Guilherme Monteiro Quartet August 17, 2012

Guitarist Guilherme Monteiro was born in Rio de Janeiro in 1971. He started playing music at the age of seven and to learn the guitar at the age of twelve. By the age of fifteen he was performing in jazz clubs and teaching privately in the city of Belo Horizonte, soon becaming one of the most respected musicians in that city. In 1999 Guilherme was accepted to the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz Performance. Living in New York City since 2000 Guilherme has played and recorded with some of the most repected musicians in town.