page_title: Braz da Viola
section_title: Lutenist
hierarchical_section_title: Braz da Viola / Lutenist
caption_attribution_description: English: Viola Caipira Português: Viola Caipira Deutsch: viola caipira Español: viola caipira
context_page_description: Braz Roberto da Costa, known professionally as Braz da Viola, is a Brazilian multi-instrumentalist musician, luthier, conductor and teacher. He runs workshops of viola caipira in several cities in Brazil. He played with several guitar players in Brazil, such as Roberto Corrêa, Paulo Freire, Renato Andrade, Pereira da Viola, Ivan Vilela and dual Zé Mulato and Cassiano. He worked with Inezita Barroso, when the singer appeared accompanied by the Orquestra de Viola Caipira de São José dos Campos.
context_section_description: He learned the craft of building viola caipira from Renato Vieira, factory of violas Xadrez. In 1994, deployed two lutenist of viola workshops in Sao Jose dos Campos and São Francisco Xavier. Currently he is building violas de cocho in his own atelier, a typical instrument of the Brazilian Pantanal.
caption: Viola caipira with fine marquetry work (Braz da Viola)
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