Nico Rezende

Antonio Martins Correia Filho (born in São Paulo, SP), known professionally as Nico Rezende, is a Brazilian singer, composer and musical arranger. Filho has studied piano, classic guitar and techniques of synthesizers. He started his career by playing in orchestras at balls. In 1983, Filho moved to Rio de Janeiro, where he started to work as keyboard player in the musical band of the singer Ritchie. Later, he made the arrangements to the albums of Marina Lima, Gal Costa, Roberto Carlos, Lulu Santos, Beto Guedes, Simone, Zizi Possi, Cazuza, Barão Vermelho, Erasmo Carlos, Kiko Zambianchi and Dalto, besides other artists.In 1987, he recorded his first LP record, Nico Rezende, with prominence to his composition "Esquece e vem" (with Paulinho Lima), the theme of the soap opera O outro (of Rede Globo).