Dhiego Costa was born in Brazil and has been playing piano for over 20 years. He attended the University of Manitoba on a full scholarship for the Masters Degree in Jazz Piano program. While taking his masters degree, he worked at the U of M as a TA for the piano laboratory class (undergraduate students). He also holds a post baccalaureate degree in Music Education - Lato Sensu Graduate Program (Candido Mendes University - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), Bachelor of Arts in Music (Piano) and Licensee in Music Education at the Federal University of Paraiba with Academic Honours Distinction in Undergraduate Studies. Dhiego also holds a Bachelor of Arts in Sacred Music (Baptist Theological Seminary of Northern Brazil).

He was the pianist for the University Choir (Federal University of Paraiba) for four years. He played for the University of Manitoba Jazz Orchestra. He has travelled extensively and has played with Campbellsville University Jazz Orchestra (U.S.A), Brazilian Jazz Combo (U.S.A), Dhiego Jazz Trio (New Zealand), performed at the CPIT Jazz School (Christchurch, New Zealand), has led Brazilian music and Jazz Improvisation workshop in many places (Dourados Music Festival, Mato Grosso do Sul). He has performed with Marco Castilo (Brazilian-Canadian artist) and his Brazilian Beats. Recently he played with the Winnipeg Jazz Orchestra.

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