by Alvaro Henrique | Aug 14, 2021 | Blog English
My book Aestechnique is now published in English. This is a collection of exercises that combine musical and mechanism challenges; therefore, you develop not only better fingers, but also better musical abilities that are required when playing a composition (such as...
by Alvaro Henrique | Aug 12, 2021 | Blog English
During the pandemics everyone had to reinvent ourselves. One of the things I had to do is to prepare video lessons for the classical guitar course I teach at the Escola de Musica de Brasilia. I’ve decided to make them also in English and share worldwide. The...
by Alvaro Henrique | Oct 19, 2020 | Blog English, guitar world, Music
I started a project to raise the spotlight on a very important yet neglected Brazilian composer, Cesar Guerra-Peixe. He is a unique case of a composer who is considered a key figure in two RIVAL musical movement in Brazil, the Musica Viva, focused on avant-gard music,...
by Alvaro Henrique | Aug 12, 2020 | Blog English, Music
Last week I wrote in this blog about the cancelation of a traditional guitar competition due to the Covid-19 restrictions making it impossible to organize an international competition (https://alvarohenrique.com/en/from-cancelations-to-smiles/) This week I’m...
by Alvaro Henrique | Aug 5, 2020 | Blog English
What a week! It started with the surprising decision by the Guitar Foundation of America (GFA) to cancel its International Concert Artist Competition after a first round took place. Not an easy decision, and they have good reasons for that, but nonetheless...
