Difference between revisions of "David de Hilster"
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1959|11|13}} | | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1959|11|13}} | ||
| birth_place = Ann Arbor Michigan | | birth_place = Ann Arbor Michigan | ||
+ | | home_town = Boca Raton, Florida | ||
| nationality = [[United States]] | | nationality = [[United States]] | ||
− | | occupation = Super Computer | + | | partner = [[Doris de Hilster]] |
+ | | children = [[Luanda de Hilster]] | ||
+ | | occupation = Super Computer Researcher | ||
| years_active = 23 | | years_active = 23 | ||
| known_for = [[SambaLá Samba School]], [[worldsamba.org]], [[Brazilian Street Carnaval]], [[Unidos do Mundo]], [[Brazilian Day Los Angeles]], [[Puxador]] | | known_for = [[SambaLá Samba School]], [[worldsamba.org]], [[Brazilian Street Carnaval]], [[Unidos do Mundo]], [[Brazilian Day Los Angeles]], [[Puxador]] | ||
}} | }} | ||
− | David de Hilster is founder and president of [[SambaLá Samba School]] and samba singer and percussionist from the United States. He is best known for being founder of [[SambaLá Samba School]], [[Unidos do Mundo]] 2000 and 2001, and for being the first non-portuguese samba singer to sing in Rio's famed [[Sambadrome]]. | + | David de Hilster is founder and president of [[SambaLá Samba School]] and samba singer and percussionist from the United States. He is best known for being founder of [[SambaLá Samba School]], [[Unidos do Mundo]] 2000 and 2001, the [[Brazilian Street Carnaval]] of Long Beach, producing two years of the [[Brazilian Day in Los Angeles]], and for being the first non-portuguese samba singer to sing in Rio's famed [[Sambadrome]]. |
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+ | ==Music Beginnings== | ||
+ | David started taking piano lessons at 8 years old and was playing Mozart by age ten. He also took up trumpet at age 9, playing in the marching band in high school, pit orchestra, and excelled at music theory where he was the only student without perfect pitch to get all dictations correct during an entire year of theory. David continued to play trumpet at his church and piano as a hobby. | ||
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+ | ==Brazil== | ||
+ | In 1979, David's family was a backup family for a foreign exchange student from Brazil and ended up traveling to Brazil the same year where David fell in love with the culture and music of Brazil. After visiting one more time in 1984, David returned to the United States to finish his masters degree in Linguistics and computers, finished a research project, sold everything, and moved to Rio de Janeiro. There he found a job at an artificial intelligence company where he met his wife at a alpine climbing club. David married [[Doris de Hilster]] in 1989 and they moved to the United States in 1990 where David found a job in California. | ||
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+ | During his almost 3 years in Brazil, David never went to a samba school or played music. | ||
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+ | ==Samba== | ||
+ | In 1992, David and his wife moved to Long Beach California into an artist studio where David painted at night, working in computer research during the day. His wife Doris started [[Samba Collection]], starting her own line of clothing and selling it in her store. David has his first art show with much of his art being computer and Brazilian themed and had his first radio interview on the Brazilian show [[Sounds of Brazil]] with [[Sergio Mielniczenko]]. | ||
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+ | In 1993, the couple went to see the annual gay and lesbian parade which gave David the idea to start a samba school in Long Beach. In March of 1994, a group of people. | ||
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+ | ==Personal Life== | ||
+ | David currently resides in Boca Raton Floriday and is married to clothes designer and carnaval artist Brazilian and Rio native [[Doris de Hilster]] (1989), with whom he has one daughter [[Luanda de Hilster]] (2005). | ||
[[Category:Samba School President]] | [[Category:Samba School President]] |
Revision as of 05:11, 5 March 2017
David de Hilster | |
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David de Hilster leading the SambaLá drum corp at the Brazilian Beat Festival in Boca Raton Florida 2016 | |
Born |
Ann Arbor Michigan | November 13, 1959
Nationality | United States |
Occupation | Super Computer Researcher |
Years active | 23 |
Known for | SambaLá Samba School, worldsamba.org, Brazilian Street Carnaval, Unidos do Mundo, Brazilian Day Los Angeles, Puxador |
Home town | Boca Raton, Florida |
Partner(s) | Doris de Hilster |
Children | Luanda de Hilster |
David de Hilster is founder and president of SambaLá Samba School and samba singer and percussionist from the United States. He is best known for being founder of SambaLá Samba School, Unidos do Mundo 2000 and 2001, the Brazilian Street Carnaval of Long Beach, producing two years of the Brazilian Day in Los Angeles, and for being the first non-portuguese samba singer to sing in Rio's famed Sambadrome.
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Music Beginnings
David started taking piano lessons at 8 years old and was playing Mozart by age ten. He also took up trumpet at age 9, playing in the marching band in high school, pit orchestra, and excelled at music theory where he was the only student without perfect pitch to get all dictations correct during an entire year of theory. David continued to play trumpet at his church and piano as a hobby.
Brazil
In 1979, David's family was a backup family for a foreign exchange student from Brazil and ended up traveling to Brazil the same year where David fell in love with the culture and music of Brazil. After visiting one more time in 1984, David returned to the United States to finish his masters degree in Linguistics and computers, finished a research project, sold everything, and moved to Rio de Janeiro. There he found a job at an artificial intelligence company where he met his wife at a alpine climbing club. David married Doris de Hilster in 1989 and they moved to the United States in 1990 where David found a job in California.
During his almost 3 years in Brazil, David never went to a samba school or played music.
Samba
In 1992, David and his wife moved to Long Beach California into an artist studio where David painted at night, working in computer research during the day. His wife Doris started Samba Collection, starting her own line of clothing and selling it in her store. David has his first art show with much of his art being computer and Brazilian themed and had his first radio interview on the Brazilian show Sounds of Brazil with Sergio Mielniczenko.
In 1993, the couple went to see the annual gay and lesbian parade which gave David the idea to start a samba school in Long Beach. In March of 1994, a group of people.
Personal Life
David currently resides in Boca Raton Floriday and is married to clothes designer and carnaval artist Brazilian and Rio native Doris de Hilster (1989), with whom he has one daughter Luanda de Hilster (2005).