Toquinho

Toquinho (born Antônio Pecci Filho in July 6, 1946 in São Paulo, Brazil), started to play guitar since his childhood, having later studied harmony and orchestration with acclaimed classic and popular guitar teachers, like Paulinho Nogueira (guitar), Edgar Janulo (harmony ), Isaias Sávio (classical guitar), Léo Peracchi (orchestration) .

In the decade of 60’s, he started to play together with Chico Buarque, Taiguara, Sérgio Ricardo and others, and recorded his first album in 1964. AFter recording LP “O Violão de Toquinho", he went to Italy for six months in 1969, where he performed with Chico Buarque and Josephine Baker.
AfFter coming back to Brazil, in the decade of 70’s, Vinicius de Moraes invited him to participate in a series of shows in Buenos Aires and, since then, they have built a solid partnership that would continue for 11years.

After the death of Vinicius de Moraes in 1980, Toquinho went on to pursue a solo career; he recorded several albums, including the anthology "Tom, Vinicius, Toquinho e Miúcha", live recorded at Canecao, Rio de Janeiro, and participated in several musical projects in Brazil, Latin America, Europe and Japan.

Artist website: www.toquinho.com.br

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