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B i o g r a p h y

                           Born in Montevideo, capital of Uruguay, Horacio DI Yorio is a pianist, keyboardist, composer and arranger with jazz and classical academic training, along with an extensive activity within popular music. Academically he was formed at Falleri Balzo Conservatory and the School of Music  in piano and composition.

He plays professionally as a pianist and keyboardist for popular music since age 17. He is currently pianist arranger and musical director of the singers; Monica Navarro, Sara Sabah and Maia Castro. He was pianist and keyboardist of the band that accompanied Gloria Gaynor on the three consecutive occasions when she visited Uruguay in a total of six shows. He was also convened by Brazilian singers and authors, Juliano Barreto, Fabio Cadore and Gelson Oliveira, for their performances in Uruguay.

In 2007 he joined the UTU´s Orchestra (Labour University of Uruguay) as a pianist, after winning the competition for the pianist´s place.  

In 2002, he joined the Rubén Rada´s band (one of the most important Uruguayans singers and composers), also being the pianist in the ATC program (Argentinean Public Television): "Lo de Rada" in 2007, and the successful sitcom "Black Sheep". He was in charge of the musical direction of the album presentation shows of:"Fan" by R.Rada, in Argentina and Uruguay.

He  is also pianist of the Polyphonic Choir, Santa Elena, since 1999, with which he has worked a wide range of different  coral works, moving  from the "Misa Criolla" by Ariel Ramirez, to the recent production of "Orpheus and Eurydice" by Gluck, through symphonic choral  works of Vivaldi, Bach or Nunes.

In previous years, Di Yorio integrated numerous jazz, fusion or candombe groups, such as, Nicolas Mora´s Quintet, the Popo Romano´s band, Ana Prada, Carmen Pi Quartet or “La Calenda Beat” and was co-arranger and pianist for the prestigious vocal quartet “La Otra”.

Horacio Di Yorio has been requested by AGADU  (General Association of Authors from Uruguay) and individuals to work as expert in several plagiarism cases. He has recorded twenty albums and he is the artistic producer of ten of them. He has composed and produced music for commercials, multimedia encyclopedias, plays and documentaries ,among which stand out the National Geographic documentaries; "Miracle Souls 2" and "Freemasonry, secret rituals, from within."

He has made two solo albums; "The victory lap" and "High Definition", both  released by the label "Perro Andaluz".

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