Yamandu Costa

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Yamandu Costa (2009)

Yamandú Costa (born January 24, 1980 in Passo Fundo , Rio Grande do Sul ) is a Brazilian guitarist and composer . His preferred instrument is the Brazilian seven-string guitar (violão de sete cordas).

Life

Yamandu Costa is the son of the singer Clari Marson and Algacir Costas, who was the guitarist and trumpeter of the group Os Fronteiriços . He began to learn guitar at the age of seven, first from his father, and later from Lúcio Yanel , an Argentine virtuoso. As a teenager he studied the folk music of southern Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay . His playing was influenced by the Brazilian musicians Radamés Gnattali , Baden Powell de Aquino , Antônio Carlos Jobim , Dino 7 Cordas and Raphael Rabello . His repertoire includes many different styles of music such as choro , bossa nova , milonga , tango , samba or chamamé . In 2005 he worked in the documentary Brasileirinho about the music of the choro by Mika Kaurismäki . Yamandu Costa has received a number of prestigious awards as a guitarist and has given concerts in many countries around the world.

His solo concert at the French festival Jazz à Porquerolles 2016 was recorded by Arte and broadcast in early 2017.

Selection of works

  • À nossa (with Armandinho)
  • Aurora
  • Bahia X Grêmio (with Armandinho)
  • Bestira
  • Chamame
  • Chorando por amizade
  • Cristal
  • Galderismo (fantasia sobre temas gaúchos)
  • Mariana
  • Paz de Maria
  • Tango amigo
  • Tareco number 2

Discography

  • Dois Tempos (with Lúcio Yanel), 2000, CD
  • Yamandu - Prêmio Visa, 2001, CD
  • Yamandu ao vivo, 2003, CD
  • Villaggio Café (sampler), 2003, CD
  • El negro del blanco (with Paulo Moura ), 2004, CD
  • Yamandu Costa ao vivo, 2005, DVD
  • Brasileirinho, 2005, CD
  • Música do Brasil, Vol. I, 2005, DVD
  • Vinícius de Moraes, 2006, CD
  • Tokyo Session, 2006, CD
  • Ida e volta, 2007, CD
  • Yamandu + Dominguinhos, 2007, CD
  • Mafuá, Solo, 2008, CD, label Biscoito Fino
  • Yamandú Valter, 2010, CD, Universal
  • Luz da Aurora (with Hamilton de Holanda ), 2010, CD, nominated for the Latin Grammy 2010 de Melhor Disco Instrumental.
    • also as an American edition under the name Yamandu Costa e Hamilton de Holanda Live!
  • Lida, 2011, CD and DVD, label Biscoito Fino
  • Yamandu Costa e Rogério Caetano, 2012, CD, Delira Música label
  • Continente (with Guto Wirtti and Arthur Bonilla ), 2013, CD, label Biscoito Fino
  • Bailongo (with Guto Wirtti), 2014, CD

Web links

supporting documents

  1. ↑ Yamandu Costa at the Porquerolles Jazz Festival , accessed February 4, 2017.
  2. ↑ http://yamandu.com.br/release/luz-da-aurora/
personal data
SURNAME Costa, Yamandu
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Costa, Yamandu
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Brazilian guitarist and composer
DATE OF BIRTH January 24, 1980
PLACE OF BIRTH Passo Fundo , Rio Grande do Sul