Eduardo Minozzi Costa

Website: http://www.guitarimpact.com

A Brazilian musician of outstanding facility and musical insight, Eduardo plays with an enthusiasm and energy that captures his audiences imagination and draws them into a world of spontaneous and creative wonder.

First prize winner in the following competitions:

1. Alhambra International Guitar Competition - Dallas (2010)
2. Indiana International Guitar Competition (2010)
3. Sholin Guitar Competition, Tucson, Arizona (2009)
4. Fifth Saint Joseph International Guitar Competition (2007)
5. Portland International Guitar Competition (2007)
6. IV Beeston Guitar Competition (2006)
7. XV Souza Lima Guitar Competition (2004)
8. VIII Musicalis Guitar Competition (2004)
9. XIV Souza Lima Chamber Music Competition (2003)
10. XIII Rising Project USP Classical Music Competition. (2003)

He completed his Bachelors Degree in guitar performance at Brazil leading University - The University of São Paulo, under Dr. Edelton Gloeden and also studied with Paulo Porto Alegre and Everton Gloeden at EMM. Subsequently, Eduardo was awarded a cultural visit to the USA under the sponsorship of the São Paulo United States Consulate General. This trip resulted in a successful audition at the University of Arizona and a full scholarship to pursue both Masters and Doctoral Degrees in Guitar Performance. He has been a Teaching Assistant (GTA) to Prof. Thomas Patterson in the School of Music at the U of A since 2006.

While in the United States, Eduardo has won four prestigious guitar competitions, the most recent one being the Sholin Memorial Guitar Competition in Tucson, Arizona in April, 2009. As a result, he has been invited to perform as a guest artist in major cities such as Portland, Houston, Boston, Austin and St. Joseph.

In 2008 he was the recipient of the highly competitive Northern Trust/Piper Enrichment Award. Said award is granted annually, in memory of Virginia Piper, to a graduate student in the performing arts to enhance the student's inspiration, cultural enrichment and research." This award enabled Eduardo to participate in The Koblenz Guitar Festival and Competition in Germany in May of that same year and to study with several esteemed teachers in Europe. In the Koblenz International competition there were eighty participants from around the world. Eduardo was among the six finalists, becoming the first Brazilian to achieve such an honor.

Another prior important achievements were becoming the Outreach Director of Tucson Guitar Society (TGS) in 2009 and the Artistic Director in 2010. Eduardo has been improving his playing a lot recently and as a result, he was invited to perform at Carnegie Hall on February 2011, just won the third prize at one of the most renowned and competitive guitar competitions of the world, the Guitar Foundation of America (GFA) and signed an endorsement contract with D'Addario.

Eduardo just finished a major project called: "Pathways to Guitar Excellence ©". This is a step-by-step system for achieving results in guitar performance sponsored by the Medici Foundation. Here is what the renowned music educator Dr. Donald L. Hamann had to say about it:
"Eduardo Costa's Pathways to Guitar Excellence (PGE) provides a uniquely exciting and creative conceptual approach that provides guitarists a complete system for the attainment of performance superiority. Not only does Costa's PGE provide indispensable information necessary for the acquisition of technical expertise, it develops the whole person -- mind and spirit!"

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