The musician and composer died this Tuesday at his home in Alfragide on his birthday.
Musician and composer António Chainho died this Tuesday at his home in Alfragide, on the outskirts of Lisbon, on the day he would have turned 88, his artistic agent told Lusa.
O “master of the Portuguese guitar”as referred to by international specialized critics, ended his 60-year career in September 2024, having released his last album that year, “The Embrace of the Guitar“, in which he paid tribute to those who were his teachers through the radio.
António Chainho was born in S. Francisco da Serra, in the district of Beja, on January 27, 1938, and began playing in the fado world in the 1960s.
