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Yamandú Costa
New Jersey Performing Arts Center
1 Center St
Newark, NJ 07102
Jun 8, 2024
8:00 PM EDT
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Listen to just one song, and you'll agree - Yamandu Costa is the most transcendent guitarist you've ever heard. A virtuoso of the 7-string guitar, the Latin GRAMMY® winner evokes the full spectrum of human emotion with technical brilliance and deep passion. Credited with reviving interest in Brazilian guitar music, his diverse repertoire includes styles like chorinho, bossa nova, milonga, tango, samba and chamamé. In addition to soloing with symphony orchestras around the world, he's collaborated with Bobby McFerrin, Richard Galliano, Doug de Vries, Gilberto Gil, Toquinho, João Bosco, Ney Matogrosso, Marisa Monte and Renato Borghetti. Presented in association with McCarter Theatre Center
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Yamandú Costa Biography
Yamandú Costa is an acoustic guitar player born 1980 in Passo Fundo, a city in the southern state of Rio Grande do Sul, in Brazil. His guitar studies began when he was 7, tutored by his father, Algacir Costa, leader of the "Fronteiriços", a regional band. Later he sought to perfect his technique with Argentine virtuoso Lucio Yanel, who had at the time set his home in Brazil.
With his striking blend of regional music styles and notably energetic performances, he is touted by many as one of the greatest guitarists specialized in Brazilian music.
Yamandú plays 7-string guitar and is also a composer and arranger. In his performances, he is noted to showcase strong improvisational skills and fiery charisma.
His first name means "the precursor of the waters of the world" in Tupi-Guarani, a language spoken by native Brazilians before the arrival of the Portuguese settlers.
ClassicalGuitar.nl's article
Read MoreWith his striking blend of regional music styles and notably energetic performances, he is touted by many as one of the greatest guitarists specialized in Brazilian music.
Yamandú plays 7-string guitar and is also a composer and arranger. In his performances, he is noted to showcase strong improvisational skills and fiery charisma.
His first name means "the precursor of the waters of the world" in Tupi-Guarani, a language spoken by native Brazilians before the arrival of the Portuguese settlers.
ClassicalGuitar.nl's article
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