Chico Pinheiro e Banda

After the Norwegian night at Skopje Jazz Festival the party continued at club Hard Rock with Chico Pinheiro and his band. His performance made everyone in the audience dance. Skopje, Macedonia. 26/10/2009.

One of the leading figures in modern Brazilian music, Chico Pinheiro (34) was born in São Paulo. Self-taught, Pinheiro started playing the guitar and the piano when he was 7 years old. After starting to perform professionally at age 15, he rounded out his musical education with a stay in Boston, where he received his music degree from Berklee College of Music, studying and winning several academic and musical prizes there during his studies. Not only an exceptional guitarist with a wonderful sound and great fluidity, Chico Pinheiro is a unique composer of originality and maturity, qualities that stand out on his solo recordings. His first album "Meia Noite Meio Dia" was released in 2003 with great reviews in Brazil and abroad. This well-received debut included performances from special guest vocalists Luciana Alves, Lenine, Ed Motta, Chico César and Maria Rita. His second release, "Chico Pinheiro" (2005), as well as the third album "Nova" (2007) - a collaboration with the American guitarist and composer Anthony Wilson - enjoyed great critical and audience acclaim, too. He has performed and recorded with the "cream of the crop" of Brazilian artists such as Rosa Passos, Chico César, Dori and Danilo Caymmi, João Donato and Luciana Souza, while also making his mark internationally, recording and playing with Roberto Fonseca, Cachaíto Lopez (Buena Vista Social Club), Mark Turner, Chris Potter, Brad Mehldau, Eddie Gomez, Claudio Roditi, Duduka da Fonseca, Anthony Wilson, Victor Mendoza and Giovani Hidalgo, amongst others.