Duo Buriti guitar concert on Sunday in the Garden

Formed by the outstanding Brazilian concert artists Nicolas de Souza Barros and Marco Lima, Duo Buriti is the attraction at Domingo no Jardim on October 20. The guitar duo will perform Latin American, Spanish, Baroque and Brazilian works. The program includes Tango No. 2 by Astor Piazzolla, Samba in Prelude by Baden Powell, Piano Sonatina by Edino Krieger, among others

A prize-winner in 15 competitions, Marco Lima has performed in several countries and important Brazilian venues. He currently plays in a duo with soprano Doriana Mendes and participates in the Camerata de Violões. He is a member of the Karlsruhe Guitar Quartet, the Quinteto Violão Real and the Quarteto Carioca de Violões. He recorded the CD Danças Brasileiras (Quarteto Carioca de Violões - 2009) and the DVD Cordas Clássicas (Camerata de Violões - 2018).

Nicolas de Souza Barros holds a doctorate in music and is one of Brazil's most renowned specialists in fingerstyle chordophones, such as 6, 7 and 8-string guitars, various lutes and baroque, renaissance and romantic guitars, among others. He has produced extensively as a soloist and chamber musician, most notably with the early music ensemble Quadro Cervantes, Duo Folia, with English cellist David Chew, and the Carioca Guitar Quartet. He has performed with the Petrobrás Orchestra, the Baltimore Orchestra (USA), the Rio de Janeiro Municipal Theater Orchestra, the National Symphony Orchestra (Niterói), the Academia Antiqua (one of the first Brazilian baroque orchestras) and the Unirio Orchestra.

The performance will take place at 11 a.m., in front of the bust of Dom João, and is free of charge. Visitors only pay admission to the arboretum. In the event of rain, it will be transferred to the Galpão das Artes.

Service: Sunday in the Garden - Duo Buriti
Date: Sunday, October 20, at 11 a.m.
Free (visitors only pay the entrance fee to the arboretum)
Location: in front of the bust of Dom João
Rua Jardim Botânico, 1008
Tel: (21) 3874-1808

Entrance fee
Visitors residing in the Rio de Janeiro Metropolitan Area: R$ 18,00
Visitors living in Brazil: R$ 29,00
Foreign visitors from Mercosur: R$ 55.00
Foreign visitors: R$ 73.00
Children up to 5 years old are free. Students, people with disabilities and people over 60 are entitled to half-price tickets on presentation of a supporting document.
Payment at the box office in cash only. Tickets online at jbrj.eleventickets.com with pix or credit card.