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Pedro Caldeira Cabral
CD1 Memórias da Guitarra Portuguesa (The Portuguese Guitar Memories)
CD 2 A Guitarra de Século XVIII (The Guitar in the XVIII Century) (Tradisom, Portugal)
$22.99
Two CDs of ancient music for the Portuguese guitarra feature one of the great players of the instrument, in solo settings and with small chamber ensembles.
The 1st CD features Pedro Caldeira Cabral on guitarra portuguese, Fernando Alvim on classical guitar and Duncan Fox on double bass. Listen!
The 2nd set features Pedro Caldeira Cabral on English guitar, Marcos Magalhaes on harpsichord, Kenneth Frazer on Baroque cello and Duncan Fox on Baroque violin. Listen!
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The record label says:
Pedro Caldeira was born Lisbon in 1950. As a child he began studying Portuguese guitar, classic guitar and the recorder (flute). Later he studied solfeggio, counterpoint and harmony with Prof. Artur Santos.
In 1970 he began studying lute, viola da gamba and other old string and wind instruments. Later he founded and directed the bands La Batalla and Concerto Atlântico which specialised in old music played on historical instruments. Between 1967 and 1975, he took various courses on contemporary music composition and worked with Karel Goyvaerts, Constança Capdeville, José Alberto Gil and Jorge Peixinho.
An autodidact in Portuguese guitar, Pedro Caldeira was inspired to develop his own style based on the guitar soloist tradition, combined with original techniques and elements from his studies of old instruments of Mediterranean Europe's erudite and popular traditions. As an interpreter he has expanded his soloist guitar repertoire through transcriptions of works by Bach, Weiss, Scarlatti, Seixas and others, and he has given live performances of other original new works written by contemporary authors.
In 1987, he founded, and has since managed, the Centro de Estudos e Difusão de Música Antiga (Centre for the Study and Disclosure of Old Music). He has also coordinated musical edition programs and studies on musical themes. Since 1970 he has given solo concerts in the main halls and festivals of Europe, United States of America, Macao and Brazil. He has also held conferences and seminars on musical themes in Europe (France, England, Germany, Switzerland, Sweden and Turkey) and the U.S.A..
He was in charge of the preproduction and artistic management at the Festival of Portuguese Guitar at EXPO '98. In 1999 he published the book A Guitarra Portuguesa (The Portuguese Guitar) - the first monographic work about the guitar's origins and historical evolution, an anatomical and repertoire study of this Portuguese instrument.
He was the commissary for the monographic exhibitions "Portuguese Guitar Memories" displayed at Prague's St. Agnes of Bohemia Convent, in the Czech Republic, in September 2000 and for à Descoberta da Guitarra Portuguesa (Discovering the Portuguese Guitar) at the Abade de Pedrosa Museum, in Santo Tirso, June 2002. This CD contains a booklet (portuguese and english) with 24 pages.
CD1 The Portuguese Guitar Memories
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