In the mid 1980's, Bruno was a musician in the new york downtown music scene collaborating with several musicians, dancers and artists. He played guitar in trumpeter's Graham Haynes No Image, an avantguard-jazz band, that performed in new york clubs, including the Knitting Factory and the Village Gate. He also had a experimental duo with Graham Haynes where they explored electronically processed sounds and cinema/art influences (which eventually led to Bruno becoming a filmmaker in the late 80's). As a composer, Bruno worked with several choreographers including Francisco Camacho, Vera Mantero, Mónica Lapa and Paulo Ribeiro. In a more traditional jazz vein, Bruno played in a guitar duo with Sérgio Pelágio; in bass player/composer Saheb Sarbib's Unit and with Contrabanda, a jazz-rock quintet that he helped form in 1982. Bruno has recently returned to playing music and creating sounds in a collaboration with Tó Trips and Pedro Gonçalves with whom he's creating multimedia concert-film performances.