Heitor VILLA-LOBOS, PACO DE LUCIA, JS BACH, LV BEETHOVEN, Hermeto PASCOAL, Fernando SOR, Andrés SEGOVIA, Edgard VARÈSE, Györg LIGETI, Krzysztof PENDERECKI, Iannis XENAKIS, Jimi HENDRIX, QUEEN, Antonio Carlos JOBIM, Frank ZAPPA, John MCLAUGHLIN, Alfred SCHNITTKE, Pat METHENY, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Yngwie Johann MALMSTEEN; George CRUMB, Steve VAI, Igor STRAVIKSKY, Billie HOLIDAY, Giovanni PALESTRINA, AL DIMEOLA, Oscar PETERSON, John DOWLAND, Antonio VIVALDI, Joao GILBERTO, John CAGE, Karlheinz STOCKHAUSEN, Olivier MESSIAEN, Pierre SCHAEFFER, Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART, Isaac ALBÉNIZ, Leo BROUWER, Noel ROSA, El Camaron DE LA ISLA, Luciano BERIO, Milles DAVIS, Astor PIAZZOLLA, Bella BARTOK, Miles DAVIS, Charles IVES, Elvis PRESLEY, Jaco PASTORIUS, Claudio MONTEVERDI, Niccolo PAGANINI, Frédérick CHOPIN, Francisco TÁRREGA, Django REINHARDT, Ralph TOWNER, VANGELIS, Friedrich CERHA, Eric CLAPTON, John COLTRANE, Sofia GOUBAIDULINA, Gerard GRISEY, Guido D..AREZZO, Franz Joseph HAYDN, Lejaren HILLER, Orlando de LASSUS, Domenico SCARLATTI, Giacinto SCELSI, Toru TAKEMITSU, Anibal Augusto Sardinha (GAROTO), Chico BUARQUE, Pawel SZYMANSKY.
Frederick Carrilho was born in São Paulo, Brazil. He belongs of a familiar ancestry of musicians and was influenced by Altamiro Carrilho, one of the most important flutists of Brazilian Music, an alive legend of Brazilian Music.
As instrumentist (classical/acoustic and electric guitarist) is one of most proeminent musicians of his generation and composer as well. Carrilho begun studying and playing music very young and, then, for more than 20 years he is performing solo, instrumental jazz groups, progressive rock bands and in chamber classical music and among this is your Classical Guitar Duo with classical guitarist and professor Mr. Henrique Pinto. Among his teacher on classical guitar are Odilon dos Santos Pereira, Sandra Maria Pereira, Gualtieri Beloni Filho, Celia Trettel and Henrique Pinto; on composition are Raul do Valle, Achille Picchi and José Augusto Mannis.
His work O Despertar do Anjo was awarded in XIV Biannual of Brazilian Contemporary Music promoted for the FUNARTE (National Foundation of Art, the Ministry of the Culture).
Carrilho was a writter of the magazine Cover Guitarra where he presented his article The History of the Guitar and Its Evolution.
Currently, he is collaborating to VIOLÃO PROmagazine showing articles, arrangments and transcriptions for acoustic guitar.
Mr. Carrilho was invited to present an article, in May 2005, on the International Symposium Iannis Xenakis, in Athens, Greek. In June/July 2005 he participated in Oregon Bach Festival, Oregon State, United States. The song Journey to Eternity was composed for steel string guitar and live electronics programmed by the composer and performed alive for himself. The EVENTVM III, for clarinet, trombone, percussion (2), classical guitar and violin, was premiered at XVI Biannual of Contemporary Brazilian Music, promoted by the FUNARTE and sponsored by Brazilian Academy of Music in 2005.
In October 2007, his new work PROFUSÃO5 (Toccata), composed in 2007 for percussion quartet, was premiered on XVII Biannual of Brazilian Contemporary Music and it was a very successful on audience which received international complements: “PROFUSÃO5 - Toccata (2007) by Frederick Carrilho closed the evening with a bang, skillfully integrating percussion elements from popular music into a clearly-structured large-scale work. Virtuoso, and extremely enjoyable. Bravo!...." – Tom Moore, Opera Today”.
Thanks for your request,Frederick!It's a pleasure having you among my friends.I particularly appreciated the interpretation of your musique and the subtlety of your play.All the best wishes from France.RPS
Hy Fredrick, nice to meet you! I heard your music, really very nice, Compliments! I have lived 5 years in Rio de Janeiro when I was child. :-) I know a Brasilian classical guitarist that now lives in Italy, marcos Vinicius from belohorizonte, do you know him?
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