Toquinho

Antônio Pecci Filho (born July 6, 1946), better known as Toquinho ({{#invoke:IPA|main}}), is a Brazilian singer and guitarist. He is well known for his collaborations, as composer and performer, with Vinicius de Moraes.<ref name="am">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Childhood and musical studies

Toquinho was born in São Paulo, the son of Italian immigrants Diva Bondioli and Antonio Pecci. He has one brother, João Carlos Pecci. His paternal grandfather was from Toro<ref>The Toquinho Toro Festival is held there for some years, in 2010, was sponsored by the Ministero per i Beni Culturali and the Brazilian Embassy in Rome</ref> and his paternal grandmother was born in Calabria; his maternal grandparents were from Mantua.<ref name="Torres">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> As he was very short as a child, his mother used to call him "meu toquinho de gente" ("my piece of person"), which was the origin of his nickname.

His first guitar lessons were with Dona Aurora, a piano teacher who also knew how to play guitar. However, she could not continue to teach Toquinho. At age 14, he began lessons with Paulinho Nogueira and went on to study harmony with Edgar Gianulo, classical guitar with Isaias Sávio and orchestration with Léo Peracchi. He also studied with and befriended Oscar Castro-Neves.

Career

Initially playing in colleges, Toquinho's professional career took off in the 1960s at shows promoted by radio personality Walter Silva at the famous Paramount theater in São Paulo. He composed his first recorded song with Chico Buarque entitled "Lua Cheia" (Full Moon).<ref name="am"/> His first big hit was composed in 1970 with Jorge Benjor, "Que Maravilha" (What a Wonder).

That same year he was invited by Vinicius de Moraes, co-writer of the worldwide hit "Garota de Ipanema" (The Girl from Ipanema), to participate in a series of shows in Buenos Aires, forming a solid partnership that would continue for 11 years and produce 120 songs, 25 records and over a thousand shows. After the death of Vinicius de Moraes in 1980, Toquinho went on to pursue a solo career, often performing with other talented musicians like Paulinho da Viola, Danilo Caymmi, Paulinho Nogueira and Chico Buarque.

Throughout his career, Toquinho composed songs for children, and recorded five albums for young audiences, including Arca de Noé (1980), with Vinicius de Moraes, and Casa de brinquedos (1983). Toquinho continues to record and play, and he remains popular in Brazil and Italy.<ref>Toquinho, gli amici e l'Italia Interview with Ana Paul Torres</ref>

In 2021, his album Toquinho e Yamandu Costa - Bachianinha (Live at Rio Montreux Jazz Festival) (with Yamandu Costa) won the Latin Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Album.<ref name="latingrammy21">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Discography

Template:Col-begin Template:Col-2 1960s

• 1966: O violão de Toquinho
• 1969: La vita, amico, è l'arte dell'incontro

1970s

• 1970: Toquinho
• 1970: Vinicius de Moraes en "La Fusa" con Maria Creuza Y Toquinho
• 1971: Como dizia o poeta... Música nova (with Vinicius de Moraes and Marilia Medalha)
• 1971: Per vivere un grande amore
• 1971: São demais os perigos desta vida... (with Vinicius de Moraes)
• 1971: Toquinho e Vinícius
• 1971: Vinicius + Bethania + Toquinho en La Fusa (Mar Del Plata)
• 1972: Vinícius canta "Nossa Filha Gabriela"
• 1973: O bem amado (Original soundtrack)
• 1973: Poeta, moça e violão (with Vinicius de Moraes and Clara Nunes)
• 1973: Botequim (with Gianfrancesco Guarnieri)
• 1974: Boca da noite
• 1974: Toquinho, Vinícius e amigos
• 1974: Fogo sobre Terra (Original soundtrack)
• 1974: Vinícius & Toquinho
• 1975: Vinícius/Toquinho
• 1975: O Poeta e o Violão (with Vinicius de Moraes)
• 1976: La voglia, la pazzia, l'incoscienza, l'allegria
• 1976: Il Brasile nella chitarra strumentale (Torino, Italy)
• 1977: Toquinho tocando
• 1977: The best of Vinicius & Toquinho
• 1977: Tom, Vinícius, Toquinho, Miúcha
• 1978: Toquinho cantando: Pequeno perfil de um cidadão comum
• 1979: 10 anos de Toquinho e Vinícius

Template:Col-2 1980s

• 1980: Sempre Amigos (with Paulinho Nogueira)
• 1980: Um pouco de ilusão
• 1980: A arca de Noé (with Vinicius de Moraes)
• 1980: A Arca de Noé 2 (with Vinicius de Moraes)
• 1981: Toquinho, la chitarra e gli amici
• 1981: Doce vida
• 1982: Toquinho ao vivo em Montreaux
• 1983: Aquarela
• 1983: Casa de brinquedos
• 1984: Sonho dourado
• 1984: Bella la vita
• 1985: A luz do solo
• 1986: Coisas do coração
• 1986: Le storie di una storia sola
• 1986: Vamos juntos: Toquinho Live at Bravas Club'86, Tokyo
• 1987: Canção de todas as crianças
• 1988: Made in coração
• 1989: Toquinho in Canta Brasil
• 1989: À sombra de um jatobá

1990s

• 1990: Toquinho instrumental
• 1992: El viajero del sueño
• 1992: Il viaggiatore del sogno
• 1992: O viajante do sonho
• 1993: La vita è l'arte dell'incontro
• 1994: Trinta anos de música
• 1996: Toquinho e suas canções preferidas
• 1999: Toquinho Paulinho Nogueira

Gallery

• Gildo e Toquinho.jpg

  Toquinho and Gildo De Stefano

• Toquinho Cremona 5th aug 2010.jpg

  Toquinho during a show in Cremona, Italy, August 5th, 2010

• Toquinho Badi Assad Cremona 5th aug 2010.jpg

  Toquinho and Badi Assad, during a show in Cremona, August 5th, 2010

• TOQUINHO piacenza 27 lug 2022 02.jpg

  Toquinho during a show in Piacenza, Italy, July 27th, 2022

• TOQUINHO piacenza 27 lug 2022 01.jpg

  Toquinho and Camilla Faustino, during a show in Piacenza, July 27th, 2022

Bibliography

• Gildo De Stefano, Il popolo del samba. La vicenda e i protagonisti della storia della brazilian popular music, preface by Chico Buarque de Holanda, introduction by Gianni Minà, RAI Television Editions, Rome, 2005. Template:ISBN
• João Carlos Pecci and Wagner Homem, Toquinho, Histórias de canções, Texto Editores Ltda., Sao Paulo, 2010. Template:ISBN
• Gildo De Stefano, Saudade Bossa Nova: musiche, contaminazioni e ritmi del Brasil, preface by Chico Buarque, introduction by Gianni Minà, Logisma Editore, Florence, 2017. Template:ISBN

External links

• Official website