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Guinga (Carlos Althier de Souza Lemos Escobar) (born June 10, 1950) is a Brazilian guitarist and composer born in Madureira, a working-class suburb of Rio de Janeiro.Pale skinnned as a little boy, he was called "Gringo" by family members.

Repeating the nickname, the child said "Guinga," which would become his artistic name.His uncle taught him to play the guitar when he was eleven years old. Guinga began composing music at the age of 14.

In 1967, when he was 17, his song “Sou Só Solidão” reached the first eliminatory round in TV Globo’s second Festival Internacional da Canção (International Festival of Song). At the age of 26, he began his five-year classical guitar studies with Jodacil Damasceno.

During the 1970s, Guinga accompanied famous singers such as Beth Carvalho and João Nogueira and recorded with samba legends Cartola and Clara Nunes. He also began a fertile songwriting partnership with the poet and lyricist Paulo Cesar Pinheiro.

Their songs were recorded by important artists like Elis Regina, Nelson Gonçalves, Miúcha, Clara Nunes, and Michel Legrand.During the same time, Guinga embarked on a parallel career in dentistry, which he practiced for nearly thirty years.

His music career took off in earnest in 1990, when Ivan Lins and Vitor Martins formed the Velas label in order to release Guinga's first album, with a repertoire of songs he co-authored with lyricist Aldir Blanc.

Guinga is now widely considered to be Brazil's most innovative songwriter, as well as one of its foremost guitarists.He has release nineth albumshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guinga

Guinga performs jazz, latin, acoustic music and can be booked for (private) corporate events, personal appearances, or other music performances. The estimated booking fee range to book Guinga for your event, Please Contact. Guinga has more than 14.0K listeners worldwide and really knows how to entertain your audience. Similar artists are  Renato Braz, Yamandu Costa . Contact AAE Music agency for ratings, reviews, videos and information on scheduling Guinga for an upcoming event.

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