Yamandú Costa
Yamandú Costa (Passo Fundo, January 24, 1980) is a Brazilian guitarist and composer. His main instrument is the violão de 7 cordas, the Brazilian seven-stringed nylon guitar.
Yamandú began to study the guitar at seven years of age with his father, Algacir Costa, leader of the group Os Fronteiriços (The Frontiersmen) and mastered the instrument after studying under Lúcio Yanel, an Argentine virtuoso rooted in Brazil. At fifteen he studied the folk music of Southern Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay.
After hearing Radamés Gnattali, he began to study the music of other Brazilians, such as Baden Powell de Aquino, Tom Jobim and Raphael Rabello.
At seventeen he played in São Paulo for the first time at the Cultural Circuit Bank of Brazil which was produced by the Study Tone Brazil. Yamandú came to be recognized as the musician to revive Brazilian guitar music.
Yamandú touches diverse styles as chorinho, bossa nova, milonga, tango, samba and chamamé, making him difficult to categorize into a single genre.
Yamandú appeared in Mika Kaurismäki's 2005 documentary film Brasileirinho.
Awards
Prêmio Tim - Melhor Solista - 2004
Free Jazz Festival 2001 - Rio e São Paulo
Festival de Guitarra do Chile - 2001
Vencedor do Prêmio Visa Edição Instrumental - 2001
Circuito Cultural Banco do Brasil - 1999
Participação Festival de Nashville (EUA) - 1998
Troféu de Revelação de Música Instrumental do Estado do Rio Grande
25º Prêmio de melhor instrumentista do RS
Show em Montevidéu - 1998
Turnê em Bueno Aires - 1998
Vencedor do Prêmio Califórnia de Uruguaiana - 1995
Discography
2008 - Mafua
2007 – Lida
2007 – Yamandu + Dominguinhos
2007 – Ida e Volta
2006 – Tokyo Session
2005 – DVD - Música do Brasil Vol.I
2005 – DVD - Yamandu Costa ao Vivo
2005 – Brasileirinho
2004 – El Negro Del Blanco / Yamandu Costa e Paulo Moura
2003 – Yamandu ao Vivo
2001 – Yamandu / Premio Visa
2000 – Dois Tempos / Lucio Yanel e Yamandu Costa
Translation
The phrase "Yamandú Costa" occurs as such in the following languages: English, German.
Translation(s) in other languages: French: Yamandu Costa, Portuguese: Yamandu Costa.
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