Ivan Vilela - Topic

Ivan Vilela is a Brazilian composer, arranger, researcher, teacher and viola caipira player. Ivan Vilela is currently a professor at the ECA - School of Communication and Arts of the University of São Paulo.
He is the director of the Orquestra Filarmônica de Violas, a Brazilian orchestra composed by
Brazilian violas. Ivan Vilela is one of the main ten-string guitarists nowadays. With a special style and very developed technique, he has more than 15 albums recorded, solo or with different groups, and was nominated for and awarded several prestigious prizes in Brazil.