Nivaldo Ornelas' Biography

Official channel of saxophonist, arranger and composer Nivaldo Ornelas.

Nivaldo Lima Ornelas was born in 1941 in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, in a family of musicians, singers and artists. He took his first lessons at age 12 with professor Lindolfo Caetano (accordion). He studied music theory and clarinet at the PMMG Music Training School with Ney Parrella, and then joined the music school at UFMG, where he studied more music theory with Luis Melgaço and composition with Arthur Bosman.
In the wave of bossa-nova ensembles that proliferated in the music scene, the ones in the house were Tempo Trio (Helvius, Paschoal and Ildeu) and Berimbau Trio (Wagner Tiso, Milton Nascimento and Paulo Braga).