Friday 7th August 22:00 h.
Es Trinquet square, Estellencs.
Free




Diego Figueiredo, 29 year old only, is considetated one of the most guitar talents of the world. He is winner of several importants competitions like Montreux Jazz Competition, VISA Prize and some others. With a lot of recorded albuns and wroten books, Diego is showing now his new concert “ From the Classical to the Jazz”. It is a fusion between Jazz , Bossa-nova and Classical music. Diego has an unique interpretation, with a lot of technique, much emotion, and his show has been a great sucsses about to the audience.

Diego Figueiredo was born in Franca, Brazil, in 1980, and at the age of 4, he used to strike poses carrying his small guitar. At six, he got a mandolin, which was kept in a very special place in his house. Diego played many instruments before choosing the electric guitar when he was twelve, playing in theaters and local pubs, revealing the great art of improvising and harmonizing. At 15, he conquered theaters and nightclubs in many different Brazilian states, playing solo or with renowned musicians.

For some years he joined different bands, like Banda Gênese and Squema Seis from Brasília, where he lived for a while.
He has studied classical guitar, Brazilian Popular Music and jazz in conservatories in Franca, Ribeirão Preto and Tatuí.
In 1999, he won first place in a contest in South America , when he was awarded a scholarship to study at Berklee College of Music, and when he got all judges amazed with his particular style.

In June 2001, Diego Figueiredo conquered second place in VISA Prize of Instrumental Brazilian Popular Music, receiving high praise from the judges maestro Nelson Ayres, Guinga, Paulo Bellinati, Arrigo Barnabé, Ulisses Rocha, Rodolfo Stroeter, Benjamim Taubkin, Mário Zaccaro and others.

He was finalist for the ICATU HARTFORD Prize in Rio de Janeiro and was praised by the judges Marco Pereira and Cristóvão Bastos as one of the greatest guitar soloists.
Nowadays he accompanies the singer and songwriter Belchior in tours around Brazil and abroad. He has played and shared the stage with , Hermeto Paschoal, Geraldo Azevedo, Sebastião Tapajós, Demônios da Garoa, Vanusa, Renato Borghetti, Osvaldo Montenegro, Jair Rodrigues, Elomar, Toquinho, Tunai, Paulinho da Viola, Nando Cordel, Moraes Moreira, Fafá de Belém, Amelinha, Los Hermanos, Zeca Baleiro, Miyazawa and others.

Besides being a guitar player, Diego is a producer, arranger, orchestrator, multi-instrumentalist and has recently produced and arranged the double album “As várias caras de Drummond” for which Belchior wrote the music for Drummond´s poems, and which was released in CARAS magazine.
In performances around Europe, mainly in Germany, Diego impressed with his technique and sensitivity performing at the University of Berlin, at Quasimodo (where he shared the stage with John Scofield and Yellowjackets) and at the Brazilian Embassy. In 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, he performed at La Paz Festijazz, held in Bolivia. In the first year, it was a duet with harmonica player Gabriel Grossi, and then a quartet with Daniel Santiago, Amoy Ribas and Gabriel Grossi and in the last year he played with the pianist Alexandre Piu. Diego was invited by the Symphonic Orchestra of La Paz to take part in the recordings of a CD and a DVD and to perform in some concerts to honor Tom Jobim, entitled Jobim de los Andes.

This semester Diego will be releasing some works: a classical album, another album in which he plays several instruments, an album he produced for a Bolivian singer, and a book on Improvising entitled “New Patterns”.

Diego was recently in New York as a special guest to give a workshop and to perform 3 concerts in IAJE - International Association for Jazz Education.
Diego Figueiredo has just released his album “Autêntico” and has been performing around Brazil and abroad. Accompanied by great musicians, he presents an amazing show of sensitivity, technique and emotion which impresses all audiences. He is considered by the critics as one of the greatest guitar players of the present time.