Tag: Portuguese Guitar Player

Marta Pereira Da Costa

Portugal Music

Marta Pereira da Costa (Lisbon, September 9, 1982) was the first woman to play fado professionally on the Portuguese guitar. He has roots in Macau, as his mother is Macanese and his maternal grandfather was from Shanghai, but it was only in March 2024 that he visited the territory for the first time on the occasion of a concert he gave as part of Rota das Letras – Macau Literary Festival. The Portuguese guitar is well associated with Fado, and Marta, not forgetting her roots and tradition, risked new sounds…

Nuno Bettencourt

Portugal Music

Nuno Bettencourt is a Portuguese guitarist and vocalist, member of the band Extreme, who became famous for his extremely technical solos, his way of playing being greatly influenced by Eddie Van Halen. Nuno Bettencourt was born in Praia da Vitória, Terceira, Azores, Portugal, on September 20, 1966. He moved with his family to Hudson, Massachusetts at the age of 4. In the US he didn’t have much interest in music. He preferred sports, especially hockey and football. The first instrument he played was the drums, until his brother, Luís Gil…