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Douglas Lora

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  • Genre: Acoustic / Classical / Other

    Location São Paulo, BR

    Profile Views: 6944

    Last Login: 8/13/2009

    Member Since 12/17/2007

    Website www.concertartists.org

    Record Label CAG records

    Type of Label Indie

  • Bio

    Douglas Lora was born in Washington DC, in 1978, but with less than one year old moved with his family to Brazil (Sao Paulo), where he lived until the age of 26. Trasiting with the same versatility through the classical and popular universes, Douglas divides his time among performing, composing, teaching and producing. Mr. Lora is a bachelor in Classical Guitar and Composition as a student of Prof. Henrique Pinto. In 2006 he achieved the Master’s Degree in Performance, under dr. Rene Gonzalez at the University of Miami, where he was also part-time teacher. At this period he was full-time guitar teachers at the Miami Conservatory of Music. With Joao Luiz, he integrates the Brasil Guitar Duo. Rapidly gaining exposure in the US, the Duo’s 2007-2008 schedule features Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco’s Concerto for Two Guitars with the Houston Symphony and conductor Carlos Miguel Prieto and recital engagements with the Tucson Guitar Society, the New York Guitar Seminar at Mannes College, New York Classical Guitar Society, Classical Guitar Society of Upstate New York and the Asociacion Nacional de Conciertos of Panama. Prior engagements include Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall on the CAG/Winners Series, New York’s Downtown River to River Festival, Columbia University’s Miller Theatre (with the Philharmonic Orchestra of the Americas), an evening of works by Cuban born composer Tania León at Symphony Space, Orange County (CA) Performing Arts Center and the Miami Guitar Festival. The Duo makes frequent appearances in conjunction with CAG’s highly regarded New Music/New Places initiative, giving concerts in diverse non-traditional spaces. Upcoming dates include BAMcafé in Brooklyn, the Art and Community Center in Rome, NY and a return to Caffe Lena in Saratoga Springs. Recent venues include Brooklyn’s Barbes Bar and Performance Space, Manhattan’s The Monkey, Long Island’s Cinema Art Center and Philadelphia’s World Café Live. The Duo’s latest CD, Bom Partido, a disc of Brazilian repertoire, is scheduled for release in August 2007 on CAG Records. Its debut CD, João Luiz e Douglas Lora, was released in 2000 to wide critical acclaim; Classical Guitar stated: “One would be hard put to think of a finer way to enter the world of recorded music.” The Duo’s next recording project is the complete works for guitar duo by Castelnuovo-Tedesco for the Naxos label. Joined by the Duo’s mentor Enrique Pinto, the players formed the Violão-Camara-Trio and recently released a CD of traditional repertoire. Douglas Lora is also a member of the Brazilian popular music group Caraivana, playing the Seven strings guitar. His compositions have been performed by major guitarists, singers and orchestras in USA and Brazil.

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