Carlos Barbosa-Lima
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Antonio Carlos Ribeiro Barbosa Lima (born 17 December 1944) is a Brazilian guitarist born in São Paulo
. He devotes most of his time as a recitalist on international concert tours and regularly appears as a soloist with numerous major orchestras.
Barbosa-Lima recalls that his father, Manuel Carlos, had hired a music instructor to teach him how to play the guitar. The guitar lessons were then transferred from the father to the son, and the child became known in the neighborhood as a prodigy. After two years of lessons with Benedito Moreira, the young man was introduced to Brazilian guitarist composer Luiz Bonfá
, at the time one of the leading musicians in the field. Under the strong recommendation of Bonfa, the young Carlos was directed to the father of the classical guitar school of Brasil, Isaias Savio. At the behest of family friends and musical acquaintances, and with the firm support of his parents, the young Carlos publicly debuted at a solo concert hall appearance (in São Paulo) in November, 1957, when he was twelve years old.
The immediate rave reviews and enthusiastic public acclaim led to a subsequent invitation for the young guitarist to make his concert debut in Rio de Janeiro, at the time capital of Brazil, preceded by his television debut on a variety style TV show that featured young, up and coming Artists. This was March 1958, Barbosa-Lima was thirteen.
These two public appearances led to a recording contract with the then up and coming Chantecler label, initially part of the RCA Brasil group. The LP recording, called "Dez Dedos Magicos Num Violão De Ouro" was released in June 1958, when he was 13 years old.
In 1960 Barbosa-Lima began life on the road, which continues extensively till this day. Trips to Montevideo, Uruguay, and eastern Brazil became common place. In 1967 at the age of 23, Barbosa-Lima made his American debut in Washington, D.C. Excellent reviews followed and Barbosa-Lima's concert career expanded across the United States, Central and South America. Barbosa-Lima was now making his own arrangements for guitar and in 1964 he released an album of arrangements by the popular Brazilian songwriter, Catullo. Close friends of Barbosa-Lima at the time heard these arrangements and encouraged the guitarist to continue on the path of arranging for the guitar.
(then known as Carnegie Recital Hall). This concert was met once again with excellent reviews and truly launched the career of the young guitarist onto the global concert stage where he remains to this day. 1968 marked the year that Barbosa-Lima would travel to Madrid
, Spain, to play for Andrés Segovia
. Upon his return from Spain in 1970 Barbosa-Lima gave a concert in New York's Town Hall. At the conclusion of this concert Barbosa-Lima was approached by Harold Shaw and Shaw Concerts who offered Barbosa-Lima a steady stream of concert dates within the United States. With the heavy concert schedule and Master classes now available to him through Shaw Concerts Barbosa-Lima took a teaching position at Carnegie Mellon University (1974–1978). It was during this time that Barbosa-Lima's reputation as a world class guitarist began to blossom and composers began writing works for him. One very important composer of this time was Alberto Ginastera
who composed the Sonata for guitar, op. 47
for Barbosa-Lima. The later end of the decade (1977) saw Barbosa-Lima perform Francisco Mignone
's Concerto for Guitar and Orchestra at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C.
As the 1980s began Barbosa-Lima moved to New York City (1981) and took a teaching post at the Manhattan School of Music. Once in New York Barbosa-Lima began to perform with Jazz guitarist Charlie Byrd
. Upon hearing Barbosa-Lima's arrangements Mr. Byrd immediately arranged for Barbosa-Lima to meet and perform for Carl Jefferson (the owner of Concord records). Carl Jefferson signed Barbosa-Lima and eleven recordings were to follow on the Concord Jazz label. In 1982 Barbosa-Lima made frequent contact with fellow Brazilian, Antonio Carlos Jobim
, one of the world's most popular composers of all time. Barbosa-Lima would often meet him at Jobim's upper east side apartment in New York City for impromptu jam sessions. It was out of these sessions that came the recording Carlos Barbosa-Lima plays Music by Antonio Carlos Jobim and George Gershwin a crossover CD before the word was popular. Jobim was immediately impressed with Barbosa-Lima's arranging technique for guitar which Barbosa-Lima describes as "multi-linear" basically meaning several voices moving at once like classical guitar technique. At the time of their meetings Jobim was more familiar with the Brazilian guitar technique which utilized a "block chord" technique as Jobim himself used. "...Barbosa-Lima brings an ear attuned to counterpoint and technique that gives each independent line its own voice. His transcriptions find and define every moving part, in bossa novas and countermelodies together as he does in Gershwin, he sounds like a team of guitarists". And in keeping with Barbosa-Lima's multi-linear technique the Cuban composer Leo Brouwer
has said; "...when unknowingly I [Brouwer] walked by a hotel room and heard guitar music I thought I was listening to a guitar duo and then suddenly recognized the music and realized it was Barbosa-Lima playing solo. If I weren't a guitar player and guitar composer who noticed a mistake by one of the violinists during a rehearsal of a seventy-member orchestra my confusion could be justified. I believe that Carlos Barbosa-Lima is a genius of transcriptions of Latin American music for guitar."
Currently Barbosa-Lima records for the Zoho music record label and has released five recordings under this label and the direction of Barbosa-Lima's recordings as well as his concert programing have a definite Latin American concept. In April, 2010 Barbosa-Lima celebrated the release of his fiftieth recording release, Merengue (Zoho Music, CD 200911) at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall.
Due to his first recording (age 13) having been made in 1958, when the recording industry had not yet gone digital, the initial recordings were all on analog media, primarily 45rpm, 78 rpm, and LP disks, along with cassette tapes. A long-term relationship with Concord Records developed in 1982, and it began on analog media, taking the recording process into the digital age with CDs.
When Concord changed its focus, Barbosa-Lima developed a new partnership with the New York based Zoho label in 2001 beginning with his recording Frenesi (Zoho 200408).
Columbia Music Company (CMC): Arrangements by Carlos Barbosa-Lima
Original Works by Various Authors Edited by Carlos Barbosa-Lima
Warner Brothers: Arrangements by Carlos Barbosa-Lima
Boosey and Hawkes:
Ricordi Brasileira
Global performance reviews and newspaper articles
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São Paulo
São Paulo is the largest city in Brazil, the largest city in the southern hemisphere and South America, and the world's seventh largest city by population. The metropolis is anchor to the São Paulo metropolitan area, ranked as the second-most populous metropolitan area in the Americas and among...
. He devotes most of his time as a recitalist on international concert tours and regularly appears as a soloist with numerous major orchestras.
Early development
Born on 17 December 1944 in São Paulo, Brazil, Barbosa-Lima grew up in the Brooklyn district of the city. He states that he began playing the guitar aged seven.Barbosa-Lima recalls that his father, Manuel Carlos, had hired a music instructor to teach him how to play the guitar. The guitar lessons were then transferred from the father to the son, and the child became known in the neighborhood as a prodigy. After two years of lessons with Benedito Moreira, the young man was introduced to Brazilian guitarist composer Luiz Bonfá
Luiz Bonfá
Luiz Floriano Bonfá was a Brazilian guitarist and composer best known for the compositions he penned for the film Black Orpheus.-Biography:...
, at the time one of the leading musicians in the field. Under the strong recommendation of Bonfa, the young Carlos was directed to the father of the classical guitar school of Brasil, Isaias Savio. At the behest of family friends and musical acquaintances, and with the firm support of his parents, the young Carlos publicly debuted at a solo concert hall appearance (in São Paulo) in November, 1957, when he was twelve years old.
The immediate rave reviews and enthusiastic public acclaim led to a subsequent invitation for the young guitarist to make his concert debut in Rio de Janeiro, at the time capital of Brazil, preceded by his television debut on a variety style TV show that featured young, up and coming Artists. This was March 1958, Barbosa-Lima was thirteen.
These two public appearances led to a recording contract with the then up and coming Chantecler label, initially part of the RCA Brasil group. The LP recording, called "Dez Dedos Magicos Num Violão De Ouro" was released in June 1958, when he was 13 years old.
In 1960 Barbosa-Lima began life on the road, which continues extensively till this day. Trips to Montevideo, Uruguay, and eastern Brazil became common place. In 1967 at the age of 23, Barbosa-Lima made his American debut in Washington, D.C. Excellent reviews followed and Barbosa-Lima's concert career expanded across the United States, Central and South America. Barbosa-Lima was now making his own arrangements for guitar and in 1964 he released an album of arrangements by the popular Brazilian songwriter, Catullo. Close friends of Barbosa-Lima at the time heard these arrangements and encouraged the guitarist to continue on the path of arranging for the guitar.
Professional life
In 1967 Barbosa-Lima gave his New York debut at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie HallCarnegie Hall
Carnegie Hall is a concert venue in Midtown Manhattan in New York City, United States, located at 881 Seventh Avenue, occupying the east stretch of Seventh Avenue between West 56th Street and West 57th Street, two blocks south of Central Park....
(then known as Carnegie Recital Hall). This concert was met once again with excellent reviews and truly launched the career of the young guitarist onto the global concert stage where he remains to this day. 1968 marked the year that Barbosa-Lima would travel to Madrid
Madrid
Madrid is the capital and largest city of Spain. The population of the city is roughly 3.3 million and the entire population of the Madrid metropolitan area is calculated to be 6.271 million. It is the third largest city in the European Union, after London and Berlin, and its metropolitan...
, Spain, to play for Andrés Segovia
Andrés Segovia
Andrés Torres Segovia, 1st Marquis of Salobreña , known as Andrés Segovia, was a virtuoso Spanish classical guitarist from Linares, Jaén, Andalucia, Spain...
. Upon his return from Spain in 1970 Barbosa-Lima gave a concert in New York's Town Hall. At the conclusion of this concert Barbosa-Lima was approached by Harold Shaw and Shaw Concerts who offered Barbosa-Lima a steady stream of concert dates within the United States. With the heavy concert schedule and Master classes now available to him through Shaw Concerts Barbosa-Lima took a teaching position at Carnegie Mellon University (1974–1978). It was during this time that Barbosa-Lima's reputation as a world class guitarist began to blossom and composers began writing works for him. One very important composer of this time was Alberto Ginastera
Alberto Ginastera
Alberto Evaristo Ginastera was an Argentine composer of classical music. He is considered one of the most important Latin American classical composers.- Biography :...
who composed the Sonata for guitar, op. 47
Sonata for guitar, op. 47
The Sonata for guitar, op. 47 is a composition by Alberto Ginastera. This sonata was written in 1976 for the guitarist Carlos Barbosa-Lima. It's the only original composition for guitar by Ginastera.- Bibliography :...
for Barbosa-Lima. The later end of the decade (1977) saw Barbosa-Lima perform Francisco Mignone
Francisco Mignone
Francisco Paulo Mignone is one of the most significant figures in Brazilian classical music, and one of the most significant Brazilian composers after Heitor Villa-Lobos...
's Concerto for Guitar and Orchestra at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C.
As the 1980s began Barbosa-Lima moved to New York City (1981) and took a teaching post at the Manhattan School of Music. Once in New York Barbosa-Lima began to perform with Jazz guitarist Charlie Byrd
Charlie Byrd
Charlie Lee Byrd was a famous and versatile American guitarist born in Suffolk, Virginia. His earliest and strongest musical influence was Django Reinhardt, the famous gypsy guitarist. Byrd became the American guitarist who best understood and played Brazilian music, especially the Bossa Nova genre...
. Upon hearing Barbosa-Lima's arrangements Mr. Byrd immediately arranged for Barbosa-Lima to meet and perform for Carl Jefferson (the owner of Concord records). Carl Jefferson signed Barbosa-Lima and eleven recordings were to follow on the Concord Jazz label. In 1982 Barbosa-Lima made frequent contact with fellow Brazilian, Antonio Carlos Jobim
Antônio Carlos Jobim
Antônio Carlos Brasileiro de Almeida Jobim , also known as Tom Jobim , was a Brazilian songwriter, composer, arranger, singer, and pianist/guitarist. He was a primary force behind the creation of the bossa nova style, and his songs have been performed by many singers and instrumentalists within...
, one of the world's most popular composers of all time. Barbosa-Lima would often meet him at Jobim's upper east side apartment in New York City for impromptu jam sessions. It was out of these sessions that came the recording Carlos Barbosa-Lima plays Music by Antonio Carlos Jobim and George Gershwin a crossover CD before the word was popular. Jobim was immediately impressed with Barbosa-Lima's arranging technique for guitar which Barbosa-Lima describes as "multi-linear" basically meaning several voices moving at once like classical guitar technique. At the time of their meetings Jobim was more familiar with the Brazilian guitar technique which utilized a "block chord" technique as Jobim himself used. "...Barbosa-Lima brings an ear attuned to counterpoint and technique that gives each independent line its own voice. His transcriptions find and define every moving part, in bossa novas and countermelodies together as he does in Gershwin, he sounds like a team of guitarists". And in keeping with Barbosa-Lima's multi-linear technique the Cuban composer Leo Brouwer
Leo Brouwer
Juan Leovigildo Brouwer Mezquida is a Cuban composer, conductor and guitarist. He is the grandson of Cuban composer Ernestina Lecuona Casado.-Biography:...
has said; "...when unknowingly I [Brouwer] walked by a hotel room and heard guitar music I thought I was listening to a guitar duo and then suddenly recognized the music and realized it was Barbosa-Lima playing solo. If I weren't a guitar player and guitar composer who noticed a mistake by one of the violinists during a rehearsal of a seventy-member orchestra my confusion could be justified. I believe that Carlos Barbosa-Lima is a genius of transcriptions of Latin American music for guitar."
Currently Barbosa-Lima records for the Zoho music record label and has released five recordings under this label and the direction of Barbosa-Lima's recordings as well as his concert programing have a definite Latin American concept. In April, 2010 Barbosa-Lima celebrated the release of his fiftieth recording release, Merengue (Zoho Music, CD 200911) at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall.
Recordings
Carlos Barbosa-Lima's unique style integrates classical, Latin, and jazz. His discography extends over forty releases and over fifty years. He currently records for the Zoho label.Due to his first recording (age 13) having been made in 1958, when the recording industry had not yet gone digital, the initial recordings were all on analog media, primarily 45rpm, 78 rpm, and LP disks, along with cassette tapes. A long-term relationship with Concord Records developed in 1982, and it began on analog media, taking the recording process into the digital age with CDs.
When Concord changed its focus, Barbosa-Lima developed a new partnership with the New York based Zoho label in 2001 beginning with his recording Frenesi (Zoho 200408).
Teaching
- Manhattan School of MusicManhattan School of MusicThe Manhattan School of Music is a major music conservatory located on the Upper West Side of New York City. The school offers degrees on the bachelors, masters, and doctoral levels in the areas of classical and jazz performance and composition...
- Juilliard School of Music
- Richard Miller-PhD thesis on "Choros" (Catholic University - Washington, D.C.)
- Royal College of MusicRoyal College of MusicThe Royal College of Music is a conservatoire founded by Royal Charter in 1882, located in South Kensington, London, England.-Background:The first director was Sir George Grove and he was followed by Sir Hubert Parry...
, London UK - Regularly conducts master classes worldwide
- Christopher Coats-MA thesis on Barbosa-Lima's transcribing and arranging for guitar "Keyboard Translations by Guitarist Carlos Barbosa-Lima: The Evolution from Transcriber to Arranger" (University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu. )2003.
- Adjudication international guitar compositions: 1981 = Paris (France), 1992 = NewOrleans (USA), 1996 = New York "Naumburg", 2001 = Mexico City (Mexico), 2002 = Alessandria (Italy), 2009 = Almeria (Spain).
Repertoire
Music for Guitar and Orchestra, Various Categories:- Concierto de Aranjuez Joaquín Rodrigo
- Fantasia para un gentilhombre Joaquín Rodrigo
- Concierto Antillano Ernesto Cordero
- Concierto del Sur Manuel Ponce
- Concerto no. 1 Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco
- Capricio Diabolico Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco
- Conceertino no. 1 Guido Santorsola
- Concertino no. 2 (dedicated to CBL) Guido Santorsola
- Concerto Heitor Villa-Lobos
- A Lenda do Caboclo (arr. by ByronYasui) Heitor Villa-Lobos
- Concerto (dedicated to CBL) Francisco Mignone
- Concerto de Copacabana Radanies Gnattali
- Piccola Arieta no. 2 Byron Yasui
- Rhapsody in Blue (arr. by CBL ) George Gershwin
- Concierto en modo frigio Eduardo Grau
- Eloise and Abelard (dedicated to CBL) Bobby Scott
- Clio (dedicated to CBL) Bobby Scott
- From Yesterday to Penny Lane (arr. Brouwer) Paul McCartney/John Lennon
- Concertino da California Albert Harris
- Suite Retratos Radanes Gnattali
- Concerto (viola brasileira) (ded. to CBL) Theodoro Nogueira
- O Boto (arr. by Byron Yasui) Antonio Carlos Jobim
- Saudade do Brasil (arr. Paulo Jobim) Antonio Carlos Jobim
- Meu amigo Radames (arr. Paulo Jobim) Antonio Carlos Jobim
- Concerto (orig. harp—arr. by CBL) George Frederic Handel
- Concerto (orig. no. 5 harpsichord arr. CBL) Johann Sebastian Bach
- Modinha (arr. Bobby Scott) Francisco Mignone
- Amazonia (arr. CBL) Laurindo Almeida
Classical European
- Fifteen Sonatas by Domenico ScarlattiDomenico ScarlattiGiuseppe Domenico Scarlatti was an Italian composer who spent much of his life in the service of the Portuguese and Spanish royal families. He is classified as a Baroque composer chronologically, although his music was influential in the development of the Classical style...
- Sonata no. 2 (orig. violin) by Johann Sebastian BachJohann Sebastian BachJohann Sebastian Bach was a German composer, organist, harpsichordist, violist, and violinist whose sacred and secular works for choir, orchestra, and solo instruments drew together the strands of the Baroque period and brought it to its ultimate maturity...
- Suite (orig. for harpsichord) by George Frederic Handel
- Six Lute Pieces by Silvius Leopold Weiss
French Impressionistic music
- Several pieces by Claude DebussyClaude DebussyClaude-Achille Debussy was a French composer. Along with Maurice Ravel, he was one of the most prominent figures working within the field of impressionist music, though he himself intensely disliked the term when applied to his compositions...
, Maurice RavelMaurice RavelJoseph-Maurice Ravel was a French composer known especially for his melodies, orchestral and instrumental textures and effects...
, Erik SatieErik SatieÉric Alfred Leslie Satie was a French composer and pianist. Satie was a colourful figure in the early 20th century Parisian avant-garde...
, and Gabriel FauréGabriel FauréGabriel Urbain Fauré was a French composer, organist, pianist and teacher. He was one of the foremost French composers of his generation, and his musical style influenced many 20th century composers...
.
Caribbean and Mexico
- Works by Ernesto LecuonaErnesto LecuonaErnesto Lecuona y Casado was a Cuban composer and pianist of Canarian father and Cuban mother, and worldwide fame. He composed over six hundred pieces, mostly in the Cuban vein, and was a pianist of exceptional quality....
, Rafael HernándezRafael Hernández MarínRafael Hernández , was one of the most important composers of Puerto Rican popular music during the 20th century.-Early years:...
, César Almodóvar, Enric MadrigueraEnric MadrigueraEnric Madriguera was a Spanish child who was playing concerts before he studied at the Barcelona Conservatory. Whilst still in his twenties he was lead violinist at Boston's and Symphony orchestras before becoming the conductor of the Cuban Philharmonic.In the 1940s he was recording Latin American...
, Agustín LaraAgustín LaraAgustín Lara was a Mexican singer and songwriter.-Biography:Lara was born in Tlacotalpan, Veracruz. Later, the Lara family had to move again to Mexico City, establishing their house in the borough of Coyoacán. After Lara's mother died, Agustín and his siblings lived in a hospice run by their...
, Alberto Dominguez, Álvaro CarrilloÁlvaro CarrilloÁlvaro Carrillo Alarcón was a Mexican popular music composer born in San Juan Cacahuatepec, Oaxaca, on 2 December 1921, who died in a car accident on 3 April 1969...
, Rubén FuentesRubén FuentesRubén Fuentes Gassón , is a Mexican classical violinist and composer, who is best known for his contributions to Mariachi music. In 1944, he joined Mariachi Vargas de Tecalitlán as a violinist and later as a music arranger. In 1955 Fuentes stopped performing in the group, but he maintains his...
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Brasil
- Pieces by Antonio Carlos JobimAntônio Carlos JobimAntônio Carlos Brasileiro de Almeida Jobim , also known as Tom Jobim , was a Brazilian songwriter, composer, arranger, singer, and pianist/guitarist. He was a primary force behind the creation of the bossa nova style, and his songs have been performed by many singers and instrumentalists within...
, Alfredo da Rocha Viana Filho PixinguinhaPixinguinhaAlfredo da Rocha Viana, Jr., better known as Pixinguinha was a composer, arranger, flautist and saxophonist born in Rio de Janeiro. Pixinguinha is considered one of the greatest Brazilian composers of popular music, particularly within the genre of music known as choro...
, along with pieces by Luiz BonfáLuiz BonfáLuiz Floriano Bonfá was a Brazilian guitarist and composer best known for the compositions he penned for the film Black Orpheus.-Biography:...
, Noel RosaNoel RosaNoel de Medeiros Rosa was a Brazilian songwriter, singer, and guitar/banjo player. One of the greatest names in Brazilian popular music, Noel gave a new twist to samba, combining its Afro-Brazilian roots with a more urban, witty language and making it a vehicle for ironic social commentary.Noel...
, Ary BarrosoAry BarrosoAry Barroso was a Brazilian composer, pianist, soccer commentator, and talent-show host on radio and TV...
, Ernesto NazarethErnesto NazarethErnesto Júlio de Nazareth was a Brazilian composer and pianist, especially noted for his creative tango and Choro compositions.Ernesto Nazareth was born in Rio de Janeiro, one of five children. His mother, Carolina da Cunha gave him his first piano lessons...
, Catullo do Paixao Cearense.
North American
- Many arrangements of music composed by George GershwinGeorge GershwinGeorge Gershwin was an American composer and pianist. Gershwin's compositions spanned both popular and classical genres, and his most popular melodies are widely known...
, Cole PorterCole PorterCole Albert Porter was an American composer and songwriter. Born to a wealthy family in Indiana, he defied the wishes of his domineering grandfather and took up music as a profession. Classically trained, he was drawn towards musical theatre...
, Dave BrubeckDave BrubeckDavid Warren "Dave" Brubeck is an American jazz pianist. He has written a number of jazz standards, including "In Your Own Sweet Way" and "The Duke". Brubeck's style ranges from refined to bombastic, reflecting his mother's attempts at classical training and his improvisational skills...
, Irving BerlinIrving BerlinIrving Berlin was an American composer and lyricist of Jewish heritage, widely considered one of the greatest songwriters in American history.His first hit song, "Alexander's Ragtime Band", became world famous...
, Scott JoplinScott JoplinScott Joplin was an American composer and pianist. Joplin achieved fame for his ragtime compositions, and was later dubbed "The King of Ragtime". During his brief career, Joplin wrote 44 original ragtime pieces, one ragtime ballet, and two operas...
, and several that incorporate American folk songs.
International transitional styles
- Music from Scandinavian countries and several pieces by Kurt WeillKurt WeillKurt Julian Weill was a German-Jewish composer, active from the 1920s, and in his later years in the United States. He was a leading composer for the stage who was best known for his fruitful collaborations with Bertolt Brecht...
have been arranged, with other, more well-known pieces such as "Don't Cry For Me Argentina" (from Evita) by Andrew Lloyd WebberAndrew Lloyd WebberAndrew Lloyd Webber, Baron Lloyd-Webber is an English composer of musical theatre.Lloyd Webber has achieved great popular success in musical theatre. Several of his musicals have run for more than a decade both in the West End and on Broadway. He has composed 13 musicals, a song cycle, a set of...
; "Send In the Clowns" by Stephen SondheimStephen SondheimStephen Joshua Sondheim is an American composer and lyricist for stage and film. He is the winner of an Academy Award, multiple Tony Awards including the Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre, multiple Grammy Awards, a Pulitzer Prize and the Laurence Olivier Award...
, "Nuages" by Django ReinhardtDjango ReinhardtDjango Reinhardt was a pioneering virtuoso jazz guitarist and composer who invented an entirely new style of jazz guitar technique that has since become a living musical tradition within French gypsy culture...
, "Summer of '42", by Michel LegrandMichel LegrandMichel Jean Legrand is a French musical composer, arranger, conductor, and pianist...
, and "Memory" (from Cats), by Andrew Lloyd Webber.
Original music written for or dedicated to Carlos Barbosa-Lima
- "Fantasy On A Hawaiian Lullaby", by Byron Yasui, based on "Pupu Hinu Hinu" by Nona Beamer,
- Several other pieces by Byron Yasui
- works by Leo BrouwerLeo BrouwerJuan Leovigildo Brouwer Mezquida is a Cuban composer, conductor and guitarist. He is the grandson of Cuban composer Ernestina Lecuona Casado.-Biography:...
, Manuel Ponce, Guido Santorsola, Isaias Savio, Antonio LauroAntonio LauroAntonio Lauro was a Venezuelan musician, considered to be one of the foremost South American composers for the Guitar in the 20th century.- Biography :Antonio Lauro was born in Ciudad Bolívar, Venezuela...
, Alberto GinasteraAlberto GinasteraAlberto Evaristo Ginastera was an Argentine composer of classical music. He is considered one of the most important Latin American classical composers.- Biography :...
, Ernesto CorderoErnesto CorderoErnesto Javier Cordero Arroyo is a Mexican politician affiliated to the National Action Party . In 2008 Felipe Calderón designated him as Secretary of Social Development, and in 2010, he was made finance minister.-Personal life:...
, Julio Cesar Oliva, Gentil MontañaGentil MontañaGentil Montaña was a classical guitarist and composer from Colombia.He was the director of the Fundación Gentil Montaña.External links=* - http://www.gentilmontana.org/**...
, Abel CarlevaroAbel CarlevaroAbel Carlevaro was a virtuos performer, classical guitar composer and teacher born in Montevideo, Uruguay. He established a new school of instrumental technique, incorporating a fresh approach to seating and playing the guitar, based on anatomical principles.He had a successful career as a concert...
, Diego Legrand, Carlos Payes. - pieces by Heitor Villa-LobosHeitor Villa-LobosHeitor Villa-Lobos was a Brazilian composer, described as "the single most significant creative figure in 20th-century Brazilian art music". Villa-Lobos has become the best-known and most significant Latin American composer to date. He wrote numerous orchestral, chamber, instrumental and vocal works...
, Francisco MignoneFrancisco MignoneFrancisco Paulo Mignone is one of the most significant figures in Brazilian classical music, and one of the most significant Brazilian composers after Heitor Villa-Lobos...
, Radamés GnattaliRadamés GnattaliRadamés Gnattali , was a Brazilian classical composer, conductor, orchestrator, and arranger.Radamés Gnattali was born in Porto Alegre, the son of Alessandro Gnattali and Adélia Fossati. Both his father and mother were musicians...
, Laurindo AlmeidaLaurindo AlmeidaLaurindo Almeida was a Brazilian virtuoso guitaristand composer who made many recordings of enduring impact in classical, jazz and Latin genres...
, Paulo BellinatiPaulo BellinatiPaulo Bellinati is a classical guitarist from Brazil. He studied classical guitar with Isais Savio and graduated from the Conservatório Dramático e Musical de São Paulo...
, Mauricio Carrilho, Carlos GomezCarlos GómezCarlos Argelis Gómez Pena, nicknamed "Go-Go", is a Major League Baseball outfielder for the Milwaukee Brewers.-Minor leagues:...
, Oscar FernandezÓscar FernándezÓscar Fernández is a Spanish judoka.-Achievements:-References:* on JudoInside.com...
. - pieces by Bobby Scott, including solos, chamber music, guitar and chamber orchestra pieces.
Influence of teachers
- Manuel Carlos Barbosa-Lima (father and best mentor/character formation)
- Isaias Savio, fundamentals; guitar mentor; the big picture; stage presence
- Andrés SegoviaAndrés SegoviaAndrés Torres Segovia, 1st Marquis of Salobreña , known as Andrés Segovia, was a virtuoso Spanish classical guitarist from Linares, Jaén, Andalucia, Spain...
--shaping technique and expression - Theodoro Nogueira, composer—arranging music for guitar
- Guido Santorsola, composer—mentor; focus on the big picture later stages
Discography
- 1958 Chantecler Dez Dedos Magicos Num Violão De Ouro (LP)
- 1958 Chantecler Favorite Solos (78 rpm)
- 1959 Chantecler O Menino e o Violão (LP)
- 1959 Chantecler Selected Solos (45 rpm)
- 1960 Chantecler Concerto de Violão (LP)
- 1961 Chantecler Recital Brasileiro I (LP)
- 1962 Chantecler Recital Brasileiro II (LP)
- 1962 Chantecler Viola Brasileira (Orchestral & Solos) (LP)
- 1963 Chantecler Missa de N. Sra. dos Navegantes (viola brasileira & choir) (LP)
- 1964 RGE Concerto em Modo Frigio (orchestra & solos) (LP)
- 1964 Chantecler Imortal Catullo (LP)
- 1965 Chantecler Modinhas (LP)
- 1966 Chantecler Recital Brasileiro III (LP)
- 1971 Westminster Carlos Barbosa-Lima Plays Scarlatti Sonatas (LP)
- 1971 Westminster Solo Pieces Recital (LP) unreleased
- 1974 ABC Dunhill Scarlatti Sonatas (rerelease) (LP)
- 1978 Phillips of Brasil Mignone Twelve Etudes (LP)
- 1981 Private Label Leonardo Balada's Suite No. 1 (LP)
- 1980 Continental Brasil e o Violão (LP)
- 1982 Concord Carlos Barbosa-Lima Plays Jobim & Gershwin (LP)
- 1983 Concord Motion picture soundtrack "Deal of the Century"
- 1983 Concord Carlos Barbosa-Lima Plays Scott Joplin (LP)
- 1984 Concord Carlos Barbosa-Lima Plays Bonfa & Porter (LP)
- 1985 Concord Impressions (LP)
- 1986 Concord Brazil, With Love (with Sharon Isbin) (LP & CD)
- 1987 Concord Rhapsody in Blue/West Side Story (with Sharon Isbin)
- 1988 Private Label Music of Bobby Scott (five projects-cassette)
- 1989 Concord Carlos Barbosa-Lima Plays Jobim & Gershwin (extra tracks CD)
- 1989 Concord Carlos Barbosa-Lima—The Entertainer/Joplin (extra tracks CD)
- 1989 Concord Carlos Barbosa-Lima Plays Bonfa & Porter (extra tracks CD)
- 1989 Concord Impressions (extra tracks CD)
- 1990 Concord Music of the Brazilian Masters (with Byrd & Almeida) (CD)
- 1990 Private Label Brasil, With Love (w/Sharon Isbin rerelease project CD)
- 1991 Concord Music of the Americas (CD)
- 1991 Private Label Guitar Solo Brasil Holiday Project (CD)
- 1992 Concord Chants For The Chief (w/Thiago deMello CD)
- 1993 Concord Ginastera's Sonata (CD)
- 1994 Concord Twilight in Rio (CD)
- 1995 Concord Quintet Music for Guitar (w/C. Byrd CD)
- 1996 Mel Bay Brazilian Guitar (CD)
- 1997 Concord From Yesterday to Penny Lane (Orchestral) (CD)
- 1998 Concord O Boto (Orchestral CD)
- 1999 Concord Christmas Compilation CD
- 2000 Private Calle de la Luna (Venezuela) Guest of Gustavo Colina
- 2001 Zoho Siboney (with guests CD)
- 2001 Labor Records Music of Tribute Vol. II-Debussy (soloist compilation CD)
- 2001 Jazz Station Rio-Solo Guitar (CD) unreleased
- 2002 Zoho Frenesi (with guests CD)
- 2003 Labor Records Between Two Worlds (CD)
- 2005 Zoho Carioca (with guests CD)
- 2006 Private Label Guitar Duets (w.Victor Pellegrini unreleased CD)
- 2007 Zoho O Boto (re-release CD)
- 2008 On Music Alma y Corazon (with Berta Rojas CD)
- 2009 Zoho Merengue (with other guests CD)
- 2010 River Bank Romance of the Guitar (guest-duets with Byron Yasui)
Books and monographs written
- 1984 BelwinMills Music of Scott Joplin (subsequently Warner Brothers)
- 1993 Mel Bay Master Anthology of Blues Guitar Solos (Volume I) (Book/CD)
- 1993 Warner Bros Music of Isaac Albeniz (Music book/CD)
- 1994 Mel Bay Brazilian Music for Acoustic guitar (Two Volumes)
- 1995 Warner Bros. Music of Debussy & Ravel
- 1996 Mel Bay Suite Antilliana; composed by Ernesto Cordeiro (Book/CD)
- 1997 Mel Bay Brazilian Jazz Guitar Styles (BookCD)
- 1998 Mel Bay 30 Short Pieces For Guitar (Book/CD)
- 1999 Mel Bay Arpreggio Studies For Guitar (Book/CD)
Publications
Guitar Solo Publications (GSP): Arrangements by Carlos Barbosa-Lima- Three American Folk Songs ( for voice & guitar; solo guitar)
- Four Pieces by Luiz Bonfá
- Six Pieces by Dave Brubeck
- Eleven Immortal Songs by Catullo da Paixao Cearense
- Samba Chorado by Thiago de Mello
- Nine Pieces by Antonio Carlos Jobim
- Seven Valsas de Esquina by Francisco Mignone
- Four Pieces by Ernesto Nazareth (two guitars)
- Eight Pieces by Alfredo Viana "Pixinguinha"
- Four Pieces by Alfredo Vianna "Pixinguinha" (for two guitars)
- Impressions-Eleven Pieces by Faure, Ravel, Debussy, Satie
- Twelve Modinhas-by various authors
Columbia Music Company (CMC): Arrangements by Carlos Barbosa-Lima
- Sonatas by Domenico Scarlatti (orig. harpsichord)
- Sonata No.2 (orig. violin) by Johann Sebastian Bach
- Suite (orig. harpsichord) by George Frederic Haendel
- Concerto For Guitar & String Orchestra (orig. harp) by George Frederic Haendel
- Six Lute Pieces by Sylvius Leopold Weiss
- Cadiz by Isaac Albeniz
- Córdoba by Issac Albeniz
- Spanish Dances No. 3 & 6 by Enrique Granados
Original Works by Various Authors Edited by Carlos Barbosa-Lima
- Twelve Etudes by Francisco Mignone (dedicated to Barbosa-Lima)
- Suite by Leonardo Balada
- Sonatina by Albert Harris
- Partita by John Duarte (dedicated to Barbosa-Lima)
- Valsa-Choro by Guido Santorsola (dedicated to Barbosa-Lima)
Warner Brothers: Arrangements by Carlos Barbosa-Lima
- Music by Scott Joplin—10 Pieces
- Music by Isaac Albeniz—5 Pieces (w/CD)
- Music by Debussy and Ravel—5 Pieces (w/CD)
Boosey and Hawkes:
- Sonata Op.47 by Alberto Ginastera (dedicated to Barbosa-Lima)
- Two Dances from "Suite de Danzas Criollas" (arranged by Barbosa-Lima)
Ricordi Brasileira
- Suite Antiga (5 pieces) by Guido Santorsola (edited by Barbosa-Lima)
Global performance reviews and newspaper articles
- Classical Guitar Magazine (UK)
- Gendai Guitar Magazine (Japan)
- Soundboard Guitar Magazine (USA)
Videos
- 1964 Vereda da Salvacao Motion Picture Soundtrack (with Viola Brasileira)
- 1983 Deal of the Century Motion Picture Soundtrack
- 1984 Private Label Selected Solos DVD (hosted by Antonio Carlos Jobim)
- 1997 Private Label Estrada do Sol (VHS/DVD)
- 1999 Mel Bay VHS Favorite Guitar Solos (DVD released 2001)
- 2001 Mel Bay DVD Classic Guitar DVD Anthology
Instruments
- Barbosa-Lima currently plays a guitar made by Richard Prenkert of Sebastopal, California.
- Earlier instruments included guitars made by Andres Caruncho of Miami, FloridaMiami, FloridaMiami is a city located on the Atlantic coast in southeastern Florida and the county seat of Miami-Dade County, the most populous county in Florida and the eighth-most populous county in the United States with a population of 2,500,625...
and Jose RamirezJosé RamírezRamírez Guitars is a Spanish manufacturer of high-quality classical and flamenco guitars.-History:Ramírez guitars have now been produced by four generations of the family....
of Madrid, Spain.