Biography

José Daniel Telles dos Santos is a musician dedicated to teaching, research, creation, and performance in Music. He has a degree in Music and a master’s in social Memory and Cultural Heritage by the Federal University of Pelotas. He has experience as a music teacher in several schools, conservatories and universities: Academia Espaço Musical JD, Colégio Salesiano de Don Bosco, Heitor de Lemos School of Fine Arts, Federal University of Rio Grande. He coordinated several artistic-pedagogical events to promote guitar music, including: Artistic Series "Violões do Sul", "1^st International Guitar Festival of Mercosul" and "1st International Guitar Seminar of Pampa". In partnership with guitarist Alexandre Simon, he founded in 2009 the Latino-América Duo, an artistic project dedicated to creation and performance for guitar duo. With this project, he released his first CD on a tour in Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina, Germany and Portugal. This album was nominated for the Azorean Music Prize, in the category of best instrumental music performer. He is a member of the Research Group in Musical Creativity of the Foundation Universidade do Rio Grande, coordinated by Professor Luciano Nazário, as well as of the Creation, Performance and Artistic Research group of INET-md, coordinated by Professor Jorge Salgado Correia. Due to his interest in areas related to music, he has been learning and sharing knowledge on creation and performance for guitar, musical education and collective teaching, social memory and cultural heritage, and also popular music and culture.