Diego Figueiredo & Special Guests at Broward Center for the Performing Arts

Brazilian jazz icon, guitarist Diego Figueiredo, lives in, with, and for the music. He began playing music at four years old. By the age of twelve he had already attracted a local following, and when he was fifteen, he was drawing huge crowds around Brazil. Diego has recorded over two dozen albums, both solo and in collaboration with others and has released 25 CDs between his releases in Brazil, the European label Stunt Records, and Arbors Records. He has played in more than 60 countries and is the winner of several important competitions including the Montreux Jazz Guitar Competition and Brazil’s VISA Prize....

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Brazilian jazz icon, guitarist Diego Figueiredo, lives in, with, and for the music. He began playing music at four years old. By the age of twelve he had already attracted a local following, and when he was fifteen, he was drawing huge crowds around Brazil. Diego has recorded over two dozen albums, both solo and in collaboration with others and has released 25 CDs between his releases in Brazil, the European label Stunt Records, and Arbors Records. He has played in more than 60 countries and is the winner of several important competitions including the Montreux Jazz Guitar Competition and Brazil’s VISA Prize.

For his February 9 concert, Diego will be joined with special guest appearances by Shelly Berg, piano, Sammy Figueroa, congas, and Nestor Torres, flute.

“One of the greatest guitarists I’ve seen in my whole life”
- George Benson

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