Music

António Chainho is a remarkable Portuguese musician with a prolific artistic career of more than 40 years, internationally respected as an ambassador of the unique twelve string instrument, the Portuguese Guitar. Well known for its special sonority—and frequently associated with Fado music—Chainho’s Portuguese Guitar recitals amazes audiences all over the world in countries like Brazil, Serbia, Croatia, Spain, Korea, India, and Holland, just to cite a few. Maestro Chaínho believes that this very special instrument, still hand made by craftsmen in Portugal, harbours the potential to deserve an expanded recognition in the artistic world. He continues to promote it not only as a virtuoso soloist but also through his performances with different artists from many countries and styles such as Maria Bethania, José Carreras, KD Lang, and Paco de Lucia, among many others.