Who's Bruno Sa

The choice musician of many artists whose legacies

encompass household names like Deep Purple, Black

Sabbath, Uriah Heep, Rainbow, Queensryche, and Nightwish,

multi-instrumentalist Bruno Sa has been devoting his

creative energy to composing and performing on piano,

synthesizers, voice, guitar and wind instruments, in a

never-ending pursuit of a sonic foundry and aesthetics of

his own. Acclaimed by the general public and media, Bruno

Sa possesses the qualities which put him on the forefront

to work with great acts in the show business around the

world.

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Career highlights:

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• As an international touring and recording performer and

music director, Bruno has provided his talents to artists

like: singers Joe Lynn Turner (Deep Purple, Rainbow, Yngwie

Malmsteen), Tony Martin (Black Sabbath), Geoff Tate

(Queensryche), Tarja Turunen (Nightwish), Mark Boals

(Yngwie Malmsteen, Ring of Fire), Doogie White (Rainbow,

Yngwie Malmsteen), Tim Ripper Owens (Judas Priest), John Lawton (Uriah Heep), Gus

Monsanto (Revolution Renaissance) and Ted Poley (Danger

Danger); guitarist Andy Timmons (solo artist, Danger

Danger), bassist Nick Simper (Deep Purple), guitarist Timo

Tolkki (Stratovarius), drummer Garry King (Paul McCartney,

Jeff Beck, Alice Cooper), and bassist Andy Robbins (Holy

Soldier, Gene Loves Jezebel). As a highlight of the work

with Joe Lynn Turner, Bruno Sa features in the official

video for the song “Blood Red Sky”;

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• Since 2016, Bruno has been performing as keyboard and

wind player for the Brazilian power metal band Angra;

• On July 2009, Bruno was invited by the multi-platinumaward

Trans-Siberian Orchestra to fly to Tampa, Florida, in

order to audition and become a participant musician in their

future enterprises;

• In the Brazilian music scene, Bruno has extensively

toured the country, playing with several acts like Andria

Busic & Ivan Busic (Dr. Sin), Perdidos na Selva, Sandra de

Sa, Eduardo Dussek, Jerry Adriani, George Israel, Fernando

Magalhães & Rodrigo Santos (Barão Vermelho), Rosana

Fiengo, Afonso Nigro, Nico Resende, Avellar Love (Joao

Penca), Kid Vinyl, Luciano Nassyn, Sylvinho, Marcelo

Hayena (Uns e Outros), Christiano Dortas, and others.

Supporting many of the aforementioned artists, Bruno has

featured in several television and radio shows, and can be

found in the live DVD/CD release Festa Ploc 80’s (Som

Livre Records);

• As a member of heavy metal/progressive rock group

Allegro since 1998, Bruno has released their self-titled

debut album in 2001 (Megahard Records), their comeback EP Puzzled in 2019 and has toured

opening for bands like Saxon, Exodus, Angra, Stratovarius,

Shaaman and Dr. Sin;

• Performing as whistle and Irish flute player with

folk/world music band Anamglas, Bruno has featured in a

soap opera broadcast by Rede Globo, biggest television

channel in Brazil;

• Still for Globo TV, Bruno has also been doing keyboard

recording sessions for a plethora of shows and specials;

• As baritone singer in Altivoz Choir, Bruno has released

the album Desenredos (Funarte), and toured the Americas,

in a series of international choir meetings and

competitions.

• Uniting his music with his strong interests in the fields

of Literature, Bruno Sa holds a PhD degree in Comparative

Literature, studying William Blake and Rock music, as he is

also Master in Literature in English, researching the

Scottish bard Robert Burns. Bruno is currently English Literature Professor at the Rio de Janeiro State University.

• Bruno Sa is a veteran music educator, teaching piano,

synthesizers programming, music theory, voice coaching,

flutes, recorders, guitar and bass for more than 20 years.