YAMANDU COSTA One of the greatest geniuses of Brazilian music of all times, young Yamandu deserves the highest praise. Whenever he is on stage, he fills with joy the most select audience since his impressive performance shows the deep intimacy between Yamandu and his guitar. The recognition he has earned throughout the years reveals what he can offer the audience - recreation of the magic of music - once from his fingers the music he plays travels through his body and soul and is almost miraculously transformed. Yamandu is a guitar player, composer and arranger that does not fit into a single music style, yet he creates his own when he combines all of them playing his 7-string guitar. Yamandu fully deserves his beautiful name which in "tupi-guarani", the native language of Brazilian indians, means "the precursor of the waters of the world" Program I      Back Participations: •  Winner of Califórnia Award of Uruguaiana -1995 •  Buenos Aires Tour - 1998 •  Montevideo Show - 1998 •  25° prize of best player in Rio Grande do Sul •  Prize of Instrumental Music Revelation of the state of Rio Grande. •  Nashville Festival (EUA) - 1998 •  Banco do Brasil Circuito Cultural - 1999 - Participation •  Winner of 2001 Visa Instrumental Edition •  Release of Visa Award CD - " Yamandú"- December 03, 2001 •  Guitar Festival in Chile (2001) •  Free Jazz Festival 2001 - Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo •  32° Winter Festival of Campos de Jordão - July 2001 •  33° Winter Festival of Campos de Jordão - July 2002 •  Jazz Festival of Londrina - July 2002 •  Summer Festival of the north Littoral 2002 / state of São Paulo •  Banco do Brasil Circuito Cultural - 2002 Tour around capitals of Brasil •  Caras Award 2002 - Revelation of 2001 - official and popular jury •  Yamandú and Os irmãos Flores(Argentina) - "Ares e Pensares" Sesc São Paulo, November, 2002 •  Midem - 37th International Music Market - Guitar Festival of Chile ( 2003) •  Release of third CD " Yamandu ao Vivo" - independent - 05/12/2003 •  Release of fourth CD "El negro Del Blanco" - Biscoito Fino - June, 2004 Discography: 2000 - Dois Tempo - Lúcio Yanel and Yamandu Costa 2001 - Yamandu - Visa Award 2003 - Yamandu Ao Vivo (Yamandu Live) 2004 - El negro Del Blanco - Yamandu Costa e Paulo Moura