Mario | Super Mario Bros. | Mario Testino | Mario Vargas Llosa | Mario Lemieux | Mário Soares | Mario Lanza | Mario Botta | Mario Cuomo | Mario Andretti | Mario Monti | Mario del Monaco | Mario Batali | Mario Balotelli | Mario Winans | Mario Savio | Mario Puzo | Mario Bava | Mario Van Peebles | Mario Sorrenti | Mario Merz | Mário de Andrade | Mario Morales | Mario Martone | Mario Lopez | Mario Borghezio | Super Mario Bros. 2 | Super Mario Advance | Super Mario 64 | Mario Roatta |
He studied composition with José Alberto Kaplan and Mário Ficarelli, in Brazil, and later with Brian Cherney, Alcides Lanza and John Rea, at McGill University, in Montreal, Canada, where he received two of his graduate degrees (Master of Music and Doctor of Music in Composition).