Bozzo Barretti was born in São Paulo, with an early inclination towards music. He began playing the piano intuitively at the age of five and composing at eight. He graduated in classical composition from the School of Communications and Arts at the University of São Paulo (USP), starting his professional journey in 1975 with the progressive rock band “Mitra,” at the iconic Iacanga festival. In 1980, he co-founded the band “Sabor de Veneno”, accompanying musician and composer Arrigo Barnabé in several emblematic projects of the movement known as “Vanguarda Paulistana.”

Throughout the 1980s, he emerged as a prominent figure in the Brazilian music scene, collaborating with artists such as Laura Pausini, Tim Maia, Toquinho, and Capital Inicial – a band of which he became a member, composing and producing several hits. His work as a studio musician and arranger extends to the production of soundtracks and jingles, themes for soap operas, as well as TV and radio programs.

In his first solo instrumental album, Barretti presents a more introspective and “slowed down” aspect, punctuated by piano pieces: He draws inspiration from minimalism, serialism, and subtle touches of atonality, without losing the melodic essence, always protagonist in his elegant musical writing.