Celso Machado

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Celso Machado (born January 27, 1953 in Ribeirão Preto ) is a Brazilian guitarist and composer .

Machado came from a family of musicians: his father, who died when Machado was two years old, was also professional musicians, as were five of his six brothers. Celso Machado started performing as a street musician at the age of seven. When he was twelve, he became an orphan and for the next few years lived with an aunt, a grandmother and finally with the family of one of his older brothers.

He has appeared in bars, theaters and also on television and played classical guitar music as well as chôros , baiãos and sambas . In the early 1970s he worked in a quartet with three of his brothers in São Paulo . With his albums Brasil Violão (1978) and Violão he established himself as an outstanding young guitarist in Brazil.

In 1982 he met the French guitarist Thierry Rougier , who invited him to France. From 1984 to 1990 he lived in France. In 1985 he recorded the album Imagens do Nordeste with Rougier , and in the following year he took part in several festivals in Vancouver, where he has lived since 1990. In 1994 he released the album The Magic Circle: Music for Two Guitars , which also contained several of his own compositions. The three CDs Varal (1997), Jongo Lê (1999) and Capivara (2005) were nominated for a Juno Award . Machado released a total of more than ten own albums. In addition to works for guitar, he also composed several film scores.

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SURNAME Machado, Celso
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Brazilian guitarist and composer
DATE OF BIRTH January 27, 1953
PLACE OF BIRTH Ribeirão Preto