Renan grew up in Brazil surrounded by sound, the piano he started on as a boy, the guitar that followed, and the percussion that would eventually take him to the stage. Music was never a single instrument; it was a way of paying attention.
He trained formally in percussion and conducting, performing with orchestras and chamber ensembles and founding a percussion group that he led for years. Standing in front of an ensemble taught him the thing he now values most as a teacher: how to hear many voices at once, and how to shape a single phrase so the whole room leans in.
Today, from San Diego, he teaches piano, guitar, voice, percussion and theory, to absolute beginners and to advancing players preparing for auditions and the stage. The setting changed; the principle didn't. Every lesson begins with what music is for.
