SIDNEY MOLINA

Sidney Molina was born in São Paulo, Brazil.  He studied guitar and music composition with Manuel Fonseca, Armando Vidigal, Edelton Gloeden and Ricardo Rizek. He earned his bachelor degree in Philosophy at USP and PhD in Communication and Semiotics at PUC-SP.  Molina teaches guitar, musical aesthetics and Brazilian Music in the undergraduate and graduate music programs at UniFiam-Faam, in São Paulo and at the Carlos Gomes Foundation/ Uepa, in Belém (PA).

As member of Quaternaglia Guitar Quartet since its foundation in 1992, he performed at all Quaternaglia's recitals, workshops, master classes and concerts with orchestra, in Brazil and overseas. The ensemble was awarded the Carlos Gomes Prize, sponsored by the São Paulo State Culture Department (1997), and the Ensemble Prize at the Habana International Guitar Festival (1998). Quaternaglia's discography includes the CDs Quaternaglia (1995), Antique (1996), Forrobodó (2000), Presença (2004), Estampas (2010), and a DVD recorded live (2006). As a soloist Sidney also performed at Suntory Hall in Tokyo, Japan (2008).

Molina was the organizer and presenter of a few broadcasting series transmitted by FM Cultura Broadcasting Station of São Paulo and was invited to give lectures at very important educational institutions such as USP, Unesp, Unicamp, Texas Christian University, California State University, University of Arizona, among others. He has various articles published in Brazilian magazines such as Guitar Class, Bravo!, Cult, Concerto and the newspaper supplement "Mais!" from Folha de S. Paulo. He is the author of the books Mahler em Schoenberg: angústia da Influência na Sinfonia de Câmara n. 1 (Rondó, 2003) and Música Clássica Brasileira Hoje (Publifolha, 2010). Presently, he also works as classical music reviewer for the newspaper Folha de S.Paulo.