on rhythmic studies, Coelho associated t...