Marco Pereira
Marco Pereira (born 1950) is a Brazilian classical guitarist and music educator. He was born in São Paulo and took lessons from Isaías Sávio, an important Uruguayan guitarist and teacher who brought Miguel Llobet's technique to Brazil. Pereira obtained his master's degree at the Paris-Sorbonne University; his thesis was titled Heitor Villa-Lobos and His Work for Guitar. He teaches harmony, composition arranging, and improvisation at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ). Pereira has released several solo CDs, including Dança dos Quatro Ventos (GHA, Belgium), Elegia (Channel Classics, Netherlands), Brasil Musical (Tom Brasil), Valsas Brasileiras (Garbolights), Luz das Cordas (Garbolights), O Samba da Minha Terra (Garbolights), Camerístico (Garbolights), Cristal (Garbolights), Original (Guitar Solo Publications), "Stella del Matino" (EGEA, Perugia, Italy) and "Essence" (Kind of Blue, Lugano, Switzerland). His compositions were issued by the publishers Éditions Lémoine of Paris and Guitar Solo Publications of San Francisco.
His instructional publications include Ritmos Brasileiros (Brazilian Rhythms), Cadernos de Harmonia (Harmony Method for Guitar), Brazilian Seven String Guitar – Technique and Style, Cristal and Valsas Brasileiras.
His compositions and books are edited by Éditions Lemoine (Paris), Guitar Solo Publications (San Francisco), Editora Musimed (Brasília) and Garbolights Produções Artísticas Ltda. (Rio de Janeiro).
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