The 16th Hermoupolis Guitar Festival is dedicated to the life and work of the famous Brazilian Composer Heitor Villa-Lobos (March 5, 1887 - November 17, 1959).
50 years from his death.
"the single most significant creative figure in 20th-century Brazilian art music"

He wrote numerous works for orchestra, vocal and instrument ensemble, as well solo instruments.
Typical for his work is the incorporation of Brazilian folk music, but he also used style elements from impressionism, expressionism, baroque, and classicism.
Villa-Lobos is the best known classical composer of South America.

Workshops:

Nikos Chatzieleftheriou: "The harmonical thought of Heitor Villa Lobos"
Analysis of the "harmonic language" of Villa Lobos, throught his guitar works.

Dimitris Kourzakis: Heitor Villa-Lobos, "Five Preludes" : Fingering as a device for interpretation.

Angelos Nikolopoulos: "Villa Lobos: A life's frame" presentation.

Movie:

"Villa-Lobos, una vida de paixao" του Zelito Viana, Βραζιλία, 2000, 127΄

Heitor Villa Lobos Guitar works

• Choros No.1 (1920)
• Suite Populaire Bresilienne (1908-1912),
  1.Mazurka-Choro 2.Schottish-Choro 3.Valsa-Choro 4.Gavotta-Choro 5.Chorinho
• Douze Etudes (1929)
• Cinq Preludes (1940)
• Distribuicao de Flores, Flower Distribution, for flute and guitar (1932).
• Sextuor Mystique, for flute, oboe, saxophone, harp, celesta and guitar (1917)
• Guitar Concerto (1951)