Yamandu Costa
Yamandu Costa

Yamandu Costa

Brazil's Legendary Acoustic Guitarist

YAMANDU COSTA

Latin Grammy winner YAMANDU COSTA is one of the most important and influential guitarists in the world today. Known for the deep bass and richness of his custom 7 string guitar and the passion of his playing, Yamandu is credited with reviving traditional Brazilian guitar music. He is renowned for his flawless technique, acrobatic arrangements, and an unmatched sense of melody.  After countless international tours, Yamandu will be expanding his U.S. concert appearances starting with a cross-country tour in October 2025.

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Tour Information

October

4      Kimbell Hall, Ft. Worth TX

5      Site TBD, Dallas TX

9      Herbst Theatre, San Francisco CA

11     Kent-Meridian High School Performing Arts Center, Kent WA

12     St. Francis Episcopal Church, San Jose CA

18     The Gordon Center, Owings Mills MD

19     Glenn Close Theater, Williamsburg VA

22    Rhode Island Guitar Festival, Kingston RI

Latin Grammy winner YAMANDU COSTA is widely considered one of the great guitarists in the world today.  Known for the deep bass and richness of his custom 7 string guitar and the passion of his playing, Yamandu is credited with reviving Brazilian guitar music.

He has created his very particular style of compositions, a blend of the typical music from the south of Brazil, Choro and Samba, with acrobatic fingering and high tempos, and very delicate and melodious songs.  For the audience his music is somewhere between breath-taking and holding their breath, with Yamandu’s special way of melding with his instrument and his listeners.

Yamandu Costa was born January 24, 1980, in Passo Fundo, Brazil. He began to study guitar at age seven with his father, Algacir Costa, leader of the group O Fronteiriços (The Frontiersmen), and mastered the instrument under the guidance osf Lucio Yanel, an Argentinian virtuoso who lived in Brazil.

At age fifteen, Yamandu began to study southern Brazilian folk music, as well as the music of Argentina and Uruguay. Influenced by the music of Radames Gnattali, he began to study the music of other Brazilians, such as Baden Powell de Aquino, Tom Jobim and Raphael Rabello.

Costa’s diverse styles now include  chorinho , bossa nova, milonga, tango, samba and chamamé. His album Vento Sul was considered one of the 25 best Brazilian albums of the second half of 2019 by the São Paulo Association of Art Critics. In 2021, Yamandu’s album Toquinho e Yamandu Costa – Bachianinha (Live at Rio Montreux Jazz Festival)  won the Latin Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Album.

Discography

2024 – Prenda Minha (with António Zambujo)
2024 – Helping Hands (with Elodie Bouny)
2023 – Encontro das Águas (with Armadinho Macedo)
2023 – YouTube Sessions
2023 – De Vida y Vuelta (with Domingo el Colorao)
2022 – Jazz Cigano Quinteto e Yamandu Costa
2022 – Simpatia (with Bebê Kramer)
2021 – Caballeros (with Guto Wirtti)
2021 – Encontro de Gerações na Música Instrumental Brasileira (live)
2021 – Caminantes (with Martin Sued and Luis Guerreiro)
2021 – Bachianinha – Live at Rio Montreux Jazz Festival (with  Toquinho )
2020 – Festejo (with Marcelo Jiran)
2020 – Nashville 1996
2019 – Vento Sul
2018 – Yamandu Costa e Ricardo Herz
2017 – Borghetti Yamandu
2017 – Recanto
2017 – Quebranto (with Alessandro Penezzi)
2015 – Lado B (with Dominguinhos)
2015 – Tocata à Amizade
2015 – Concerto de Fronteira (with Orquestra do Estado de Mato Grosso)

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