My name is Weverton Santos, and I am a Brazilian from Sarzedo city in the state of Minas Gerais. Music started to be part of my life when I was 11 years old through the Musical Project in Sarzedo where I was introduced to the horn. A few years later, I graduated with a bachelor's degree in horn from the State University of Minas Gerais. After this, I was invited to be a guest musician with the Minas Gerais Symphony Orchestra where I continue to play. Among other educational experiences are several masterclasses with national and international teachers as well as some competitions in which I was a prize winner. I have also been able to learn about other cultures outside of Brazil, and these opportunities provided me with a great deal of musical and professional maturity. In 2015, I attended a Baroque Music Seminar in Rostock, Germany. In 2019, I was selected to be part of The Orchestra of the Americas Mexico tour. In 2020, I was selected to participate in a chamber music festival in Portillo, Chile. And earlier this year, I learned that I had been accepted into the master’s program at the Eastman School of Music where I will begin study this fall.
But what about singing? Where does it come from? I started singing in church in Sarzedo with my brother and sister after I had already begun playing the horn. Singing helped me better understand the challenges of being a horn player. After a few years, I started to study singing with the same determination with which I studied horn, and I felt a noticeable difference when playing the horn. That's when I thought, "What if I combined the two abilities?" So I did. Working seriously on both, I could see more clearly that both were part of my deepest essence. Since then, I can't do without either. One helps the other, and both help me.
