{"id":952,"date":"2025-08-20T13:50:34","date_gmt":"2025-08-20T20:50:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/studentweb.bellevuecollege.edu\/guitarclub\/?page_id=952"},"modified":"2025-10-02T06:27:14","modified_gmt":"2025-10-02T13:27:14","slug":"joao-luiz","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/studentweb.bellevuecollege.edu\/guitarclub\/joao-luiz\/","title":{"rendered":"Jo\u00e3o Luiz"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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FRIDAY, APRIL 17, 2026
7:30 PM, CARLSON THEATRE<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Admission:
General $15
BC Students with ID Free<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Two time Latin Grammy nominee guitarist, educator, and composer Jo\u00e3o Luiz, began to play the popular music of his native Brazil professionally during his childhood and was later trained in classical guitar by his mentor Henrique Pinto. Winner of the 2006 Concert Artists Guild Competition as a member of the critically acclaimed Brasil Guitar Duo, Jo\u00e3o has performed extensively in the United States, Asia, Europe and Latin America. As a performer and composer Jo\u00e3o is equally at home with classical, Brazilian and world music; his solo guitar, chamber music, and concerto repertoire covers all the main works in the guitar literature from Dowland to Berio and Brazilian rhythms from choro to bai\u00e3o. His versatility led him to be chosen to collaborate with Yo-Yo Ma and Carlos Prieto on a project to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the Cuban composer Leo Brouwer in a landmark concert in Cuba in 2014.

His arrangements and compositions have been recorded and played by Marina Piccinini, F\u00e1bio Zanon, Quaternaglia, Olson\/De Cari Duo, Danilo Brito, Paquito D\u2019Rivera, Clarice Assad, Bridget Kibbey, Jiji, Sybarite 5, D-Composed, Pl\u00ednio Fernandes, The Newman & Oltman guitar duo, Aquarelle Guitar Quartet, David Leisner, and the New York City Classical Guitar Society.

Luiz\u2019s harp concerto Recife written for Bridget Kibbey was premiered by the Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra in 2019. His concertino for guitar and strings MadriAfro I was premiered in New York by the S\u00e3o Paulo Chamber Soloists in 2022. Jo\u00e3o\u2019s most recent work Sarav\u00e1 for string quartet and guitar was premiered at the S\u00e3o Paulo Symphony hall receiving rave reviews as one of the highlights of the season. Jo\u00e3o\u2019s work received one of Brazil\u2019s most prestigious award for the arts, the APCA 2024 as the best new work premiere.

Recent commissions include works for the USC Thornton School of Music guitar department, NYC Master Chorale, Duo Amaris, GFA, Duo Sonidos and USGO. Jo\u00e3o has recorded more than twenty CDs playing solo, duo, trio and in quartet, most of which have featured his arrangements of classical or Brazilian works. Jo\u00e3o also formed the Trio Virado with flutist Amy Porter and violist Jaime Amador to promote contemporary Latin American chamber music. The first CD of the trio, Mangabeira was released in the fall of 2015 featuring world premiere recordings of works written specially for the trio by Assad, Hand and Brouwer. Jo\u00e3o\u2019s most recent solo album, Central Guitar, features twentieth century guitar works by Brazilian composers such as Gnattali, Guarnieri, and Gismonti. For his solo debut for Zoho records, Jo\u00e3o released in 2022 From Spain to S\u00e3o Paulo with Spanish guitar works by Sor, Torroba, Mompou, and Segovia. Two of Jo\u00e3o\u2019s most ambitious recording projects will be released in 2025\u2014 \u201cOs Guardi\u00e3es da Magia-Leo Brouwer por Jo\u00e3o Luiz\u201d and \u201cThe 24 studies\u201d by S\u00e9rgio Assad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jo\u00e3o holds a masters degree from Mannes College, and as the recipient of the Augustine Foundation scholarship he earned his doctoral degree from Manhattan School of Music. Eager to expand the repertoire of his instrument Jo\u00e3o has commissioned and premiered works written for him by S\u00e9rgio Assad (24 studies), Leo Brouwer (Sonata n.7 & n.10), Clarice Assad, David Leisner, Ronaldo Miranda, Mariel Mayz, Sebastian Zubieta, Marco Pereira, David Sampson, Frederic Hand and Dusan Bogdanovic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jo\u00e3o is the director of chamber music at CUNY Hunter College and guitar professor at Yale School of Music. He is a recipient of the prestigious 2023 CUNY Feliks Gross award in recognition of his outstanding scholarship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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