Bruno Scantamburlo

From the soul of Brazil to the heart of Europe, Bruno Scantamburlo has built a career connecting traditions, languages and cultures. An Italian-Brazilian guitarist, cavaquinho and mandolin player, arranger and producer based in Florence, he has worked for over two decades between Brazil and Europe, exploring the meeting points of samba, choro, bossa nova and jazz. Trained at the Brazilian Conservatory of Music in Rio de Janeiro — where he also taught — he began his career alongside major names of Brazilian music, working as musician, arranger, producer and sound engineer with Toquinho, MPB4, Erasmo Carlos, Duofel, Leandro Braga, Hélio Delmiro, Toninho Horta and Roberto Menescal. His work as an arranger and producer stands out with particular distinction. He signed the arrangements of Italia, America e ritorno by Lorenzo Andreaggi — the final artistic work of Narciso Parigi — featuring Stefano Bollani, Irene Grandi, Finaz and Bachi (Bandabardò). With Andreaggi he also recorded three songs from the Disney repertoire, notably a reinterpretation of The Jungle Book, and he wrote an original arrangement of The Girl from Ipanema at the invitation of classical guitarist Edoardo Catemario. In 2021 he debuted the Bruno Scantamburlo Trio with Bernardo Sacconi (bass) and Piero Borri (drums) at the Un Paese a Sei Corde festival on Lake Maggiore, releasing Brazilian Guitar from Rio (2022), a tribute to Zé Menezes. In 2023 he recorded guitar and mandolin on Amore Boh! by Drusilla Foer and Franco Godi, from the album DRU. In Bologna he co-founded Roda de Samba do Careca with Marco Catinaccio and Silvia Baraldi, a gathering of Brazilian and Italian artists celebrating samba. Since 2022 he has been part of Rionapology with actor Peppe Lanzetta, a musical and theatrical creation connecting the peripheries of Naples and Rio de Janeiro. Moving through samba, choro, bossa nova and jazz, his musical identity is marked by technical refinement, interpretative sensitivity and a deeply multicultural vision — both on stage and in the studio.