Pedro Jóia Explained

Pedro Jóia (born 30 May 1970 in Liège, Belgium) is a Portuguese guitarist, composer, and musical director. He is considered one of the top Portuguese guitar players.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Pedro started playing guitar at seven years of age. At fourteen he entered in the Conservatório Nacional de Música and two years later began to study flamenco guitar with Paco Peña, Gerardo Núñez and Manolo Sanlúcar. During this time Pedro started playing professionally – starting at 19 years old – both solo and also with different formations in Europe, Asia, South America and Africa.^{[4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9]}

Pedro has regularly composed for theatre, cinema and has released six CDs under his own name.^[10] Between 1997 and 2003 he taught at the Universidade de Évora. For the following five years he lived in Brazil and played regularly with Ney Matogrosso,^{[11] [12]} Yamandú Costa^[13] and Gilberto Gil among many others.^[14]

In 2008 he received the Prémio Carlos Paredes award for his album 'À Espera de Armandinho'.^[15] In 2011 he started a close collaboration with some of the most promising names of novo fado such as with Raquel Tavares^[16] and Ricardo Ribeiro,^{[17] [18] [19]} exploring new musical approaches to traditional fado music.

Since 2012 Pedro has been the touring musical director with the iconic fado singer Mariza,^{[20] [21]} playing with Resistência,^[22] combining these activities with his own personal projects such as the Pedro Jóia Trio.^{[23] [24] [25]}

Discography

• Guadiano - 1996^[26]
• Sueste - 1999^[27]
• Variações Sobre Carlos Paredes - 2001^[28]
• Jacarandá - 2003^[29]
• À Espera de Armandinho - 2007^[30]
• Pedro Jóia Ao Vivo com Orquestra de Câmara Meridional - 2015^[31]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Núria. Martorell. Pedro Jóia, la mejor guitarra portuguesa. El Periódico. 14 March 2014. es.
2. Web site: Núria. Martorell. Pedro Jóia: "Já amei e odiei a guitarra ao mesmo tempo". Sapo. 22 May 2014. pt.
3. Web site: Sousa. Rui Manuel. Pedro Jóia. Artes & Contextos. 3 September 2015. pt.
4. Web site: Pedro Jóia. Espelho de Cultura.
5. Web site: Vieira. Yvette. The scholar of the guitar. A Look at the Portuguese World. en.
6. Web site: About The Performer. LA Phil. en. 2016-06-09. https://web.archive.org/web/20160914134524/http://www.laphil.com/philpedia/pedro-joia. 2016-09-14. dead.
7. Web site: Guitarrista Pedro Jóia atua pela primeira vez na China. RTP Notícias. 15 August 2015. pt.
8. Web site: Guitarrista Pedro Jóia atua em Macau com "várias linguagens e compositores". Cultura Ao Minuto. 17 December 2013. pt.
9. Web site: Pedro Jóia Trio en concerto na China. Sapo. 22 August 2015. pt.
10. Web site: Pedro Jóia. Museu do Fado. pt.
11. Web site: Pedro Jóia (feat. Ney Matogrosso). MusicMe. pt.
12. Web site: Canto em Qualquer Canto. UOL. 21 September 2008. pt.
13. Web site: Yamandú Coast CCB. Bloom Music Academy. 24 November 2009. pt. 12 June 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20170828231613/http://bloomray.com/yamandu-costa-091124-ccb/. 28 August 2017. dead.
14. Web site: Bobby McFerrin convida Pedro Jóia para concertos em Portugal. Sapo. 9 May 2008. pt.
15. Web site: Pedro Jóia vence "Prémio Carlos Paredes 2008". O Mirante. 25 September 2008. pt.
16. Web site: Raquel Tavares & Pedro Jóia. Guide Do Lazer Música. pt.
17. Web site: Pedro Jóia. A vida, a carreira e a indivorciável guitarra.... XpressingMusic. 15 August 2014. pt.
18. Web site: Pedro Jóia actua no São Luiz Teatro Municipal este sábado. Sapo. 27 November 2014. pt.
19. Web site: Ricardo Ribeiro debuts at CUNY Graduate Center. 3 September 2014. pt.
20. Web site: Mariza apresenta hoje ao vivo em Lisboa o novo álbum "Mundo". Sapo24. 7 December 2015. pt.
21. Web site: Mariza Tour Dates. Mariza. en.
22. Web site: Resistência. Musicaovivopt. pt.
23. Web site: Pedro Jóia Trio. Festa Avante!. 7 September 2015. pt.
24. Web site: Pedro Jóia e Quarteto Arabesco no CCB. RTP. 17 April 2015. pt.
25. Web site: António Costa volta a abrir São Bento no 25 de Abril. Expresso. 22 April 2015. pt.
26. Web site: Pedro Jóia'Guadiano'. Discogs. en.
27. Web site: Pedro Jóia'Sudeste'. Spotify. en.
28. Web site: Pedro Jóia'Variações Sobre Carlos Paredes'. Discogs. en.
29. Web site: Pedro Jóia'Jacarandá'. AllMusic. en.
30. Web site: Pedro Jóia'À Espera de Armandinho'. FNAC. pt.
31. Web site: 'Pedro Jóia Ao Vivo com Orquestra de Câmara Meridional'. CCB. pt.