Friday, July 30, 2010

Celso Machado Headlines Portland Folk Festival August 20, 2010


[Celso Machado]

On July 10, AfriClassical posted “1st Portland Folk Festival Features Celso Machado, Afro-Brazilian Guitarist, August 20, 2010.” Amanda Stark of the Portland Folk Festival has pointed out the complete lineup of performers at the Alberta Rose Theatre as well as schedule and ticket information:

Alberta Rose Theatre
3000 NE Alberta St., 503.719.6055
doors at 7:30 pm, $14 advance / $16 day of show, 21+
8pm: Tragos Amargos feat. Luz Elena of Y La Bamba
8:45pm: Celso Machado
10pm: Natya Leela (Classical Indian Dance)
10:30pm: Vagabond Opera

Celso Machado's website is http://www.celsomachado.com/ AfriClassical.com has long profiled Celso Machado as a Musician of African Descent whose compositions for classical guitar include both classical and world music. He was born in Brazil in 1953. Celso lived and worked in Europe for a few years. Since 1989 his home base has been Canada, and he has continued to tour widely. Éditions Henry Lemoine of Paris has published a volume of compositions whose title translates to: Brazilian Popular Music for Flute and Guitar. A forthcoming volume will be entitled Brazilian Music With Baroque Inspiration.

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