Titles by: CARLOS BARBOSA-LIMA
CARLOS BARBOSA-LIMA
The Brazilian classical guitarist Carlos Barbosa-Lima is acclaimed as one of the leading guitarists in the world. Since his first U.S. tour in 1967, he has been catapulted into international attention, performing as a guest soloist and in recitals with major orchestras and music festivals throughout the world. At the age of 7, Barbosa-Lima started studying the guitar and made his concert debut at age 12 in Sao Paulo, Brazil. His teachers have included Isaias Savio in Brazil and the legendary Andres Segovia in Spain. Barbosa-Lima is on the faculty of the Manhattan School of Music and teaches privately in New York, where he is based. He has transcribed for the guitar Scarlatti sonatas and works by Bach and other classical masters. Says Barbosa-Lima, "My greatest inspirer was Johann Sebastian Bach, the greatest transcriber in history." Although his background is in classical music, Barbosa-Lima also gives attention to 20th-century masters, including the great Argentinian composer Alberto Ginastera and composers who have attained great popular appeal.