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 turibio santos non_vocal_instrumentalist 7 march 1943 são luís , brazil turibio soares santos guitarist
turibio santos

turibio soares santos -lrb- born march 7 , 1943 -rrb- is a brazilian classical guitarist .
he established himself with a wide repertoire of pieces by heitor villa-lobos , ernesto nazareth , francisco mignone , and by accompanying musicians like clara sverner , paulo moura and olivia byington on many cds .
at the age of 10 he was attracted to the classical guitar , his first teacher being antonio rebello and later oscar càceres .
in 1962 he gave his first recital in rio de janeiro , followed by a series of concerts all over brazil .
in the following year the villa-lobos museum invited him to play the brazilian composer 's `` twelve studies for guitar '' and `` the mystic sextet '' , given its first public hearing .
1964 marked the formation of a duo with oscar càceres and several tours of south america .
turibio santos decided to establish himself in europe in 1965 , in which year he won the first prize in the o.r.t.f. 's international guitar competition in paris .
his appearances in programmes on the ortf and the bbc as well as his world première recording on disc of heitor villa-lobos 's `` twelve studies '' have made him known to the european public .
many orchestras have welcomed him as a soloist , such as the monte-carlo philharmonic orchestra , l'orchestre philharmonique de radio france , the english chamber orchestra and the royal philharmonic orchestra .
in 1974 he joined yehudi menuhin and mstislav rostropovich in the opening concert for the creation of international funds for musical collaboration organised by unesco .
turibio santos has been professor of classical guitar at ufrj school of music and the director of the museu villa-lobos in rio de janeiro for 24 years .
