LUIS CARLOS BARBIERI
L.C.Barbieri became a noted interpreter playing in the Duo B/S. The Duo played for 14 years in the main theaters of Brazil, Argentina, Mexico, Italy, Austria, Switzerland and Portugal. While playing in the Duo he recorded 3 CDs at the Santuário Ecológico do Caraça/MG (Caraça Environmental Sanctuary, Minas Gerais State). The CDs were issued by Bob Digital. The Duo Barbieri/Schneiter career was interrupted by the sudden death of FS in 2001.
Since 2004 L.C. Barbieri has been the coordinator of Mostra e Concurso Nacional de Violão Fred Schneiter (FS Guitar Exhibit and Contest). The event is considered the most important Guitar Contest in Brazil. He was Director of AV-Rio (Associação de Violão do Rio) (Guitar Association of RJ) from 2001 to 2007. In 2007 he also was President of this Association.
LC Barbieri produced and presented the progams “Violões em Foco” (Guitar in Focus) at Rádio MEC FM and “Violão & Cia” (Guitar & Company) at Opus 90. His piece “Prelúdio e Dança nº 1” was published in Europe by Edizioni Carrara (Italy).
As international career highlights he played in Switzerland, Spain, Portugal, France, Uruguay, Paraguay and Perú.
FRED SCHNEITER
In spite of his premature death he left a precious legacy: an important oeuvre for guitar solo and duo, plus compositions for guitar quartet and trio, wind and strings quartets, choir and several arrangements and transcriptions for two guitars.
F. Schneiter started studying guitar in RJ with Luiz Antônio Perez. He graduated as Bachelor in Guitar, UNIRIO (Universidade do Rio de J.) in 1987 and in this same year started his work with LCB in the B&S Duo. His “Suíte Nº 1” for two guitars was edited by Columbia Music Company (USA).
He was awarded the first place at the Concurso de Composição do I Ciclo de Violão (Composition Contest of the I Cycle of Guitar), SP, 1991, with the work “Fantasia 521” for two guitars.
He was born in S. /Ba – Brazil, 10/03/1959 and died in RJ, 05/05/2001.
“BARBIERI & SCHNEITER – SOLO”
In 1999 Fred and I started the elaboration of a project to record a CD with our works for guitar solo. We had a considerable repertoire for guitar solo, in spite of working full time with compositions, arrangements, transcriptions for the Duo. We decided that I would study some pieces and we would record little by little. Fred was the recording music producer so we would have another Duo work. The time frame was not in consideration. When F. died, 2001, some pieces had already been recorded. At that time I decided that this project, which was parallel to the Duo career, was going to be my main own project.
I abandoned all the previous recordings and started to study the entire selected repertoire. I also began searching for my sound as a soloist. For 14 years we had worked on sounding as one guitar. My sound was programmed to function in the Duo context. Now I would have to adequate to a new reality and then resume recording.
The repertoire is quite eclectic, in spite of being formed with our own pieces. There are several styles and musical influences, all with the strong presence of Brazilian music.
It is worth remembering that Garotice, by F., was not in the original project, but since it was the last piece written by F. I decided to include it in the repertoire. After some time I understood that the CD “B & S - solo” could not be a tribute to F., since it really is another work by our Duo.
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LUIS CARLOS BARBIERI Ganhou notoriedade com seu trabalho no Duo Barbieri-Schneiter, com o qual realizou, por 14 anos, concertos nas principais Salas do Brasil, além da Argentina, México, Itália, Áustria, Suíça e Portugal. Com o Duo gravou 3 CDs no Santuário Ecológico do Caraça (MG) lançados pela Rob Digital.
A carreira do Duo foi interrompida com a morte prematura de Fred Schneiter, em 2001.
Gravou, em 2002, o CD “Barbieri& Schneiter solo”, totalmente voltado para suas composições e as de Fred Schneiter. Participou como solista da trilha sonora do filme “O Outro lado da Rua”, de Marcos Bernstein (2004). Em 2006 gravou seu segundo CD solo intitulado “Violão Urbano” dedicado especialmente às obras de compositores brasileiros.
Em 2003 sua música “Prelúdio e Dança nº 1” foi editada pela Edizioni Carrara (Itália) e lançada na Europa.
Coordenou vários projetos musicais, tais como: “Classique 91” (Aliança Francesa/RJ), “O Violão na Sala” / 92, 93 e 94 (Sala Cecília Meireles/RJ), “Violonistas Compositores” / 95 (Espaço Cultural Sérgio Porto/RJ) e o “I Circuito Violão Real”/ 2004 (Cidades Históricas entre o Rio de Janeiro e Minas Gerais). Coordena, desde 2004, a Mostra e Concurso Nacional de Violão Fred Schneiter, que está em sua 5º edição e é considerado um dos mais importantes Concursos de Violão do Brasil.
Foi Diretor da AV-Rio (Associação de Violão do Rio) de 2001 a 2007, ano em que atuou como Presidente da Associação.
Foi Professor Substituto do Curso de Graduação em Violão da Escola de Música da UFRJ de 2006 a 2007.
Como destaques internacionais Barbieri realizou concertos no “Festival de Guitare de Lausanne” (Suíça/2002), nas “Jornadas Internacionales de debate sobre la Guitarra”, em Valencia (Espanha/2003), na Eglise de Camélas, Perpignan (França/2003), no“3º Festival Internacional Eduardo Fabini”, em Montevideo (Uruguai/2003), no Encuentro Internacional de Guitarras Homenage a Agustín Barrios, em Asuncion e San Juan Bautista (Paraguay/2006) e no 8º Festival Internacional Eduardo Fabini (Uruguai/2007) onde atuou como concertista, palestrante, professor e membro do júri. Em dezembro de 2005 realizou uma série de concertos na Espanha, Portugal e França.
Recentemente apresentou-se no XX FESTIVAL INTERNACIONAL DE GUITARRA DO ICPNA, em Lima (Perú).
Muito obrigado por aceitar meu convite, para mim é uma honra! Parabéns pelo trabalho admirável! Muito sucesso, muita paz e muita luz pra você! Um grande abraço!
Mestre Barbieri, Que bom te encontrar por aqui. Assisti um Vídeo teu no MySpaceTV com Vc tocando pra cacete! Gostei muito do Programa que o Fábio Zanon fez sobre o Duo Barbieri-schneiter.
Ficamos em contato e boa sorte na vida e na carreira.
