Paulo Galvão - is a composer

Composer

A composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...

, lutenist, theorbist and guitarist

Guitarist

A guitarist is a musician who plays the guitar. Guitarists may play a variety of instruments such as classical guitars, acoustic guitars, electric guitars, and bass guitars. Some guitarists accompany themselves on the guitar while singing.- Versatility :The guitarist controls an extremely...

, noted in particular for his compositions for 5-course baroque guitar

Baroque guitar

The Baroque guitar is a guitar from the baroque era , an ancestor of the modern classical guitar. The term is also used for modern instruments made in the same style....

 published under the allonym "AdC". These works were performed on baroque guitar

Baroque guitar

The Baroque guitar is a guitar from the baroque era , an ancestor of the modern classical guitar. The term is also used for modern instruments made in the same style....

 by Marcello Vitale

Marcello Vitale

Marcello Vitale is an important virtuoso performer and recording artist on the chitarra battente and baroque guitar, also noted for his collaborations with ensemble L'Arpeggiata, and Peter Gabriel.-External links:...

 and Marco Meloni.

Biography

Paulo Galvão had his first musical studies at the Escola de Música de Grupo Coral de Lagos. He later studied classical guitar, lute, theorbo, and baroque guitar with Manuel Morais at the National Conservatory in Lisbon. He had further professional studies with Ede Roth, Hopkinson Smith

Hopkinson Smith

Hopkinson Smith is an American lutenist.Born in New York, he graduated from Harvard with Honors in Music...

, Jakob Lindberg and Carlo Marchione

Carlo Marchione

Carlo Marchione is an Italian classical guitarist born in Rome, Italy in 1964.-Biography:In the course of his career he has been awarded many top prizes in International competitions Carlo Marchione is an Italian classical guitarist born in Rome, Italy in 1964.-Biography:In the course of his career...

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