{"id":4952,"date":"2025-01-22T20:56:00","date_gmt":"2025-01-22T19:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/centre-musical.ch\/our-teachers\/manuel-toucinho\/"},"modified":"2025-07-30T22:05:40","modified_gmt":"2025-07-30T20:05:40","slug":"manuel-toucinho","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/centre-musical.ch\/en\/our-teachers\/manuel-toucinho\/","title":{"rendered":"Manuel Toucinho"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;]<div class=\"cq-coveranimation cq-coveranimation-direction-right cq-coveranimation-caption-lowerleft cq-coveranimation-always cq-coveranimation-shape-square \" data-direction=\"right\" data-bgcolor=\"\" data-isdisplay=\"\" data-elementheight=\"\" style=\"height:\" data-enter=\"no\"><div class=\"cq-coveranimation-caption\" data-scroll=\"\" style=\"background-color:;\"><\/div><div class=\"cq-coveranimation-beforecover   \" style=\"background-color:;\"><\/div><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"cq-coveranimation-img\" src=\"https:\/\/centre-musical.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/manuel_toucinho_3.jpeg\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"cq-coveranimation-aftercover \" style=\"background-color:;\"><\/div><\/div>[vc_empty_space height=&#8221;40px&#8221; alter_height=&#8221;biggest&#8221; hide_on_mobile=&#8221;&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1675882567027{margin-top: -1.2rem !important;}&#8221;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h4>Listen to Manuel Toucinho<\/h4>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space alter_height=&#8221;small&#8221; hide_on_mobile=&#8221;&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1676906567059{margin-top: -1.2rem !important;}&#8221;]<div id=\"widget_video_147787147\" class=\"widget_area sc_widget_video vc_widget_video wpb_content_element\"><aside id=\"widget_video_147787147_widget\" class=\"widget widget_video\"><div id=\"sc_video_1273517812\" class=\"trx_addons_video_player without_cover\"><div class=\"video_embed video_frame\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Manuel Toucinho plays Harmonie du Soir (Grande Fantaisie) by J.K. Mertz\" width=\"1170\" height=\"658\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/scZ7fvuymB0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div><\/div><\/aside><\/div>[vc_empty_space alter_height=&#8221;small&#8221; hide_on_mobile=&#8221;&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1676906203476{margin-top: -1.2rem !important;}&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;]<div id=\"sc_title_852035593\"\n\t\tclass=\"sc_title color_style_default sc_title_default\"><h6 class=\"sc_item_subtitle sc_title_subtitle sc_align_left sc_item_title_style_default\">Guitar teacher<\/h6><h2 class=\"sc_item_title sc_title_title sc_align_left sc_item_title_style_default sc_item_title_tag\">Manuel Toucinho<\/h2><\/div><!-- \/.sc_title -->[vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1753905932524{padding-top: 20px !important;}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p>Manuel Salgueiro Mendes Toucinho began his musical studies at the age of 6 with his father. At the age of 8, he joined the preparatory guitar course at the Academia de M\u00fasica e Dan\u00e7a do Fund\u00e3o, under the guidance of Professor Pedro Rufino, where he completed the articulated secondary guitar course in 2017.<\/p>\n<p>In 2018, he began his studies at the University of \u00c9vora in the guitar class of Professor Dejan Ivanovich, where he achieved the highest grade.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4945 size-medium alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/centre-musical.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/manuel_toucinho_4-240x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/centre-musical.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/manuel_toucinho_4-240x300.jpeg 240w, https:\/\/centre-musical.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/manuel_toucinho_4-768x959.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/centre-musical.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/manuel_toucinho_4-370x462.jpeg 370w, https:\/\/centre-musical.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/manuel_toucinho_4-760x949.jpeg 760w, https:\/\/centre-musical.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/manuel_toucinho_4.jpeg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/>In 2021, he started his master&#8217;s degree in musical performance at the Geneva Haute \u00c9cole de Musique in the class of Professor Judicael Perroy, where he achieved the highest grade. He continued his academic path by starting a master&#8217;s in pedagogy at the same university in 2024. During this time, he participated in several masterclasses with guitarists such as Francisco Franco, Pedro Rodrigues, Marcin Dylla, Dejan Ivanovich, Laura Young, Alex Garrob\u00e9, Judicael Perroy, Carlo Marchione, Petra Pol\u00e1ckova, F\u00e1bio Zanon, Otto Tolonen, and Gabriel Bianco.<\/p>\n<p>He has won 31 prizes in guitar competitions, including a third prize at the prestigious Guitar Foundation of America competition, widely regarded as the most important in the world.<\/p>\n<p>He plays on guitars made by Zbigniew Gnatek and is sponsored by the Savarez brand.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space alter_height=&#8221;medium&#8221; hide_on_mobile=&#8221;&#8221;]<div class=\"sc_item_button sc_button_wrap sc_align_center\"><a href=\"\/en\/our-courses\/guitar-lessons\/\" id=\"sc_button_1189988229\" class=\"sc_button color_style_default sc_button_default sc_button_size_normal sc_button_icon_left\"><span class=\"sc_button_text sc_align_center\"><span class=\"sc_button_title\">Guitar Lessons<\/span><\/span><!-- \/.sc_button_text --><\/a><!-- \/.sc_button --><\/div><!-- \/.sc_item_button -->[vc_empty_space hide_on_mobile=&#8221;&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/4&#8243;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/4&#8243;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;40px&#8221; alter_height=&#8221;biggest&#8221; hide_on_mobile=&#8221;&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1675882567027{margin-top: -1.2rem !important;}&#8221;][vc_column_text] Listen to Manuel Toucinho [\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space alter_height=&#8221;small&#8221; hide_on_mobile=&#8221;&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1676906567059{margin-top: -1.2rem !important;}&#8221;][vc_empty_space alter_height=&#8221;small&#8221; hide_on_mobile=&#8221;&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1676906203476{margin-top: -1.2rem !important;}&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1753905932524{padding-top: 20px !important;}&#8221;] Manuel Salgueiro Mendes Toucinho began his musical studies at the age of 6 with his father. 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