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Winnipeg, the multicultural capital of Canada is very lucky to have such an amazing artist like Marco Castillo to represent the vast and complex culture of Brazil. Born in the Capital Samba, Rio de Janeiro, he was raised in a musical family, Marco’s skills were honed at the feet of the best. Castillo’s extensive musical and rhythmic expertise spans from the gentle, warm musical embrace of the romantic Bossa-Nova, rustic and contagious root tradicional rhythms of the Northeast of Brazil, and the festive, upbeat, exuberant Samba, to the velvety sounds of Smooth Jazz, and alluring, infectious funky grooves. Whether it’s his work as a solo artist or his collaborations, not the least of which is his full 8 piece "Brazilian Beats" band which always brings a one of a kind show. Marco Castillo was selected to represent Brazil in the 2015 Viña del Mar music festival in Chile, reaching more than 250 million people around the world. Held annually since 1960, this international song festival is one of the most important music events in Latin America. Castillo’s original song “Forró no Canada" from his recently released CD Zabelê was amongst the six finalists in the Folkloric category, with judges that included Oscar de León and Pedro Aznar. With many nominations, world music award and 3 CD’s under his belt, Marco is the Latin/World Music ‘go to guy’. Listen to Quantum to find out more about this unique artist.