CHAMON

A scientist that pretends (every so often convincingly) to be a songwriter, Luiz Chamon targets an eclectic pop sound, going from modern genres (pop, blues, and country) to folk rhythms from Brazil (forró, bossa nova, and samba) and Greece (zeimpekiko). Luiz started hitting his fingers on the keyboard almost as early as he started taking things apart. This shared interest in music and engineering is what drove him back in Brazil to start working in recording studios and international theater productions. It is also the reason he went on to pursue a career in electrical engineering and signal processing, a work that has led him to spend time in France, Greece, and the USA. These experiences fueled his love for learning new languages and cultures, especially through music... Luiz debuted on stage circa 2002 playing the accordion and the keyboard-as well as, occasionally, the guitar, bass, flute, and violin-in the forró band Quaraçá. With them, he shared the stage with popular Brazilian..