Yamandu Costa

Yamandu Costa (born January 24, 1980, in Passo Fundo), sometimes spelled Yamandú, is a Brazilian guitarist and composer. His main instrument is the Brazilian seven-stringed classical guitar.

Costa began to study guitar at age seven with his father, Algacir Costa, leader of the group Os Fronteiriços (The Frontiersmen), and mastered the instrument under the guidance of Lúcio Yanel [es], an Argentine virtuoso, who lived in Brazil. At age fifteen, Costa began to study southern Brazilian folk music, as well as the music of Argentina and Uruguay.

Influenced by the music of Radamés Gnattali, he began to study the music of other Brazilians, such as Baden Powell de Aquino, Tom Jobim and Raphael Rabello.

At age seventeen he played in São Paulo for the first time at the Cultural Circuit Bank of Brazil; the concert was produced by Study Tone Brazil.

Costa's diverse styles include chorinho, bossa nova, milonga, tango, samba and chamamé. Costa appeared in Mika Kaurismäki's 2005 documentary film Brasileirinho.

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.^[1]

In 2021, his album Toquinho e Yamandu Costa - Bachianinha (Live at Rio Montreux Jazz Festival) (with Toquinho) won the Latin Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Album.^[2]

Awards^[3]

Prêmio Tim - Best Soloist - 2004
Winner of the Prêmio Visa, Instrumental edition - 2001
Trophy of Instrumental Music Revelation of the Rio Grande do Sul state
25º Award of Best Instrumentalist of the Rio Grande do Sul state
Winner of the Prêmio Califórnia of Uruguaiana - 1995

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)
2013 – Continente
2011 – Yamandu Costa e Rogério Caetano
2008 – Mafuá
2007 – Lida
2007 – Yamandu + Dominguinhos
2007 – Ida e Volta
2006 – Tokyo Session
2005 – Música do Brasil Vol.I (DVD)
2005 – Yamandu Costa ao Vivo (DVD)
2005 – Brasileirinho
2004 – El Negro Del Blanco (with Paulo Moura)
2003 – Yamandu ao Vivo
2001 – Yamandu / Prêmio Visa
2000 – Dois Tempos (with Lúcio Yanel)

References

^ Antunes, Pedro (7 December 2019). "Os 25 melhores discos brasileiros do 2º semestre de 2019, segundo a APCA [LISTA]". Rolling Stone Brasil (in Portuguese). Grupo Perfil. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
^ Hussey, Allison; Bloom, Madison (18 November 2021). "Latin Grammy 2021 Winners: See the Full List Here". Pitchfork. Condé Nast. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
^ Music, International Journal of (2021-04-01). "Yamandu Costa's Highlights". International Journal of Music. Retrieved 2024-05-05.