Ivan Vilela

Ivan Vilela (born August 28, 1962 in Minas Gerais) is a Brazilian composer, arranger, research, teacher and viola caipira player. Ivan Vilela is teacher of the School of Arts and Communication, University of São Paulo. He is director of Orquestra Filarmônica de Violas, a Brazilian orchestra composed by Brazilian violas. Ivan Vilela is one of the main ten-string guitarists (viola) nowadays. With a special style and very developed technique, he has more than 15 albums recorded, solo or with different groups, and was nominated or awarded in several prestigious prizes in Brazil. Biography edit: Ivan Vilela is the youngest of a family of eleven children. When he was 11 years, Ivan has gained from his father a guitar. The first guitar teacher was in 1973, Amaury Vieira, Itajubá. He began his artistic career at 18 years, integrating the "Pedra" Group and then the "Àgua doce" Group, who did research on the music roots from the state of Minas Gerais. Vilela attended the faculty of history before joining the course in Music Composition from the Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP) where he completed a BA and MA in Arts. In 1989, he moved to Campinas. In 1995, he assumed the viola as a solo instrument. Since 1996 he has been frequently performing not only in Brazil, but also in Spain, France, Britain, Italy and Portugal. Vilela worked for over 20 years of research with popular culture. He is currently completing a doctorate in social psychology from the University of São Paulo with a thesis on the social history of Brazilian country music.

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