We’ve done a couple postings on here about the Brazilian Guitar Quartet already, but today we thought we would share some information about the individuals involved in the quartet. We are also including an interview with the quartet!
EVERTON GLOEDEN was born in São Paulo, where he studied with Roberto dalla Vechia, Sidney Zaghetto, Henrique Pinto, Alvaro Pierri, Abel Carlevaro, Guido Santorsola, Sergio Cominatto, Michel Philippot and Isabel Sampaio.
Throughout a thirty-year career, he has appeared as soloist and chamber music colleague alongside some of the most important musicians in and out of Brazil. He has given recitals at the Hall of the Americas in Washington DC, gave the first performance in Brazil of the complete lute works of Bach, as well as recitals in England, Germany (including the Frankfurt Opera House) and a recent opening recital at the International Festival of Caracas, Venezuela, one of the most esteemed of its kind in the world.
He scripted and presented the series “6 Strings-Panorama of the Guitar in the 20th Century” for Radio Cultura FM of São Paulo, one of the most important classical music radio stations in Latin America.
His albums include a disc of Latin American guitar music for the American OEA label, a recording of Bach’s complete lute music, and a recital CD including Ponce’s Folias Variations, Antonio José’s Sonata and Nuccio D’Angelo’s “Due Canzone Lidie” for the Brazilian label EGTA.
Born in São Paulo, TADEU DO AMARAL studied with important Brazilian musicians, such as the legendary guitar teacher Isaias Savio, Leo Soares and Claudio Santoro. He took part in many music seminars including one led by Alberto Ginastera.
Beside a solo career including performances in major concerts halls in Brazil, always to enthusiastic critical acclaim, he has collaborated with many prominent musicians in that country, such as Flávio Stein, Eduardo Gramani, Angela Barra and Ricardo Lopes Garcia.
Through a variety of activities in the State of Santa Catarina, where he lives at present, he has had a pioneering role in teaching and widening the appreciation of the guitar in a region where it was almost unknown. In recent years he has participated as a teacher in many music festivals in Brazil.
Since 1985, when he gave a series of recitals of works by English composers, Tadeu do Amaral has specialized in presenting comprehensive cycles, such as the complete guitar works by the Polish composer Alexandre Tansman and the complete lute works of Bach.
He released the CDs “Musica Espanhola” and the collected works of Mexican composer Manuel Ponce, and both were highly praised in journals such as Classic CD and Guitar Player.
In recent years, do Amaral has been closely involved in launching Brazil’s EGTA label, and among his projects as producer and editor were the series “Great Guitarists” and “The History of Brazilian Music.”
LUIZ MANTOVANI’s performances have been described by The New York Times as “powerful, beautifully shaped and just practically flawless.” A winner of the coveted Pro Musicis International Award, his awards also include the first prize at the Boston Modern Orchestra Concerto Competition (2001) and top prizes at the Schadt String Competition in Pennsylvania (1999) and at the Radio MEC – Ministry of Education and Culture – National Music Competition in Rio de Janeiro (1997). He has made a number of solo and chamber music recordings; his debut solo CD, Appassionata, was released in 1998.
Mr. Mantovani’s has appeared as a soloist and a chamber musician in his native Brazil, the U.S., Europe and Asia. He has performed in such halls as Weill Recital Hall (Carnegie Hall) in New York, Tchaikovsky Conservatory in Moscow, Jordan Hall in Boston, Hong Kong City Hall, Salle Cortot in Paris and Sala Cecília Meireles in Rio de Janeiro. A member of the Brazilian Guitar Quartet since 2004, his long-term collaborations also include the Quadrivium Guitar Quartet in Boston and duos with flutist Michel de Paula (Lucerne International Music Ensemble) and violinist João Eduardo Titton in Brazil.
Luiz Mantovani is the first and only guitarist to receive the prestigious Artist Diploma from the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston, the conservatory’s highest award for artistic excellence. A recipient of a Saint Botolph Foundation grant and a Rabb Presidential Scholarship from the New England Conservatory, he was also awarded an Apartes Scholarship from the Brazilian government. He holds a Master’s degree with honors from NEC and a Bachelor’s degree from the University of Rio de Janeiro. His guitar teachers were David Leisner, Nicolas Barros and Antônio Guedes.
In addition to his performance career, Luiz Mantovani teaches at the State University of Santa Catarina, in Florianópolis, Brazil.
CLEMER ANDREOTTI was born in São Paulo in 1959 and studied with South America’s leading guitar teachers, including Henrique Pinto, Abel Carlevaro, Guido Santórsola, Alvaro Pierri, Eduardo Fernandez, and Miguel Angel Girollet. He won first prize at the International Guitar Competitions of Porto Alegre, Brazil, and Hof, Germany, and was awarded the Villa-Lobos Prize at the International Villa-Lobos Competition in Milan, Italy, among others.
After moving to Europe in 1984, Andreotti studied with Dieter Kirsch in Germany and Oscar Ghiglia in Basel, Switzerland, and participated in masterclasses by Roberto Aussel, Leo Brouwer, Manuel Barrueco, Hubert Käppel, Robert Brightmore and Hopkinson Smith. He has performed at international festivals in Frankfurt (Alte Oper), Hamburg, Würzburg (Neue Musik), Halle (Sommer Festival), Aschaffenburg (Internationale Gitarrentage), Nürtingen (Guitarrenfestival), Essen, Karlsruhe, Nürnberg, Wuppertal, Münster, Mainz, and Bad Bruckenau (Guitarrentage), as well as in Italy, Switzerland, and major Latin American cities. He has recorded for major European radio and television networks.
Clemer Andreotti is extremely active as a chamber musician, performing and recording with the Opus 12 Trio and in duos with baritone Martin Hummel, violinist Hans-Peter Hofmann, and flutist Marcos Fregnani. He has taken part in premieres of works by Sérgio Assad, Klaus Ospald, Berthold Hummel, and Klaus Heinrich Stahmer. Since 1988 Andreotti has been a lecturer i
n guitar, chamber music, and guitar pedagogy at the Hochschule für Musik in Würzburg, Bavaria, as well as a teacher at various other institutions.
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