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Foto taken by Paulo Rogério for the CD "OCTOPUS Convida" |
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Birth name | Edson Lopes |
Born | July 23, 1957 |
Origin | São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil |
Occupations | composer, musical artist |
Edson Lopes (born July 23, 1957 in the São Paulo, Brazil) is a Brazilian classical guitarist, composer and arranger.
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Edson Lopes studied in Brazil at the Conservatory of Musical and Dramatic Arts "Dr. Carlos de Campos" in Tatuí with Pedro Cameron, and in England at Trinity College, London. He performs throughout Brazil as a soloist and in duos, trios and with orchestra. As an integrant of the Brazilian Guitar Quartet, he performed in the cities of Houston, Dallas, Austin, Seattle, Pittsburgh, Albuquerque, Hollywood, Indianapolis, Washington DC, New York among other. In 2005 the Quartet participated in the "33rd Arts Festival" in Hong Kong and in the "VII International Guitar Festival" in Monterrey, Mexico and in 2006 in the "V International Guitar Festival" in the city of Aarhus, Denmark.
He was the first prize winner in every guitar competition he entered, among them the "Young Instrumentalists Competition" (sponsored by "Rede Globo de Televisão") and the "1st National Guitar Competition" (sponsored by "Banco do Brasil"). He has participated in major guitar and music courses, including the one given by guitarist Turíbio Santos at the "Campos do Jordão Festival" in Brazil, the "Chamber Music Seminar" given by Peter Feuchtwanger in England, and Música en Compostela in Spain where, under the supervision of Andrés Segovia's assistant, José Tomás, he received the "Most Exceptional Student" award and a full scholarship for the following year.
Edson Lopes is currently a professor at the Conservatory in Tatuí, where he teaches advanced guitar students and directs the guitar ensemble "OCTOPUS".
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