Marco Pereira
Marco Pereira is an internationally renowned Brazilian composer, guitarist, and university professor. His compositional work and playing -- strongly influenced by Brazilian, Latin American, and jazz music -- have been awarded in important international contests such as Spain's Concurso Andrés Segóvia in Palma de Mallorca and Concurso Francisco Tárrega in Valencia. In 1993, he won the Sharp prize for Best Popular Music Arranger for his work on Gal Costa's Gal. In the next year, he received two Sharp prizes (Best Soloist and Best Instrumental Album) for his own album Bons Encontros (a duet with pianist Cristóvão Bastos). He has also performed and recorded with many top popular Brazilian singers/composers like Tom Jobim, Milton Nascimento, Edu Lobo, Paulinho da Viola, Gilberto Gil, and Wagner Tiso.
Pereira studied with classical guitar master Isaías Sávio while still in São Paulo. Moving to France, he presented a master's thesis about Villa-Lobos' music to the department of Musicology of the Université Musicale Internationale de Paris/Sorbonne. In the next five years while living in France, Pereira performed in Germany, the United States, Switzerland, France, Denmark, Canada, and Spain. Back in Brazil, he organized courses on violão (classical guitar) and functional harmony at the University of Brasília, and recorded two albums (Violão Popular Brasileiro Contemporâneo and Círculo das Cordas) that yielded him an invitation to perform at the Town Hall (New York) in 1988. He performed in the Brasil em Caracas festival (Venezuela) in 1995 and 1996 (the latter year with Paulo Moura). Also in 1996, he performed with success in the XXème Carrefour Mondiale de la Guitare (Martinica) with Baden Powell and Vicente Amigo. In 2000, he toured the U.S. with Ralph Towner in the International Guitar Night series.
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Marco Pereira & Nico Assumpção
Brazil - Released by Marco Pereira & Nico Assumpção on 30/11/2021
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Folia das Cinco
Marco Pereira, Rogério Caetano
World - Released by Galeão Produções Artísticas Músicais e Comércio Ltda. on 23/02/2024
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Luz das Cordas
Marco Pereira, Hamilton De Holanda
Pop - Released by Acoustic Music Records on 7/10/2004
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Sete Cordas, Técnica e Estilo
Marco Pereira, Rogério Caetano
Brazil - Released by Marco Pereira on 2/06/2023
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Valsas Brasileiras
Brazil - Released by Marco Pereira on 1/09/1999
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O Samba da Minha Terra
Classical - Released by Marco Pereira on 1/02/2004
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Elegia: Virtuoso Guitar Music from Brasil
Classical - Released by Channel Classics on 1/01/1995
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Violão Popular Brasileiro Contemporâneo
Classical - Released by Marco Pereira on 1/03/1985
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Comum de Dois
Marco Pereira, Toninho Ferragutti
Brazil - Released by Borandá on 6/05/2014
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Cadernos de Harmonia, Vol. 1
Brazil - Released by Marco Pereira on 9/01/2023
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Cadernos De Harmonia, Vol. 3
Brazil - Released by Marco Pereira on 26/02/2023
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Arrangements for Guitar by Marco Pereira
Marius Noss Gundersen, Marco Pereira
Classical - Released by Gvito Records on 24/06/2021
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Violão Popular Brasileiro Contemporâneo
Brazil - Released by Marco Pereira on 1/03/1985
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Círculo das Cordas
Brazil - Released by Marco Pereira on 1/12/1987
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Irene
Marco Pereira, Rogério Caetano
World - Released by Galeão Procuções Artísticas Musicais e Comércio Ltda. on 26/01/2024
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo