Pedro Caldeira Cabral

Pedro Caldeira Cabral (1950 in Lisbon, Portugal) is an outstanding performer in a vast instrumental repertoire which spans the Mediaeval, Renaissance, Baroque, and Classic periods of Iberian Music, but also includes Portuguese traditional folk music, the XX century Repertoire of great Portuguese guitarists and his own compositions. He is both composer, director and musician, playing professionally since the age of sixteen on several string and wind instruments of different epochs. His main instrument is the Portuguese guitar (Citara Lusitanica) in which he achieved a phenomenal level of mastery, expressiveness and virtuosity.