Almir Côrtes was born in Santo Antonio de Jesus, in the state of Bahia, Brazil. He is a musician, as well as an academic researcher in the field of Brazilian instrumental music. He plays genres that are considered “traditional” or “regional” (choro, frevo, baião, etc), but with a contemporary approach that includes experimentation and improvisation. Almir acts as a multi-instrumentalist of fingered strings (mandolin, guitar, electric guitar, cavaquinho and viola caipira). Read more on Last.fm