Franciel Monteiro studied in Sāo Paulo, Darmstadt and Frankfurt. His teachers include Henrique Pinto, Fabio Zanon, Tilman Hoppstock, Christopher Brandt and Michael Sagmester.
Monteiro specialises in both classical guitar and jazz electric guitar. He completed his studies in jazz and popular music with an additional qualification in instrumental pedagogy. Monteiro is the guitarist of The Bossa Nova Duo together with singer Helene Böhme, specialising in the bossa nova and jazz genres.
Franciel Monteiro currently works as a band member in an acid jazz / soul funk project, is a member of the Darmstädter Gitarrentage festival and has been a guitar teacher at Akademie für Tonkunst since 2019.
Akademie für Tonkunst
Kulturinstitut der Wissenschaftsstadt
Darmstadt
Ludwigshöhstr. 120
64285 Darmstadt
Germany