Melquisedeque Carvalhêdo

Melk Carvalhêdo, artistic name of Melquisedeque Teixeira Carvalhêdo (Lago da Pedra, September 2, 1966) is a Brazilian pianist, keyboardist, music producer, multi-instrumentalist and arranger. He is a well-known religious musician, having worked as a producer on albums by singers and bands such as Rayssa & Ravel, Shirley Carvalhaes, Mara Lima, Damares and Lauriete. A native of Maranhão, Melk began his work with contemporary Christian music during the 1980s. He worked, to a large extent, with Pentecostal and country music niche artists. He produced several albums by country duo Rayssa & Ravel and singer Shirley Carvalhaes during the 1990s and, in the early 2000s, he was responsible for Cristina Mel's Pentecostal phase albums. In 2006, the album Eu e Jesus, by the duo Daniel & Samuel, produced by Melk, won the Talento Trophy. In 2009, he won again with the production of the album Em Todo Tempo Louve, by Robinson Monteiro, in the Best Pentecostal Album category. In the category, the producer was still competing with three other albums: Apocalypse (Damares), Abençoado (Mara Lima) and Não Pare de Adorar (Shirley Carvalhaes). He was a candidate for councilor in Sorocaba (SP) in 2016, but lost the elections. Melk had been married for years to singer and songwriter Vanilda Bordieri, with whom he divorced in 2013. Together, they had a son.