Lula Galvão

Lula Galvão (born Luiz Guilherme Farias Galvão in 1962 in Brasilia) is a Brazilian guitarist and arranger.He has worked with the musicians including Caetano Veloso, Guinga, Rosa Passos, Leila Pinheiro Rosa Passos, Ivan Lins and Cláudio Roditi.

He began his musical activities in Brasília with composer and singer Rosa Passos and later worked as an arranger and performer on several of her several CDs. He performed with Ivan Lins cat oncerts in the United States (at the Hollywood Bowl, the Blue Note jazz club, the San Francisco Jazz Festival,the Clifford Brown Jazz Festival) and in Japan.

With the instrumentist and composer Guinga, he performed in several concerts by the United States, Europe and Latin America as the Festival of the Guitar (Córdoba, Spain), concert with the Los Angeles Philharmonic (Disney Hall) with regency of Vince Mendoza, Joe's Pub ( N.Y ), J.F.K center of Arts (D.C), Spivey Hall(G.A), HotHouse ( I.L). He performed, also with Rosa, in the Festival de Jazz de Berne (Switzerland) with Claudio Roditi, Paquito D' Rivera, Raul de Souza, Hélio Alves. Also in Marciac Jazz festival With Claudio Roditi, Maurício Einhorn and Raul de Souza.Performed of several concerts throughout Europe alongside the Cello Player Jaques Morelenbaum. Recorded and attended the Concerts of the CD: A Foreign Sound of Caetano Veloso in the U.S. (Carnegie Hall), Europe (Barbican Theatre), (Chatelet), (Smeraldo), (L'auditori). Recorded and played with the singer and composer Joyce in the Festival de Jazz de Punta del Este. An election conducted by the magazine Guitar Player of Brazil was considered one of the ten best Guitar Brazil.Taught Workshops in Brazil (School of Music of Brasilia, Itajaí conservatory of Music, Tatuí conservatory of Music) and abroad (Monash University-Melbourn) and also with Japan and Italy. Recorded also with: Henri Salvador, Kenny Rankin, Leila Pinheiro, Chico Buarque, Chano Dominguez, Frank Gambale, Wagner Tiso.

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