Plínio Fernandes

Medieval Museum • Waterford City

Friday Apr 11th 2025 • 7:30 pm
    Plínio Fernandes • classical guitar
In association with Music Network
Plínio Fernandes Plays Guitar copyright Lillie Eiger

Photo: Lillie Eiger

For our second Music Network concert of the Spring 2025 season, Waterford Music brings you an exciting and versatile classical guitarist from Brazil, Plínio Fernandes. Plínio blends traditional classical guitar sounds with the vibrant rhythms of Brazilian folk music.

Plínio is a chart-topping guitarist; his debut album Saudade topped the Billboard Traditional Classical Albums Chart and he is a regular collaborator with highly acclaimed artists such as Lang Lang and Sheku Kanneh-Mason. He has performed in concert halls around the world, including renowned venues such as London’s Royal Albert Hall and Radio City Music Hall in New York. He made his BBC Proms debut in 2024.

Presented & Supported by

Waterford Music Club

Programme

  • Heitor Villa-Lobos

    Bachianas Brasileiras No. 4
    i. Prelúdio

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Prelude, Fugue and Allegro in E-flat Major, BWV 998

  • Heitor Villa-Lobos

    Five Preludes

  • Violeta Parra

    Gracias a la vida

  • Ary Barroso

    Aquarela do Brasil

  • Manuel de Falla

    Homenaje pour “Le Tombeau de Claude Debussy”

  • Leo Brouwer

    Sonata No. 1

    *programme subject to change.

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