“Delicious Listening.” That’s how Brazil’s leading musical publication, Folha Sinfônica, sums up a performance by Quarteto Vivace Brasil.

Founded in 2007, this quartet (two guitars, percussion and flute) is one of the most exciting new groups on the Latin-American music scene.  They bring sizzling energy to Brazilian sambas and chôros, Argentinian tangos, American ragtime, and arrangements of favorite classics from Bach to Bizet’s “Carmen” to “Carnival of the Animals” by Saint-Säens.

Randy Morse, host of nationally syndicated radio show The Best of Brazil hails the quartet as “four of Brazil's best musicians, who present their well-chosen repertoire with verve, panache and a sensitivity that radiates the exquisite beauty of this music.”