Waldemar Henrique

Waldemar Henrique da Costa Pereira (February 15, 1905 – March 29, 1995) was a Brazilian pianist and composer.

Waldemar Henrique was born in Belém do Pará, Brazil, of mixed Portuguese and indigenous parentage.

After losing his mother early in life, he went to Portugal with this father, returning to Brazil in 1918.

His family was against his musical career, and his father insisted him to give it up by employing him on a bank.

He moved to Rio de Janeiro in 1933, where he studied piano, composition, orchestration and conduction.