Ivan Melillo

Flutist, composer and music producer.

He began playing guitar at 13 and found in Choro one of the central threads of his journey. He won the Rádio MEC Music Festival in 2020 and wrote 366 pieces throughout 2024.

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Ivan Melillo playing transverse flute — Flute · composition · production

Daily inspirations

What the masters continue to teach.

“Music expresses the highest philosophy in a language that reason does not understand.”
Arthur Schopenhauer

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Who is Ivan

From rock to Choro.

Music entered his life in adolescence, with guitar at age 13. Study and experimentation led Ivan to the transverse flute, Choro and, later, composition, arranging, production and the creation of new projects.

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366compositions in the Crônicas Musicais yearbook

30+albums in the Feijoada collection distributed digitally

10k+copies sold independently by Choro Marginal

Work as a composer

Hundreds of compositions written throughout his career.

Ivan’s repertoire reaches beyond any single project. It brings together pieces written for different moments, ensembles and recordings. In 2024, 366 new works became the Crônicas Musicais yearbook.

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