Cezar Mateus
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Cezar Mateus is an American lutenist, composer and luthier
working in Princeton, New Jersey
. He specializes in lute
s, archlute
s, theorbo
s and other related instruments. His instruments have been played by Sting, Edin Karamazov
, Yasunori Imamura
, Ariel Abramovich, Eric Redlinger (of Asteria Musica), Evangelina Mascardi, Miguel Serdoura and Roman Turovsky.
Luthier
A luthier is someone who makes or repairs lutes and other string instruments. In the United States, the term is used interchangeably with a term for the specialty of each maker, such as violinmaker, guitar maker, lute maker, etc...
working in Princeton, New Jersey
Princeton, New Jersey
Princeton is a community located in Mercer County, New Jersey, United States. It is best known as the location of Princeton University, which has been sited in the community since 1756...
. He specializes in lute
Lute
Lute can refer generally to any plucked string instrument with a neck and a deep round back, or more specifically to an instrument from the family of European lutes....
s, archlute
Archlute
The archlute is a European plucked string instrument developed around 1600 as a compromise between the very large theorbo, the size and re-entrant tuning of which made for difficulties in the performance of solo music, and the Renaissance tenor lute, which lacked the bass range of the theorbo...
s, theorbo
Theorbo
A theorbo is a plucked string instrument. As a name, theorbo signifies a number of long-necked lutes with second pegboxes, such as the liuto attiorbato, the French théorbe des pièces, the English theorbo, the archlute, the German baroque lute, the angélique or angelica. The etymology of the name...
s and other related instruments. His instruments have been played by Sting, Edin Karamazov
Edin Karamazov
Edin Karamazov is a renowned Bosnian musician-lutenist . He studied lute with Hopkinson Smith at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis....
, Yasunori Imamura
Yasunori Imamura
is a Japanese lute musician. His teachers included lute with Eugen Müller-Dombois and Hopkinson Smith at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis, where in 1981 he received his soloist's diploma...
, Ariel Abramovich, Eric Redlinger (of Asteria Musica), Evangelina Mascardi, Miguel Serdoura and Roman Turovsky.