NUM 1151
Title: DOIS MUNDOS
Artist: Carlos César Cunha
Composers: Silvius Leopold Weiss, Carlos Seixas, Domenico Scarlatti, Johan Sebastian Bach, Dusan Bognanovic, Fernando Lopes-Graça, Leo Brouwer, Gerald Garcia
Carlos was born in June, 1974, in Gaia.
In 1987 he began his official studies of classical guitar at “Curso de Música Silva Monteiro” (musical course).
Two years later he entered the Conservatório de Musica (conservatoire), concluding the 5th and 8th grade of guitar in the class of Prof. Artur Caldeira. During this period he participated in several internal and external auditions, solo recitals and concerts with the conservatoire orchestra.
He gained the 2nd award in the contest “RDP” jovens músicos (young musicians) 1995 (1st not conferred) and the 1st award (ex-aequo) in “Concurso Interno do Conservatório de Música do Porto”-1996. (internal contest in Oporto conservatoire)
Simultaneously, in terms of light music, he participated in several projects that obtained first awards in Matosinhos, Lisbon and also a 1st award in Wales, with a group connected to Universidade do Porto (Oporto College) which is dedicated to traditional Portuguese music collection, research and broadcast.
In 1996 he entered Escola Superior de Música e Artes do Espectáculo do Porto – ESMAE (Arts and Musical College), and concluded the bachelorship and graduation in the class of Prof. José Pina.
Besides ESMAE auditions, he appeared in several a solo recitals and in chamber music groups, with guitars (duos and trios), flute and singing, all over the country.
He attended improvement courses and “masterclasses” with José Pina and Alberto Ponce.
At the present he is part of the Teachers Board, where he also holds the position of Delegado de Cordas (string delegate) at Escola de Música da Póvoa de Varzim (musical school). He joined the musical department of Colégio de Nossa Senhora do Rosário do Porto.
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