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Plínio Fernandes
Canterbury Festival presents Plinio Fernandes
Westgate Hall
Westgate Hall Rd
Oct 22, 2024
8:00 PM GMT+1
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We are delighted to welcome brilliant young guitarist and Classic FM Rising Star, Plínio Fernandes to Canterbury Festival for a concert that fuses the tradition of classical guitar with Brazillian folk music.
Born and raised in São Paulo, Plínio is an exclusive Decca Gold recording artist whose debut album Saudade (2022) hit Number One on the Billboard Traditional Classical Albums Chart. His second album released in 2023, Bacheando, explores Bach’s influence on Brazilian music. No stranger to the stage Plínio recently embarked on a five-date duo recital tour of the UK with Sheku Kanneh-Mason including a sold-out performance at London’s Wigmore Hall. In addition to regular collaborations with Sheku, Plínio performs frequently with Lang Lang, including at his 2022 Royal Albert Hall concert.
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Plínio Fernandes Biography
From São Paulo , Brazil, young classical guitarist Plínio Fernandes takes his inspiration from a long line of greats - Antônio Carlos Jobim, Milton Nascimento, Jacob do Bandolim, Violeta Parra, Edu Lobo, Cartola and Laurindo Almeida - the guitar being so central to the Brazilian folk tradition. Adding to that cannon, his six years of studies at the Royal Academy of Music in London have opened up a whole world of Western Classical Music to his repertoire.
Signed to Decca Records, New York, his debut album features duets with Sheku Kanneh-Mason, Braimah Kanneh-Mason and legendary Brazilian artist María Rita. Fernandes appeared on Sheku’s acclaimed 2020 album Elgar for their duet of ‘Scarborough Fair’ which has since featured on the BBC’s Imagine documentary ‘This House is full of Music’. With a flare of youthful excitement, enchanting lyricism and dancing rhythm, Plínio’s debut album is an entrancing collection of works for solo guitar weaving together all his musical loves and telling his complex and captivating international story in sound. “I chose songs that I grew up listening to,” Fernandes explains, “and in many cases I fell in love with the guitar through them.”
Read MoreSigned to Decca Records, New York, his debut album features duets with Sheku Kanneh-Mason, Braimah Kanneh-Mason and legendary Brazilian artist María Rita. Fernandes appeared on Sheku’s acclaimed 2020 album Elgar for their duet of ‘Scarborough Fair’ which has since featured on the BBC’s Imagine documentary ‘This House is full of Music’. With a flare of youthful excitement, enchanting lyricism and dancing rhythm, Plínio’s debut album is an entrancing collection of works for solo guitar weaving together all his musical loves and telling his complex and captivating international story in sound. “I chose songs that I grew up listening to,” Fernandes explains, “and in many cases I fell in love with the guitar through them.”
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