Nando Carneiro is a Brazilian guitarist, pianist, and composer born in Brazil in 1953. Carneiro founded the experimental rock group A Barca do Sol, with whom they recorded the albums A barca do sol (1974), Durante o verão (1976), and Pirata (1979). Carneiro collaborated with Egberto Gismonti as an accompanist on guitar and keyboards for various recordings and performances. Their debut solo album, Violão (1983), was produced by Gismonti and released in Europe in 1991. Carneiro won the Concorrência Fiat with the composition "Os povos da floresta" and co-composed the soundtrack for the film O beijo da mujer aranha (1985). Their discography includes Topázio (1988), Catavento (1998), and Música da sobrevivência (1993) with the Egberto Gismonti Group.
