Magno Alcantara was born in Sao Paulo, Brazil in 1967. From a musical family, he started working professionaly at 16. He played with: La´ Borges, Fabio Jr., Simone, Leila Pinheiro, Djavan,Claudia Leite, Gal Costa, Johnny Alf, Jane Duboc, Chico Buarque, Francis Hime, Ana Caran, Chitaozinho & Xororo, George Benson (CD Song and Stories), Chuck Berry (Brazil tour), Andrea Bocelli (Brazil 2018 Tour)
Instrumentalists like: Natan Marques, Ricardo Leao, Nico Assumpa§ao, Arthur Maia, Raul de Souza, Marcio Montarroyos, Pixinga, Victor Biglione, Joe Calderazzo, T-Square (Japanese group), Jean-Pierre Zanella (from Canada)
Festivals: Tubingen,Germany; (Gal Costa), Montreux , na Suaa§a (Gal Costa, Chico Buarque)(Victor Biglione), Free Jazz, Brazil; (Natan Marques Ricardo Leao) Montreal, Canada (Natan Marques e Jean Pierre Zanella , Victor Biglione), famous Blue Note em New York. Bassbash 2019 (Wojtek Pilichowski)
Endorsements: Pearl, Vic Firth, Drumheads mod Dudu Portes-Luen
