Luiz Avellar

Luiz de Avellar was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on April 7, 1956.^[2] He began playing the piano as a child and studied in New York City, New York.^[2]

He arranged songs and played on albums by Gal Costa, Djavan, and Milton Nascimento and has played with Nico Assumpção, Vitor Assis Brasil, Hélio Delmiro, Wayne Shorter, and Toots Thielemas.^[2] In 2000, he released Luiz Avellar in Motion (Savalla Records).^[2]

He composed the soundtrack of several Rede Globo shows and telenovelas. Luiz de Avellar also composed the soundtrack of the 2001 movie Tainá: An Adventure in the Amazon.