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String section on stage under red and amber light at a Gui Tavares concert in London

Gui Tavares · London

Brazilian and international music, featured in projects on the global scene.

I write, arrange and produce. Mostly Brazilian music, and often what happens when it meets something else. Twenty-three years in London, five albums.

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Rooms I have played

  • Cadogan Hall
  • Jazz Cafe
  • Barbican
  • Southbank Centre
  • Guildhall School of Music & Drama
  • and others

Two ways to work with me.

Tell me what you have in mind. I price a project after we talk, because no two of them are the same.

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Live & Commissions

Concert programmes, ensembles of any size, and original music written for film, dance and cultural projects. I also arrange and orchestrate for other people’s work.

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Mentoring & Lessons

Guitar, voice and piano. I teach beginners and I coach working musicians, in person in London or online. I keep the number of students small so the work stays personal.

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I’m Gui Tavares.

I studied Composition and Conducting at UNICAMP in São Paulo and have been working in London for twenty-three years. I perform, write, produce albums for other artists, and teach. I also research Brazilian musical traditions—with a focus on anthropology—which is where much of my repertoire comes from.

I prefer creating or participating in something original and creative over simply receiving a finished product. It takes longer, but it’s the part that a machine cannot authentically do for you.

23Years in London
5Albums released
UNICAMPComposition & Conducting

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A full room in London watching Gui Tavares perform, with a string section seated in front of the stage

Clube da Esquina Anniversary, London.

The third time we staged the project in London, with Filó Machado as our guest. Strings, a full band and a full room. People watch this one and then write to me, which is roughly how most of my work arrives.

Watch a few songs from this concert

Selected work

  • Cool Jazz, Bossa and Be-Bop with StringsCadogan Hall London
  • Clube da Esquina TributeThe Jazz Cafe London
  • Noite Que Brincou de Lua albumFar Out Recordings, with Edu Passeto
  • Amigos & Friends albumFeaturing major, internationally renowned icons of Brazilian music
  • Brazilian Playground · Jazz PlaygroundPutumayo World Music
  • Nossa VozLondon’s first Brazilian vocal group
  • HemisphèrioReleased 14 May 2026

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For institutions and cultural programmes

I work with schools, universities and cultural organisations on workshops, residencies and longer artistic projects, including funded ones.

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What is your idea, your wish?
Describe it to me, and I will give it thoughtful consideration.

Or write straight to contact@guitavares.com