© Cecília Queiroz - 2025
Originally from the mountains of Minas Gerais, Octávio Deluchi was born in São João del Rei and found his artistic and musical life in the city of Prados. An artist, musician, classical guitarist, pedagogue, and producer, he leads a variety of cultural projects and initiatives, with the classical guitar and Brazilian music at the core of his work.
As a performer, he has won more than fifteen national and international awards and has appeared in Brazil, Chile, the United States, and England just in the past season. Among his notable performances are invitations to the Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, Americas Society, Radford International Guitar Festival, and the Guimarães Rosa Institute in Santiago, Chile.
Based in New York City since 2021, he maintains a continuous exchange between Brazil and the United States through SERTÃO Americas, a multimedia platform dedicated to cultural initiatives and creative solutions ranging from audiovisual production to educational projects such as Jacarandá. He also serves as the director of the Mostra de Violão da Lira Ceciliana; was a founding member of the Associação de Violão das Vertentes; coordinator of the BCGC – BCGC – Brazilian Classical Guitar Community; and of the concert series Domingo na Lira.
His most recent recordings are being released by the historic Brazilian label Kuarup. His arrangements and editions have been published by Les Productions d’Oz (Canada), Guitar Chamber Music Press (United States), and the Acervo Digital do Violão Brasileiro (Brazil).
As a pedagogue, he has been developing for over thirteen years a consistent approach to the guitar as a means of expression and formation. He currently teaches at EzraGuitar (Manhattan & Brooklyn) and at Stony Brook Universityat the undergraduate level.
- João Luiz -
"I consider Octávio Deluchi one of the most impressive young guitarists of his generation. He stands out for his rare balance between effortless technique, profound musicality, and mastery of diverse styles within the guitar repertoire. Octávio is also one of the finest interpreters of my solo guitar works"
- Marco Pereira -
"In addition to his refined technique and exceptional sound, Octáviodemonstrates exceptional musicality. His understanding and solution of complex rhythmic issues, which my compositions in general require, issomething rare to see in the world of classical guitar. This makes him a guitarist of rare talent. Octávio is an excellent guitarist and also one of the best interpreters of my guitar compositions that I have ever seen."
- Ricardo Dias -
"Octávio Deluchi is one of those rare talents, a comet that appears unexpectedly and from which one cannot turn away – or in this case, stop listening"
- Paulo Martelli -
"I consider Octávio Deluchi to be one of the greatest guitar talents of the new generation. He has an incredible technique combined with a natural musicality, allowing him to perform the most difficult works in the repertoire with ease."