Newton Zago, aos 4 anos de idade, iniciou o seu primeiro curso de piano no Instituto Musical Carlos Gomes, conseguindo o 1º lugar em alguns concursos e o “MERITO” pela brilhante participação no concurso infantil BEYER em 1987.
Aos 6 anos de idade queria ser um baterista, mas continuou estudando piano e bateria ao mesmo tempo e aos 7 anos de idade, apresentou-se como baterista em vários eventos na cidade de Santos.
A Pop/Rock Singer , Classical , jazz pianist and composer. Born in Santos ( Brazil ). His first memory in life , when he was four , is " playing Drums ", some percussion and whatever else was available that made a noise . He wanted , even then, to go beyond melody, to the totality of the sound.
Zago started piano lessons at the age of four, which he enrolled in the Carlos Gomes Music Conservatory, and three years later received first place in BEYER Music Festival.
A Prodigy child , later returned it to protest what he regarded as a constricting educational system. This only reinforced the public's perception of Zago as an eccentric.
As composer, in his musics he has continually created challenges for which the logical solutions are yet to be discovered.