Education
He went to the German School in Lisbon and studied Music and Electronics in Düsseldorf together with Kraftwerk members Fritz Hilpert and Henning Schmitz.
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Fernando Abrantes
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He is a former member/ keyboardist of the electronic/experimental popular band Kraftwerk. He lives in Lisbon, where he owns a music production studio. He is fluent in German, Portuguese and English.
In 1985/ 1986 he performed a few shows as keyboardist of Sandra and her world hit "Maria Magdalena".
Abrantes joined Kraftwerk in winter 1990/ 1991 during production of the album "The Mix", shortly after the departure of electronic percussionist and songwriter Karl Bartos. Abrantes performed with the band the The Mix United Kingdom-tour (10 concerts) in 1991.
He can been seen in robotic form in promotional pictures from this period and in the booklet of the album The Mix in addition to the music video for the updated version of The Robots, made the same year. He also performed "The Robots" live with the band in the popular German television show "Mensch Meier".
Fernando Abrantes is one of the producers of the official music of the Expo "98.
