Alessandro Penezzi with Berkeley Choro Ensemble

Brazilian Guitarist/Composer Alessandro Penezzi and Berkeley Choro Ensemble featuring Jane Lenoir, flute; Harvey Wainapel, clarinet; Ricardo Peixoto, guitar; Brian Rice, pandeiro return to the Hillside Club again in 2025.

Considered one of the great Brazilian guitarists of his generation, composer, arranger and multi-instrumentalist Alessandro Penezzi plays 7-string guitar, tenor guitar, cavaquinho, mandolin and flute. Alessandro has performed with many of the great Brazilians musicians, including Yamandú Costa, Carlos Poyares, Toninho Ferragutti, Oswaldinho do Acordeon, Laércio de Freitas, Caíto Marcondes, Arismar do Espírito Santo, Maurício Carrilho, Pedro Amorim, Joel Nascimento, Conjunto Epoque de Ouro, Rogério Caetano, Caio Marcio, Alexandre Ribeiro and Nailor Proveta. He has taught at California Brazil Camp since 2010, resides in São Paulo, and tours regularly to Europe and Africa.

T ickets for the live performance and a live stream on Zoom are both available.

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