António Chainho (born 1938) is a Portuguese

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guitarist. He has worked with many of the great names in fado music, like Hermínia Silva, Carlos do Carmo and José Afonso, and world music, like

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. He has also recorded and toured extensively with the Lisbon-based São Toméan singer Marta Dias. In 1998, Chainho contributed "Fado Da Adiça" and "Interlude: Variações Em Mi Menor" to the

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benefit compilation album '' Onda Sonora: Red Hot + Lisbon'' produced by the Red Hot Organization.

Discography (incomplete)

* 1980 - ''Guitarra Portuguesa'' * 1996 - ''António Chainho with the London Philharmonic Orchestra'' * 1998 - ''A Guitarra e Outras Mulheres'' * 2000 - ''Lisboa-Rio'' * 2003 - ''António Chainho E Marta Dias - Ao Vivo No Ccb'' (live at the Cultural Centre of Belém) Label: Movieplay * 2010 - ''Lisgoa''

References

External links

António Chainho website
1938 births Living people Portuguese fado guitarists Portuguese session musicians 20th-century Portuguese musicians 20th-century Portuguese male musicians 21st-century Portuguese musicians Commanders of the Order of Prince Henry {{guitarist-stub