ArtistInfo

Raphael

syn, p, IT
Electronic
A.k.a. Raphael Fred Sharpe Da El

For the Italian painter from the Renaissance, please use Raffaello Sanzio. Raphael has been called a creative genius and his music has powerfully influenced the body-mind healing upsurge in our world today. He weaves a universal sonic energetic resonance that takes the listener into their heart and far beyond to pure-source-energy. As a boundary breaker Raphael composes from a space of deep meditation and silence. Coming from a lineage of an honored psychic mother and a ragtime piano player father, he began composing classical concertos at the age of 13. Brought up by nuns and an American Indian healer called Chief Bushy Head, he went on to study at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music where he was soon performing professionally in dance companies, churches and symphony orchestras ~ as a choir director for Handel’s Messiah, as a rock ‘n roll band leader, a concert pianist, a ‘gypsy’ violinist, a juju drummer for an African dance company, among many other musical venues. Directing his church choir for many years and accompany musically the service was a highlight for Raphael and many church visitors. Truly a communion with the Divine. From 1972 to 1984 Raphael was a leading part of the American New Age movement, creating new music with innovators such as Dr. John C. Lilly, Gabrielle Roth, Alan Cohen, Wayne Dyer, Marianne Williamson and many other well known healing and spiritual leaders that awakened the consciousness of oneness. Known as a visionary musician with a deep commitment to service, he continues to touch and transform people’s lives. His album “Music to Disappear In” is world renown and extensively played as a healing tool for Yoga, massage, guided meditations in hospitals and even rituals exploring life after death. For over 35 years, Raphael has been easily and gently bringing people into higher and deeper states of awareness throughout the world in the form of private sessions either in person or with Skype. These sessions may include Intuitive Readings (time travel), Relationship counseling, (macrocosm communication), Transformational Music Lessons or Psychic readings set to Music,” If you were a piece of music, what would you sound like? Some people are a symphony, or a dance or a song or a simple flute piece.” Together with his wife Kutira he has led many seminars, retreats and workshops on the art of relating (Tantra) and artistic expression. Raphael’s passion is his daily Qi Gong practice for over 20 years. For the past 45 years one of his dearest meditations is based on the I-Ching. He has a deep reverence for the ancient Taoist teachings.

Instruments

• Synthesizer
• Piano
• Keyboards

Genres

• Electronic
• World
• Folk
• Spoken Word
• Classical

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