JOÃO LUIZ
He started his music lessons when he was eleven years old at Brazilian Music
Association. His guitar graduation was given by the Alcântara Machado College of
Arts, in São Paulo. The famous Brazilian guitar teacher Henrique Pinto was his
tutor.
João Luiz attended festivals and seminars in Brazil and abroad,
such as: Souza Lima Conservatory Guitar Seminar, Villa-Lobos Conservatory
International Guitar Festival, Winter Festival of Campos do Jordão and the
Internationales Pfingtseminar Koblenz (Germany), where he won the special award
of the students contest.
He also participated of the guitar master classes offered by Paulo
Martelli, Everton Gloeden, Roberto Capocchi, Fabio Zanon, Hubert Käppel and Abel
Carlevaro.
Lopes performed as soloist and in ensembles at TBC Music, Guitar
at MASP, Guitar at Library, Bach Project, Santa Catarina Church and Mozart
Conservatory, besides Campinas, Taubaté (SP), Campo Grande (MS) and Salvador
(BA). His concert at MuzikSchulle of Koblenz deserved an excellent review of
German Rheiner Zeitung.
Recently his first duo album, performing with the guitarist and
composer Douglas Lora, was launched, and nowadays he is working on a new CD with
the Guitar Chamber Trio.
João Luiz is a Quaternaglia member since 2002.
joao@quaternaglia.com.br
