Paulo Bellinati is one of Brazil's most accomplished sort-after contemporary guitarist, composer, arranger and also a respected music scholar. He rediscovered, transcribed and recorded the music of the great Brazilian guitarist-composer Annibal Augusto Sardinha (Garoto). He has won numerous awards including 1994 Prêmio Sharp Awards (Brazilian Grammy) as best arranger for Gal Costa‘s cd “O Sorriso do Gato de Alice”. Two years later his albums “Lira Brasileira”, and “Afro-Sambas” were also nominated as best soloist and best recording respectively. Guitar Player magazine nominated him as one of the top 10 Brazilian guitarists. His “The Guitar Works of Garoto”(GSP) and “Guitares du Brésil”(GHA) albums received a 5-star rating from the publications “CD Review’ and “LE Choc de la Musique” (highest award from prestigious “Le Monde da la Musique” in France) respectively. In 1998 Paulo Bellinati recorded the “Brazilian Guitar Virtuoso Video” for Mel Bay Publications, performing and discussing his compositions. In Mel Bay released the “Paulo Bellinati plays Antonio Carlos Jobim” Dvd, which includes Paulo's arrangements of some of the masterpieces by the great Brazilian composer Antonio Carlos Jobim.

Cleyton Fernandes is PhD in Musical performance/guitar and guitar teacher at Ufca University - Brazil. He started his guitar studies in 198d had the opportunity to participate in several Master-Classes and Festivals in Brazil and abroad. In chamber music, he developed duo with the singer Thalita Savordelli, dedicated to the Afro-Sambas project. In , he toured in the cities of
Madrid, Paris, Amsterdam, Brussels and Laon - Europe and Sydney – Australia.
Nowadays, in addition to his teaching and concert activities, he is engaged in research on guitar lutherie.


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