Turibio Santos
Turíbio Soares Santos (born March 7, 1943 in São Luís do Maranhão ) is a Brazilian guitarist .
Life
Santos was born in São Luís do Maranhão in 1943 , and the family moved to Rio de Janeiro in 1946 . Santos grew up in a musical family with parents, grandparents, three siblings and two half-sisters. At the age of 12 he received his first guitar lessons from his mother and the teachers of his sisters.
In 1958 he took part in a lecture by Heitor Villa-Lobos , and later processed the notes into the book "Villa-Lobos and the Guitar". In 1961 Villa-Lobos' widow Arminda invited him to record the Douze études for guitar. In November 1962 he also played the world premiere of Villa-Lobos' Sexteto Místico in Rio de Janeiro.
In 1962, Santos began studying architecture in Rio de Janeiro, but at the same time began his concert career with a performance in his native São Luís do Maranhão. Further concert appearances, recordings and prizes at competitions followed, so that in 1963 he gave up studying architecture. In 1965 he won the first prize of the Concours International de Guitare of the French radio and settled in Paris, where he was then taught by Julian Bream and Andrés Segovia . In the next few years he went on concert tours from Paris (in the summer to Brazil, among other places) and recordings, and his two children were born in Paris. He also completed numerous arrangements of works by Brazilian and French composers for the Max Eschig publishing house in Paris.
In 1974 Santos moved back to Rio de Janeiro and continued on extensive concert tours until 1980. From 1980 he began building guitar classes, including at the Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, and in 1982 founded the Orquestra de Guitarras do Rio de Janeiro . In mid-1986 he took over the management of the Museu Villa-Lobos.
Santos has received numerous awards, including Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur .
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Recordings
Santos recorded well over 50 albums (according to his biography, the 55th recording was released in 2003). The focus is on Brazilian composers, especially Villa-Lobos. There are also recordings of the works of Bach and Rodrigo and numerous other international composers.
Monographs
- Turibio Santos: Heitor Villa-Lobos and the guitar . Translated by Victoria Forde and Graham Wade. Gurtnacloona, 1985, ISBN 0-947600-02-7
- Turibio Santos: Segredos de Violao . Trilingual introduction to guitar playing. With illustrations by Claudio Lobato. Rio de Janeiro, 1992
Sheet music editions
- For Max Eschig in Paris: Approx. 30 editions by various composers from Gaspar Sanz to Ludwig van Beethoven and Isaac Albéniz to Radamés Gnattali .
- For Ricordi in São Paulo : Approx. 20 editions, including numerous choros by João Pernambuco
literature
- Turibio Santos: Mentiras- ou not? : uma quase autobiografia . Edited by Jorge Zahar. Rio de Janeiro, 2002, ISBN 85-7110-659-2
- Turibio Santos, Liana Fortes: Turibio Santos . Rio de Janeiro, 2005, ISBN 85-7579-106-0
- Hermínio Bello de Carvalho: Turibio Santos . Rio de Janeiro, 2007, ISBN 978-85-89617-06-2
Web links
- Turibio Santos personal website (Portuguese, English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ All biographical details follow the detailed biography on the personal website .
- ^ Wolf Moser : 23rd "International Guitar Competition 1981" of the French radio in Paris. In: Guitar & Laute 2, 1980, 3, p. 20 f.
- ^ Website of the Museum Villa-Lobos , accessed on September 25, 2012
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Santos, Turibio |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Soares Santos, Turíbio |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Brazilian guitarist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 7, 1943 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | São Luís do Maranhão |