Yamandu Costa

Yamandu Costa ( born January 24, 1980 in Passo Fundo, Rio Grande do Sul ) is a Brazilian guitarist and composer. His favorite instrument is the Brazilian seven-string guitar ( violão de sete cordas ).

Life

Yamandu Costa is the son of singer Clari Marson and Algacir Costas, the guitarist and trumpeter of the group Os Fronteiriços was. He began at the age of seven years to learn guitar, first by his father, and later with Lúcio Yanel, an Argentine virtuoso. As a teenager, he studied the folk music of southern Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay. Was influenced his game by Brazilian musicians Radamés Gnattali, Baden Powell de Aquino, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Dino 7 Cordas and Raphael Rabello. His repertoire includes many different musical styles such as choro, bossa nova, milonga, tango, samba or Chamamé. In 2005, he appeared in the documentary Brasileirinho on the music of Choro by Mika Kaurismäki with. Yamandu Costa received now as a guitarist a number of prestigious awards and gives concerts in many countries around the globe.

Selections

  • À nossa ( with Armandinho )
  • Aurora
  • Bahia Grêmio X ( with Armandinho )
  • Besteira
  • Chamamé
  • Chorando por amizade
  • Cristal
  • Galderismo ( fantasia sobre temas gaucho )
  • Mariana
  • Paz de Maria
  • Tango amigo
  • Tareco número 2

Discography

  • Dois Tempos ( with Lúcio Yanel ), 2000, CD
  • Yamandu - Prêmio Visa, 2001, CD
  • Yamandu ao vivo, 2003, CD
  • Villaggio Café (Sampler ), 2003, CD
  • El negro del blanco ( with Paulo Moura ), 2004, CD
  • Yamandu Costa ao vivo, 2005 DVD
  • Brasileirinho, 2005 CD
  • Música do Brasil, Vol I, 2005 DVD
  • Vinícius de Moraes, O films ( invited players ), 2006, CD
  • Tokyo Session, 2006 CD
  • Ida e volta, 2007 CD
  • Yamandu Dominguinhos, 2007 CD
  • Lida, 2007 CD
  • Mafua, 2008 CD
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