Luiz Bonfá (17 October 1922 – 12 January 2001) was a Brazilian guitarist and composer. He was best known for the compositions he penned for the film Black Orpheus.
Luiz Floriano Bonfá was born in Rio de Janeiro. He began teaching himself to play guitar as a child. He studied in Rio with Uruguayan classical guitarist Isaías Sávio from the age of 12. These weekly lessons entailed a long, harsh commute by rail and on foot from his family home in the western rural outskirts of Rio de Janeiro to the teacher's home in the hills of Santa Teresa. Given Bonfá's extraordinary dedication and talent for the guitar, Sávio excused the youngster's inability to pay for his lessons.
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Stations that played Luiz Bonfá in the last 30 days
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Ella Radio - Bossa
Germany · Latin - 9×
Black Sparrow Radio KBSR
United States · Electronic - 3×
Radio Pipí Cucú
Uruguay · Rock - 3×
classic nl mind radio
Netherlands · Romantic Classical - 3×
Radio Pipí Cucú (128 kbps)
Uruguay · Rock - 3×
Vienna FM
Belgium · Hard Bop - 2×
KJBM Just Beautiful Music
United States · Jazz - 2×
Jazzy Cool
Hungary · Hard Bop - 2×
Classic nl original
Netherlands · Romantic Classical - 2×
Money FM 89.3
Singapore · Jazz - 2×
Mondo Bongo Radio
Greece · Rock - 2×
LA GRANDE MUSIQUE Classique & Jazz
France · Pop
