Biography
Pedro Mello dos Santos (October 2, 1919 — February 23, 1993), also known as Pedro Sorongo and Pedro da Lua, was a Brazilian musician, percussionist, and visual artist. He was a virtuoso percussionist, composer, and inventor of percussion instruments such as the electronic bamboo and the mouth berimbau. He performed with renowned artists like Jacob do Bandolim, Baden Powell, Elis Regina, Elza Soares, Sebastião Tapajós, Roberto Ribeiro, Milton Nascimento, Clara Nunes, among others.
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Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Credited work
342 releases · 60 albums · active 1956–2025
- Performance · 422
- Other credits · 251
- Production · 7
- Engineering · 1
Studios: Rio Som · Union Studios, Munich · Estúdio Level · The Hit Factory
Frequent collaborators
- Baden Powell
- Jacob Do Bandolim
- Sebastião Tapajós
- Elza Soares
- Various
- Paul Simon
- Candeia
- Milton Nascimento