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Accordionist based in Porto Alegre/RS, Brazil. Released his debut album in 2009, entitled “Garatuja”, having been awarded the prize of Moenda da Canção Festival as “Best Instrumentalist” thanks to it. In the same year, was also awarded the “Best Soundtrack” prize at the Gramado Film Festival, for the movie “Em teu nome”, directed by Paulo Nascimento.
In addition, is a member of the group Irish Fellas, dedicated to the study, research and performance of Irish traditional music, playing both the D/G and B/C button accordion. In 2012 composed the soundtrack for the movie “A Oeste do Fim do Mundo”, also written by Paulo Nascimento. As accompanying musician in Cadica’s Costa dance group, he participated in the Cioff World Folkloriada, which took place in Anseong, South Korea, as well as in the Grupo Folclórico da Corredoura Festival, Portugal, in 2013. Also in 2013, with the Irish Fellas, he played at Rock in Rio Festival, as a member of Sensessional, a team of the best musicians who perform Irish traditional music in Brazil.
Since 2012, he teaches in the Fábrica de Gaiteiros project, a musical and social project coordinated by the Renato Borghetti Institute of Music and Culture, in the Porto Alegre branch. The project consists in teaching children and teenagers to play the 8-bass accordion. In 2019, Renato gave 3 workshops of Brazilian styles of diatonic accordion in Italy, in the cities of Genova, Lecce and Rome.
