My name is Daniel Alfaro, I'm a brazilian percussionist based in São Paulo, Brazil. I've been performing and recording for over 10 years across many genres, collaborating with artists, orchestras, Disney and Broadway musical theatre, big bands from around the world. I'm expert in creating a percussion arrangement from scratch, bringing sounds you never imagined and respecting what the music is asking for. But I can also record traditional musical styles like: Brazilian rhythms: samba, bossa nova, carnaval, forró, maracatu, frevo etc; Brazilian Afro rhythms: ijexá, cabula, barravento, congo de ouro etc; Pop; Disco; R&B; Rock; and many more... Some of the instruments I can bring to your music include: Brazilian percussion instruments (pandeiro, berimbau, agogô, zabumba, triângulo, caixa, repiques, tamborim, surdo, cuíca, alfaia, conguê, xequerê, caxixis, atabaque, ashiko, timbal, caixa do divino, reco recos, chocalho etc); Skin percussion (congas, bongos, djembe etc); Cajon; Derbak; Bendir; Shakers (more than 30); Effects (more than 200).

Daniel Alfaro

My name is Daniel Alfaro, I'm a brazilian percussionist based in São Paulo, Brazil. I've been performing and recording for over 10 years across many genres, collaborating with artists, orchestras, Disney and Broadway musical theatre, big bands from around the world. I'm expert in creating a percussion arrangement from scratch, bringing sounds you never imagined and respecting what the music is asking for. But I can also record traditional musical styles like: Brazilian rhythms: samba, bossa nova, carnaval, forró, maracatu, frevo etc; Brazilian Afro rhythms: ijexá, cabula, barravento, congo de ouro etc; Pop; Disco; R&B; Rock; and many more... Some of the instruments I can bring to your music include: Brazilian percussion instruments (pandeiro, berimbau, agogô, zabumba, triângulo, caixa, repiques, tamborim, surdo, cuíca, alfaia, conguê, xequerê, caxixis, atabaque, ashiko, timbal, caixa do divino, reco recos, chocalho etc); Skin percussion (congas, bongos, djembe etc); Cajon; Derbak; Bendir; Shakers (more than 30); Effects (more than 200).

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My name is Daniel Alfaro, I’m a brazilian percussionist based in São Paulo, Brazil.

I’ve been performing and recording for over 10 years across many genres, collaborating with artists, orchestras, Disney and Broadway musical theatre, big bands from around the world.

I’m expert in creating a percussion arrangement from scratch, bringing sounds you never imagined and respecting what the music is asking for. But I can also record traditional musical styles like:

Brazilian rhythms: samba, bossa nova, carnaval, forró, maracatu, frevo etc;
Brazilian Afro rhythms: ijexá, cabula, barravento, congo de ouro etc;
Pop;
Disco;
R&B;
Rock;
and many more…

Some of the instruments I can bring to your music include:

Brazilian percussion instruments (pandeiro, berimbau, agogô, zabumba, triângulo, caixa, repiques, tamborim, surdo, cuíca, alfaia, conguê, xequerê, caxixis, atabaque, ashiko, timbal, caixa do divino, reco recos, chocalho etc);
Skin percussion (congas, bongos, djembe etc);
Cajon;
Derbak;
Bendir;
Shakers (more than 30);
Effects (more than 200).

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Language

Portuguese
Fluent
English
Fluent
Spanish; Castilian
Fluent

Work Experience

Percussionist at Frozen In Concert at Atual Produções
March 29, 2023 - April 27, 2023
Artistic Mentor at Ethno Global Program at Jeunesses Musicales International
September 30, 2019 - Present
Encanto Sing Along at Disney
January 31, 2023 - August 30, 2023
Percussionist and Drummer at Dreamgirls Musical
July 1, 2025 - November 30, 2025

Education

Popular Percussion at EMESP Tom Jobim
January 11, 2030 - September 23, 2025
Music Education at University of São Paulo
January 11, 2030 - September 23, 2025
Postgraduate degree in Brazilian percussion at Santa Marcelina
January 11, 2030 - September 23, 2025

Qualifications

Classical Percussion Group at EMESP Tom Jobim
January 1, 2016 - November 30, 2016
Juilliard School - Cultural exchange at New York City
July 1, 2017 - July 31, 2017
Music Business Foundations at Berklee College of Music
August 1, 2020 - August 31, 2020

Industry Experience

Media & Entertainment, Education, Professional Services
    uniE608 Short Presentation - Brazilian Percussionist - Daniel Alfaro
    Hi producers and artists! My name is Daniel Alfaro, I'm brazilian percussionist and can't wait to start our project together.
    uniE603 Creative percussion track
    One of my percussive arrangement creations music instrumental soundtrack
    uniE603 Percussion soundtrack for a promotional video
    This is an example of a percussion soundtrack for the background of a promotional video. jingle music instrumental soundtrack